# # Example python script to generate a BOM from a KiCad generic netlist # # Example: Sorted and Grouped CSV BOM # """ @package Generate a csv BOM list. Components are sorted by ref and grouped by value Fields are (if exist) Item, Qty, Reference(s), Value, LibPart, Footprint, Datasheet 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 csv import sys 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 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 try: f = open(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 # subset the components to those wanted in the BOM, controlled # by block in kicad_netlist_reader.py components = net.getInterestingComponents() 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' columns = ['Item', 'Qty', 'Reference(s)', 'Value', 'LibPart', 'Footprint', 'Datasheet'] + 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( str(col) ) # currently, no change 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, ['Individual Components:'] ) writerow( out, [] ) # blank line writerow( out, columns ) # Output all the interesting components individually first: row = [] for c in components: del row[:] row.append('') # item is blank in individual table row.append('') # Qty is always 1, why print it row.append( c.getRef() ) # Reference row.append( c.getValue() ) # Value row.append( c.getLibName() + ":" + c.getPartName() ) # LibPart #row.append( c.getDescription() ) row.append( c.getFootprint() ) row.append( c.getDatasheet() ) # from column 7 upwards, use the fieldnames to grab the data for field in columns[7:]: row.append( c.getField( field ) ); writerow( out, row ) writerow( out, [] ) # blank line writerow( out, [] ) # blank line writerow( out, [] ) # blank line writerow( out, ['Collated Components:'] ) writerow( out, [] ) # blank line writerow( out, columns ) # reuse same columns # 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'] + 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) ) # from column 7 upwards, use the fieldnames to grab the data for field in columns[7:]: row.append( net.getGroupField(group, field) ); writerow( out, row ) f.close()