https://github.com/joergboe/kicadsymbolutil

A utility to generate a KiCad symbol library from a csv files
https://github.com/joergboe/kicadsymbolutil

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A utility to generate a KiCad symbol library from a csv files

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/joergboe/kicadsymbolutil
• Owner: joergboe
• License: apache-2.0
• Created: 2024-04-25T17:40:27.000Z (9 months ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-10-31T19:58:09.000Z (3 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-11-10T11:52:48.809Z (2 months ago)
• Topics: csv, kicad-library
• Language: Python
• Homepage:
• Size: 231 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# KiCadSymbolUtil

A utility to generate a KiCad symbol library from a csv file.

This utility generates KiCad symbol libraries from symbol descriptions in CSV files.

The CSV files contain information about all the symbol attributes you need and all

the pin properties.

The script checks the validity of the input values, determines the required symbol

size, and outputs the KiCad library. The script supports the creation of symbols

with one functional unit.

## Requirements

This script requires python 3.

This utility requires the module kicad_sym

from the KiCad Library utilities.

Thus clone:

[kicad-library-utils](https://gitlab.com/kicad/libraries/kicad-library-utils.git)

Clone this repository and adapt the PYTHONPATH environment accordingly.

You can use the script *set_python_path.sh* to set the python path. This script 

assumes that this repository and the kicad-library-utils are both installed in a

common directory. The required module is in path *kicad-library-utils/common*

## Usage

    csv_to_kicad.py --help

or

    python3 csv_to_kicad.py -h

prints the usual help.

    csv_to_kicad.py --info

or

    python3 csv_to_kicad.py -i

prints more information including a complete description of the csv file format.

## Samples

The directory *samples* contains samples of basic symbols and a comprehensive library of the classic Z80 microprocessor family.