lcsc2kicad
Generate KiCAD Part Libraries based on LCSC PCBA database (by DasBasti)
kicad-plugins
Miscellaneous plugins for KiCad (by ian-ross)
| lcsc2kicad | kicad-plugins | |
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| 1 | 4 | |
| 22 | 77 | |
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| 10.0 | 4.5 | |
| 5 months ago | 3 months ago | |
| Python | Python | |
| - | MIT License |
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lcsc2kicad
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KiCad Version 7.0.0 Released
I use app.ultralibrarian.com and snapeda.com. There is also https://github.com/DasBasti/lcsc2kicad that automates downloading and converting footprints from LCSC for Kicad to use. It is handy as well.
kicad-plugins
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KiCad Version 7.0.0 Released
I am a total amateur here. But I found it natural to keep a relative spacial coherence in the schematic, and have it somewhat similar on the PCB side.
Though kicad would just dump everything randomly when moving to thr PCB view. As I understand, "packing" should help keeping this spacial grouping.
There is a plugin though[1] that does place the components on the PCB similar as they are placed on the schematic (and this does work with sub-sheet too). This is tremendously helpful starting point.
[1] https://github.com/ian-ross/kicad-plugins
- pcb editor, there is no other way to displace parts besides picking them one by one by hand? it's easy if parts are few, it's a mess if parts are hundreds
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What is your method for initial board layout? The footprint crowd and rat’s nest is overwhelming when I just update from schematic.
Alternative, the plugin SchematicPositionsToLayout.py attempts to group components on the PCB by the schematic. (I haven't used this one yet, but it looks promising.)
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It's not fun anymore
There's also a schematic position to PCB position plugin which does a good job of faking it, although whether it'll work nicely with that many components is debatable.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing lcsc2kicad and kicad-plugins you can also consider the following projects:
pyscad - Python bindings for OpenSCAD
horizon - Horizon is a free EDA package
KiBot - KiCad automation utility
kicad_scripts - Utility Kicad scripts