# # 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, Symbol Name, Footprint, DNP Sorted By: Ref Fields: Item, Qty, Reference(s), Value, LibPart, Footprint, Datasheet, DNP, all additional symbol fields Outputs ungrouped components first, then outputs grouped components. Command line: python "pathToFile/bom_csv_grouped_by_value.py" "%I" "%O.csv" """ from __future__ import print_function # 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 def myEqu(self, other): """myEqu is a more advanced equivalence function for components which is used by component grouping. Normal operation is to group components based on their value and footprint. In this example of a custom equivalency operator we compare the value, the part name and the footprint. """ result = True if self.getValue() != other.getValue(): result = False elif self.getPartName() != other.getPartName(): result = False elif self.getFootprint() != other.getFootprint(): result = False elif self.getDNP() != other.getDNP(): result = False return result # Override the component equivalence operator - it is important to do this # before loading the netlist, otherwise all components will have the original # equivalency operator. kicad_netlist_reader.comp.__eq__ = myEqu if len(sys.argv) != 3: print("Usage ", __file__, " ", file=sys.stderr) sys.exit(1) # 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 canOpenFile = True 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 canOpenFile = False # subset the components to those wanted in the BOM, controlled # by block in kicad_netlist_reader.py components = net.getInterestingComponents( excludeBOM=True ) compfields = net.gatherComponentFieldUnion(components) partfields = net.gatherLibPartFieldUnion() # remove Reference, Value, Datasheet, and Footprint, they will come from 'columns' below partfields -= set( ['Reference', 'Value', 'Datasheet', 'Footprint'] ) columnset = compfields | partfields # union # prepend an initial 'hard coded' list and put the enchillada into list 'columns' hardcoded_columns = ['Item', 'Qty', 'Reference(s)', 'Value', 'LibPart', 'Footprint', 'Datasheet', 'DNP'] columns = hardcoded_columns + sorted(list(columnset)) # Create a new csv writer object to use as the output formatter out = csv.writer( f, lineterminator='\n', delimiter=',', quotechar='\"', quoting=csv.QUOTE_ALL ) # override csv.writer's writerow() to support encoding conversion (initial encoding is utf8): def writerow( acsvwriter, columns ): utf8row = [] for col in columns: utf8row.append( fromNetlistText( str(col) ) ) acsvwriter.writerow( utf8row ) # Output a set of rows as a header providing general information writerow( out, ['Source:', net.getSource()] ) writerow( out, ['Date:', net.getDate()] ) writerow( out, ['Tool:', net.getTool()] ) writerow( out, ['Generator:', sys.argv[0]] ) writerow( out, ['Component Count:', len(components)] ) writerow( out, [] ) writerow( out, ['Collated Components:'] ) writerow( out, [] ) # blank line writerow( out, columns ) # reuse same columns row=[] # Get all of the components in groups of matching parts + values # (see kicad_netlist_reader.py) grouped = net.groupComponents(components) # Output component information organized by group, aka as collated: item = 0 for group in grouped: del row[:] 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: if len(refs) > 0: refs += ", " refs += component.getRef() c = component # Fill in the component groups common data # columns = ['Item', 'Qty', 'Reference(s)', 'Value', 'LibPart', 'Footprint', 'Datasheet', 'DNP'] + sorted(list(columnset)) item += 1 row.append( item ) row.append( len(group) ) row.append( refs ); row.append( c.getValue() ) row.append( c.getLibName() + ":" + c.getPartName() ) row.append( net.getGroupFootprint(group) ) row.append( net.getGroupDatasheet(group) ) row.append( c.getDNPString() ) # add user fields by name for field in columns[len(hardcoded_columns):]: row.append( net.getGroupField(group, field) ); writerow( out, row ) f.close() if not canOpenFile: sys.exit(1)