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Download the latest release

A comprehensive KiCad Library for the Raspberry Pi Pico 🥧

Providing footprints, symbols, and models for the module in its various forms and implementations

 

Features

  • KiCad 7.0 support
  • Schematics with alternate pin definitions to select more specific behaviours for each GPIO, as well as specify power directionality
  • Generic and specific footprints for the Pico and Pico W
    • Through-hole and surface-mount footprints with and without mounting holes
    • Hand-solderable test points (ie. USB signals) in footprints with underside castellations
    • Optional pin labels as an add-on footprint
    • Optional keepout zone for 2.4 GHz RF on shared footprints
  • Diverse 3D models for surface-mount, through-hole, and socketed forms of the Pico, Pico H, Pico W, and Pico WH using photorealistic materials
  • Majority adherence to the KiCad Library Conventions version 3.0.34

 

How do I use this library?

  • Ensure you are running KiCad 7.0 or later
  • Download the most recent release of the library
  • Unzip the file contents
  • If not already created, create a new KiCad project
  • Move the root library directory RaspberryPi_Pico/ to a folder anywhere within your KiCad project

    If using the library globally, move RaspberryPi_Pico/ to a globally accessible location

  • Open the relevant KiCad project
  • Select Preferences > Manage Footprint Libraries...
  • Select the Project Specific Libraries tab

    If using the library globally, select the Global Librarires tab instead

  • Click the folder icon in the lower left to Add Existing
  • Navigate to and select .../RaspberryPi_Pico/Module_RaspberryPi_Pico.pretty/
  • Click OK
  • Select Preferences > Manage Symbol Libraries...
  • Select the Project Specific Libraries tab

    If using the library globally, select the Global Libaries tab instead

  • Click the folder icon in the lower left to Add existing library to table
  • Navigate to and select .../RaspberryPi_Pico/MCU_Module_RaspberryPi_Pico.kicad_sym
  • Click OK

To use, simply add a symbol to your schematic as you would any other; symbols should be located under the section MCU_Module_RaspberryPi_Pico, and footprints under Module_RaspberryPi_Pico.

You're all set to design exciting new circuit boards using the Raspberry Pi Pico! 🎉

 

Further reading

Other KiCad implementations of the Raspberry Pi Pico:

Some adjacent solutions I encountered during my research for this project

Pico W antenna radiation pattern resources:

 

License

This work is licensed under the MIT No Attribution license, the text of which should be found in LICENSE.txt in the root directory of this project alongside this README.

The license applies to all relevant files contained within the directory it resides, including sub-directories, unless otherwise overridden by the presence of another LICENSE file, or license header within a file.