KiBot VS freerouting

My CICD is done with KiBot - https://github.com/INTI-CMNB/KiBot and my pipeline templates are https://github.com/gcormier/kicad-jobs

Not exactly the same you suggested, but many of those points are already covered by KiBot. You might want to take a look at it: Kibot

One of the features that peaked my interest with the release of 7.0 was kicad-cli. I've wanted a built in tool for CI/CD for a while. I know there is Kibot but to be honest, I found the base configuration a little overwhelming and also struggled to get it running locally on a macOS setup - without tainting system Python.

KiBot [0] is super handy for this, the documentation has an explicit section on CI/CD usage.

It's a bit clunky (not KiBots fault at all, it has to basically script drive the GUI to achieve some functionality which has now been added to the kicad cli) so hopefully going forward CI/CD with KiCad will be even easier!

0: https://github.com/INTI-CMNB/KiBot

I'm using KiBot for this, see pcb_replace/sch_replace options here: https://github.com/INTI-CMNB/KiBot#supported-preflight-optio...

I've been bitten by the DRC before, but KiBot[0] renders that moot. I have it running as a pre-commit hook, and it generates my Gerbers and everything. That way, all this stuff is automated and I can't make a mistake.

Check out my project's config:

https://gitlab.com/stavros/esp32-cnc/-/blob/master/project.k...

[0]: https://github.com/INTI-CMNB/KiBot#introduction

This mainly uses the KiBot action (https://github.com/INTI-CMNB/KiBot)

step 1: find a java project you want to compile. For the purpose of this post I'm using this one: https://github.com/freerouting/freerouting

I wanted a wireless crkbd, so I took petejohanson's ultralight corne mod and modded it even further — I added MX/Choc hot socket mounts. I used Freerouting app to wire the PCB automatically. It doesn't look pretty but DRC doesn't report any big issues.

The best thing to happen to KiCad was skidl [1] paired with freerouting [2]. You can spin a board in so little time it's insane. In the future I will be looking to automate even the parts placement too.

P.S. If there is interest I will look to document my workflow.

[1] https://github.com/devbisme/skidl

[2] https://github.com/freerouting/freerouting

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Running the excellent newly-multithreaded Freerouting under arm64 OpenJDK JRE 17.0.1 makes my 14" M1 Pro produce a whooshing sound that's really quite pleasant.

so far Autoroutering (specifically Freerouting) has never made any mistakes that weren't caused by me incorrectly connecting pins or placing components too close.