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KiCAD Plugin: RF-Tools for KiCAD (UPDATE)

16 Mar, 2023

KiCAD RF-Tools is footprints wizard and round tracks, mask ex-pander, and via fencing.

KiCAD does not include any RF-specific design tools out of the box, but there are a few open-source and commercial add-ons that you can use to enhance KiCAD's capabilities for RF design, one of them is KiCAD RF Tools.

UPDATE: RF-Tools For KiCAD v1.2.2 (16-03-2023)

A suite of kicad RF tools with:

Rounder for tracks
Tapers for pads and tracks
Solder Mask Expander
Track Length
Via Fence Generator
Trace Clearance Generator
RF Arc footprint wizard
RF Mitered footprint wizard
RF Taper footprint wizard
Added saving parameters.

KiCAD compatibility:

v5.1, v6.0, v7.0

How to install and use this plugin, you can visit the link below:

KiCAD RF-Tools plugin

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