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TousstNicolas / JLC2KiCad_lib

JLC2KICAD_lib is a python script that generate a component library (schematic, footprint and 3D model ) for KiCad from the JLCPCB/easyEDA library.
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ideas #38

Closed immortal-sniper1 closed 1 year ago

immortal-sniper1 commented 1 year ago

Additional context Add any other context or screenshots about the feature request here. Is it possible to import from JLC also the assembly type tag? aka SMD or wave soldering ? Also if it is a Basic part or not? this can really help a lot.

Also but this is more like a side topic i noticed that every part comes with its own footprint , even tho that footprint is a standard one this may make the lib grow in size very fast due to a lot of duplicates.

BTW i also found it a bit unclear how the parameters in the command line work so maybe a bit more explanations there would be nice

TousstNicolas commented 1 year ago

Is it possible to import from JLC also the assembly type tag? aka SMD or wave soldering ? Also if it is a Basic part or not? this can really help a lot.

This shoud be possible, I will try to take a look at it when I have the time.

Also but this is more like a side topic i noticed that every part comes with its own footprint , even tho that footprint is a standard one this may make the lib grow in size very fast due to a lot of duplicates.

You can use the --no_footprint argument if you do not want to create the footprint. for example : JLC2KiCadLib C1337258 --no-footprint will only create the schematic for the mentioned component.

BTW i also found it a bit unclear how the parameters in the command line work so maybe a bit more explanations there would be nice

I will try to update the readme when I have the time to give better explanations.

immortal-sniper1 commented 1 year ago

schematic == symbol for kicad here is another source of confusion since i understand schematic as being the entire circuit with op amps resistors and such

btw regarding footprint can u get a list in a script? since i think you can use string comparison (and that may be enough for most parts aka resistors and caps but i think it may work for many other standard footprintss)

mikaelj commented 1 year ago

@immortal-sniper1 meanwhile, you can use this simple bash script I wrote to do batch processing of multiple parts, to add the missing SMD attr: https://github.com/mikaelj/jlc-kicad/blob/19302e96aa4621850ff5f9dfa071db96adff1f28/jlcpcb-library.sh#L44