Antmicro Hardware Components Scripts

Scripts for generating library files for EDA tools.

Installation

Dependencies: python3, python3-pip

To install library generator run:

cd hardware-components-scripts/
python3 -m pip install -e .

Usage

To generate symbol and footprint libraries in KiCad friendly format run:

hw-library-generator kicad generate --target-dir <libraries_target_directory>

The script has following command line options:

--target-dir <PATH>         Path to generated library, mandatory.
--components-path <PATH>    Path to KiCad components [default: components/ directory in hardware-components/ repository].
--clean-target-dir          Remove target directory before generation.
--no-clean-target-dir       Do not clean target directory before generation, default.
--help                      Show help message and exit.

To use generated libraries in KiCad user needs to configure the library paths. In order to do so open KiCad and follow these instructions for symbols and footprints:

• Symbols:
  • navigate to Preferences -> Manage Symbol Libraries...
  • add new entry
  • select generated libraries (kicad_sym files), name it freely
  • confirm: OK
• Footprints:
  • navigate to Preferences -> Manage Footprint Libraries...
  • add new entry
  • select directory with generated footprints (kicad_mod files)
  • name it Hardware Components Footprints
  • confirm: OK