# # Example python script to generate a BOM from a KiCad generic netlist # # Example: Ungrouped (One component per row) CSV output # # Import the KiCad python helper module import ky import csv import sys # 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 = ky.netlist(sys.argv[1]) # Open a file to write to, if the file cannot be opened output to stdout # instead try: f = open(sys.argv[2], 'w') except IOError: print >> sys.stderr, __file__, ":", e f = stdout # Create a new csv writer object to use as the output formatter out = csv.writer(f, delimiter=',', quotechar="\"", quoting=csv.QUOTE_ALL) # Output a field delimited header line out.writerow(['Source:', net.getSource()]) out.writerow(['Date:', net.getDate()]) out.writerow(['Tool:', net.getTool()]) out.writerow(['Component Count:', len(net.components)]) out.writerow(['Ref', 'Value', 'Footprint', 'Datasheet', 'Manufacturer', 'Vendor']) # Output all of the component information (One component per row) for c in net.components: out.writerow([c.getRef(), c.getValue(), c.getFootprint(), c.getDatasheet(), c.getField("Manufacturer"), c.getField("Vendor")])