“Programmatic Generation Of Symbols And Footprints“ - Blake Ramsdell (KiCon 2019)

Generating symbols and footprints manually from component datasheets can be tedious and error-prone. I will demonstrate using dimensional data combined with a parametric approach and object oriented programming to generate KiCad-compatible component files. New components can easily be created by adding the basic metric information, and then using a programmatic approach to layout. About the speaker: Blake has been working with electronics since 2010, including five years at Microsoft Surface Products as a