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Several text-based tutorials as well as video tutorials have been put together by various KiCad users. Here you can find a limited subset.

== Tutorials in English

=== Textual Tutorials

- link:/help/documentation/#_getting_started[KiCad Getting Started Tutorial]
- http://www.wayneandlayne.com/blog/category/kicad-tutorials/[Wayne and Layne's Tutorials]
- http://store.curiousinventor.com/guides/kicad[Curious Inventor's Tutorials]
- http://babryce.com/kicad/tutorial.html[B. A. Bryce's Tutorial]
- http://happyrobotlabs.com/posts/tutorials/tutorial-3d-kicad-parts-using-openscad-and-wings3d/[Happy Robot Labs: 3D KiCad Parts Using OpenSCAD and Wings3D]
- http://stffrdhrn.github.io/electronics/2015/04/28/simulating_kicad_schematics_in_spice.html[Simulating KiCad Schematics in Spice]
- https://thestumbler.io/projs/modelrr/03-spice-and-kicad.html[Spice and Kicad - Making Kicad 5.0 play nice with Spice]
- https://www.woolseyworkshop.com/2019/07/01/performing-a-circuit-simulation-in-kicad/[Performing A Circuit Simulation In KiCad]
- https://www.mikrocontroller.net/wikifiles/a/ab/HierarchicalSchematicsAsBuildingblocksAtKiCad_RevC-EN_06May2015.pdf[Hierarchical schematics as schematic buildingblocks] by Bernd Wiebus. (https://www.mikrocontroller.net/wikifiles/7/79/HierarchischeSchaltplaeneAlsBausteineInKicad_RevC_23Dec2013.pdf[Original in german])
- https://www.mikrocontroller.net/wikifiles/6/64/Kicad-Wings3D_Leaflet_25April2013.pdf[Notes on using Wings3D] by Bernd Wiebus (https://www.mikrocontroller.net/wikifiles/0/02/Kicad-Wings3D_Merkzettel_29November2012.pdf[Original in german])
- https://flyingcarsandstuff.com/2016/10/kicad-techniques-tips-and-work-arounds/[Kicad: Techniques, Tips and Work-arounds]
- https://kicad.mmccoo.com/kicad-scripting-table-of-contents/[KiCad Scripting Examples]
- http://kicadhowto.org/[KiCadHowTo.com from SheepdogGuides]
- https://forum.kicad.info/t/faq-index-thread/8890[User Forum FAQ]

=== Video Tutorials

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zK3rDhJqMu0[A KiCad Quick-Start Tutorial] by Windsor Schmidt (~20 mins)
- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCNJWVn9MJuORLQ3ds_U3D7RILfE4zdoL[Video series by Ashley Mills], complete with building from source and designing a board (12 parts ~5 hours)
- https://www.youtube.com/user/contextualelectronic/playlists[Videos by Chris Gammell] at Contextual Electronics (7 parts ~2.5 hours)
- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmcDgdDpcaPjIBy60y22XzG036ckQI7bC[Fast screencasts without audio by Matt Venn], useful for workshops (5 parts ~15 mins)
- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL67B2290F4C62B5F2[Lots of short videos by My 2µF], mostly on PCB layout
- https://www.youtube.com/user/XploreLabz/videos[Videos by Xplore Labz] on creating an Arduino Uno

=== Reviews

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRXEc7pB0o0[Review by EEVblog Part 1]
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bg0sEjD7R6M[Review by EEVblog Part 2]

== Tutorials in Greek

- https://github.com/ellak-monades-aristeias/KiCad_EDA_Greece[KiCad 4.0.0 Greek tutorial by Michael Misirlis]
- http://acomelectronics.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8[KiCad tutorial & support page by GeorgeVita]

== Tutorials in Polish

- https://extronic.pl/content/category/4-kicad[Step by step KiCad tutorial] by Leon Dominik
