STstefanpie·Sep 26, 2018Submission
UConfig: Datasheet Pinout Extractor from PDF and Library Stylizer for Kicad
1 points · Open discussionRobotips
uConfig
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Robotips / uConfig
uConfig
Datasheet pinout extractor from PDF and library Stylizer for Kicad.
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Datasheet pinout extractor from PDF and library Stylizer for Kicad.
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| Sep 13 | 2018-09-13 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-09-14 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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2 sourcesI know that I work a lot with FreeCAD and KiCAD, to develop PCBs and housings in 1 shot. This should explain my workflow.
I use things like the interactive BOM https://forum.kicad.info/t/interactive-html-bom-plugin-for-k...
along with uConfig, I can make KiCAD parts directly from PDFs. https://github.com/Robotips/uConfig
Digikey also has almost all their parts in a KiCAD library. Clone the repo and import it... Its crazy complete, and combined with the BOM tool, even generates DK part number links. You can determine price easily....
Along with that, there's a great many plugins for FreeCAD as add-ons here: https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD-addons . I really like the GDT, a LOT.
Open source starts out rough, but the more work is accomplished, we get better than the commercials do :) We all build on each other - we're not competing in a d
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