nstallation:
- Install Python for Windows
- At CMD prompt, ‘pip.exe install kipart’
- Above assumes you have let Pythin instal add ../python & ../python/scripts to your path variable
Once the above is done you can run kipart at the windows command prompt
Docs at https://xesscorp.github.io/KiPart/docs/_build/singlehtml/index.html#document-readme
Foe this example we are modeling a HUB75 LCD interface & an input from s Williams Pinball DMD controller board
We can put multiple parts into a single csv file by separating with a blank line.
To get the pins ordered per the physcial part (my personal preference) I create this xls and save as a CSV
| HUB75 | J | ||
| Pin | Name | Type | Side |
| 16 | GND | gnd | left |
| 14 | STB | pwr | left |
| 12 | D | ou | left |
| 10 | B | ou | left |
| 8 | GND | gnd | left |
| 6 | G1 | ou | left |
| 4 | GND | gnd | left |
| 2 | G0 | ou | left |
| 1 | R0 | ou | right |
| 3 | B0 | ou | right |
| 5 | R1 | ou | right |
| 7 | B1 | ou | right |
| 9 | A | ou | right |
| 11 | C | ou | right |
| 13 | CLK | clk | right |
| 15 | OE | ou | right |
| PB-DMD-IN | J | ||
| Pin | Name | Type | Side |
| 14 | GND | gnd | left |
| 12 | GND | gnd | left |
| 10 | GND | gnd | left |
| 8 | GND | gnd | left |
| 6 | GND | gnd | left |
| 4 | GND | gnd | left |
| 2 | GND | gnd | left |
| 1 | DE | in | right |
| 3 | RD | in | right |
| 5 | RCLK | clk | right |
| 7 | CL | in | right |
| 9 | DCLK | clk | right |
| 11 | SD | in | right |
| 13 | NC | nc | right |
I then use these options to create my parts:
kipart _lsr-kipart.csv -s row -f -o _lsr-kipart.lib -w
As these are IDC cponnectiosn I’ve manually ordered the rows and used ‘-s row’ option to get the output how I want it.