# # Example python script to generate a BOM from a KiCad generic netlist # # Example: Sorted and Grouped CSV BOM # """ @package Output: CSV (comma-separated) Grouped By: Value, Footprint Sorted By: Ref Fields: Ref, Qnty, Value, Cmp name, Footprint, Description, Vendor Command line: python "pathToFile/bom_csv_grouped_by_value_with_fp.py" "%I" "%O.csv" """ # Import the KiCad python helper module and the csv formatter import kicad_netlist_reader import kicad_utils import csv import sys # A helper function to filter/convert a string read in netlist #currently: do nothing def fromNetlistText( aText ): return aText # Generate an instance of a generic netlist, and load the netlist tree from # the command line option. If the file doesn't exist, execution will stop net = kicad_netlist_reader.netlist(sys.argv[1]) # Open a file to write to, if the file cannot be opened output to stdout # instead try: f = kicad_utils.open_file_writeUTF8(sys.argv[2], 'w') except IOError: e = "Can't open output file for writing: " + sys.argv[2] print(__file__, ":", e, sys.stderr) f = sys.stdout # Create a new csv writer object to use as the output formatter out = csv.writer(f, lineterminator='\n', delimiter=',', quotechar='\"', quoting=csv.QUOTE_ALL) # Output a set of rows for a header providing general information out.writerow(['Source:', net.getSource()]) out.writerow(['Date:', net.getDate()]) out.writerow(['Tool:', net.getTool()]) out.writerow( ['Generator:', sys.argv[0]] ) out.writerow(['Component Count:', len(net.components)]) out.writerow(['Ref', 'Qnty', 'Value', 'Cmp name', 'Footprint', 'Description', 'Vendor', 'LCSC Part']) # Get all of the components in groups of matching parts + values # (see ky_generic_netlist_reader.py) grouped = net.groupComponents() # Output all of the component information for group in grouped: refs = "" # Add the reference of every component in the group and keep a reference # to the component so that the other data can be filled in once per group for component in group: refs += fromNetlistText( component.getRef() ) + ", " c = component # Fill in the component groups common data out.writerow([refs, len(group), fromNetlistText( c.getValue() ), fromNetlistText( c.getPartName() ), fromNetlistText( c.getFootprint() ), fromNetlistText( c.getDescription() ), fromNetlistText( c.getField("Vendor") ), fromNetlistText( c.getField("LCSC Part") )])