• About

• Example Usage

• Installation

• Development

About

- Python Package Name: kicad_bom
- Description: KiCad Python code for generating bill of materials in multiple formats.
- Python Package Exports: KicadBom, save_all_csv_files
- Version: 5.0.1
- Python Version: 3.9
- Release Date: 2023-03-30
- Creation Date: 2022-08-16
- License: BSD-3-Clause
- URL: https://github.com/janelia-pypi/kicad_bom
- Author: Peter Polidoro
- Email: peter@polidoro.io
- Copyright: 2023 Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- References:
  - https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad
- Dependencies:
  - kicad_netlist_reader

Example Usage

Python

from kicad_bom import KicadBom
netlist_path = '.'
output_path = 'test/bom'
kb = KicadBom(netlist_path, output_path)

kb.save_all_csv_files()

column_names = ['Item',
                'Quantity',
                'Manufacturer',
                'Manufacturer Part Number',
                'Description',
                'Reference(s)',
                'Package']
format_for_org_table = True
bom = kb.get_bom(column_names, format_for_org_table)

Installation

https://github.com/janelia-pypi/python_setup

GNU/Linux

Python Code

The Python code in this library may be installed in any number of ways, chose one.

1. pip

   python3 -m venv ~/venvs/kicad_bom
   source ~/venvs/kicad_bom/bin/activate
   pip install kicad_bom
   

2. guix

   Setup guix-janelia channel:

   https://github.com/guix-janelia/guix-janelia

   guix install python-kicad-bom
   

Windows

Python Code

The Python code in this library may be installed in any number of ways, chose one.

1. pip

   python3 -m venv C:\venvs\kicad_bom
   C:\venvs\kicad_bom\Scripts\activate
   pip install kicad_bom
   

Development

Clone Repository

git clone git@github.com:janelia-pypi/kicad_bom.git
cd kicad_bom

Guix

Install Guix

Install Guix

Edit metadata.org

make -f .metadata/Makefile metadata-edits

Tangle metadata.org

make -f .metadata/Makefile metadata

Develop Python package

make -f .metadata/Makefile guix-dev-container
exit

Test Python package using ipython shell

make -f .metadata/Makefile guix-dev-container-ipython
import kicad_bom
exit

Test Python package installation

make -f .metadata/Makefile guix-container
exit

Upload Python package to pypi

make -f .metadata/Makefile upload

Docker

Install Docker Engine

https://docs.docker.com/engine/

Develop Python package

make -f .metadata/Makefile docker-dev-container
exit

Test Python package using ipython shell

make -f .metadata/Makefile docker-dev-container-ipython
import kicad_bom
exit

Test Python package installation

make -f .metadata/Makefile docker-container
exit