KiCad 10 ships: open-source EDA saves this B2B hardware firm €10k a year
Obijuan_cube · x · 2026-10-09
With KiCad 10, the gap vs Altium Designer is nearly gone for 95% of commercial IoT and hardware projects, says an engineer running his B2B firm PALROC Engineering entirely on the open-source tool. Going license-free saves €10k/year, and KiCad's Python API plus AI coding assistants let him build custom automation instead of waiting for vendor patches.
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