kipart 0.1.8

Part creator for KiCad.

Generate multi-unit schematic symbols for KiCad from a CSV file.

• Free software: MIT license

• Documentation: https://kipart.readthedocs.org.

Features

• Generates schematic part libraries for KiCad from CSV files.

• Converts lists of pins in a CSV file into a multi-unit schematic part symbol.

• Converts multiple CSV files stored in .zip archives.

• Each row of the CSV file lists the number, name, type, style, unit and side of a pin.

• Pins on a unit with the same name (e.g., GND) are placed at the same location so they can all be tied to the same net with a single connection.

History

0.1.8 (2015-08-17)

• Input data from the CSV file is now scanned for errors and fixed before it can cause problems in the library file.

0.1.7 (2015-08-14)

• Added reader functions for Xilinx Virtex-6 and Spartan-6.

• Broke-out reader functions into separate modules.

• TXT and CSV files are now acceptable as part data files, but the reader has to be built to handle it.

• Bumped version number.

0.1.6 (2015-08-13)

• Fuzzy string matching is now used for the column headers.

• Choice-type options are now case-insensitive.

• Bumped version number.

0.1.5 (2015-07-29)

• Multiple parts can now be described in a single CSV file.

• Added function and option for reading Cypress PSoC5LP CSV files.

• Simplified key generators for sorting pins by name or number.

• Improved ordering of pins by name.

• Bumped version number.

0.1.4 (2015-07-27)

• Added option for approximate (fuzzy) matching for pin types, styles and orientations (sides).

0.1.3 (2015-07-26)

• Multiple pins with the same name are now hidden by reducing their pin number size to zero (rather than enabling the hidden flag which can cause problems with power-in pins).

0.1.2 (2015-07-24)

• Symbols can now have pins on any combination of left, right, top and bottom sides.

• Added option to append parts to an existing library.

• Refactored kipart routine into subroutines.

• Added documentation.

0.1.1 (2015-07-21)

• Fixed calculation of pin name widths.

• Made CSV row order the default for arranging pins on the schematic symbol.

• Fixed sorting key routine for numeric pin numbers.

• Spaces are now stripped between fields in a CSV file.

0.1.0 (2015-07-20)

• First release on PyPI.