Kicad is an open source software suite for electronic design automation (EDA).
There are other books in this series for tools like cvpcb, pcbnew, gerbview and more..
This is a general Getting Started Guide.
Kicad was orginally developed by Jean-Pierre Charras, and features an integrated environment for schematic capture and PCB layout design.
It facilitates the design of schematics for electronic circuits and their conversion to PCBs (printed circuit board) design.
Kicad is an open source software suite for electronic design automation (EDA)