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# Example python script to generate a BOM from a KiCad generic netlist
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# Example: Sorted and Grouped HTML BOM
#
# Import the KiCad python helper module and the csv formatter
import ky
import sys
# Start with a basic html template
html = """
"""
# 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
# Output a set of rows for a header providing general information
html = html.replace('', net.getSource())
html = html.replace('', net.getDate())
html = html.replace('', net.getTool())
html = html.replace('', "Component Count:" + \
str(len(net.components)))
row = "| Ref | " + "Qnty | "
row += "Value | " + "Part | " + "Datasheet | "
row += "Description | " + "Vendor |
|---|
"
html = html.replace('', row + "")
# Get all of the components in groups of matching parts + values (see ky.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 += component.getRef() + ", "
c = component
row = "| " + refs +" | " + str(len(group))
row += " | " + c.getValue() + " | " + c.getLib() + "/"
row += c.getPart() + " | " + c.getDatasheet() + " | "
row += c.getDescription() + " | " + c.getField("Vendor")
row += " |
"
html = html.replace('', row + "")
# Print the formatted html to the file
print >> f, html