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[Alex Bell <t.alexander.bell@xxxxxxxxx>]

Importing a CSV file into component editor

1. Start kicad, launch component editor, create a new component
2. Click CSV button in top toolbar (far right)
3. When prompted for file, navigate to a csv file containing pins for import
4. Pins will be created in a vertical column with 100 mm spacing. Grab blocks of
   pins and move as necessary

1,Pin_1
2,Pin_2
3,VCC

etc.

Extra columns should be ignored for now. I've just noticed that a line with too
few columns is crashing so please don't try that with anything important unsaved

Double quotes will be removed automatically.

I've attached an example file that I was using for testing.

Let me know how it works for you. I'll try to get a new patch that's a bit less
brittle up soon.

Cheers,
Alex

On Tue, Feb 07, 2017 at 02:11:31PM -0600, Bob Gustafson wrote:
> This sounds like something I could use now.
> 
> Do you have any documentation on 'how to use' ? I would also have to
> reinstate my toolchain to be able to use it - not insignificant amount of
> labor. By reading your doc, I could determine the cost/benefit at the
> moment.
> 
> Thanks much - Bob G
> 
> 
> On 02/06/2017 02:12 PM, Alex Bell wrote:
> >I've not submitted a patch before nor really used a mailing list, so please let
> >me know if I did something wrong.
> >
> >This adds a button on the component editor toolbar that prompts for a csv file,
> >and then reads pin numbers and names and generates pins.
> >
> >I decided to start with something small but a few potential avenues for
> >improvement I can see are:
> >- adding a parser for electrical type based on regex
> >- integrating this into it's own dialog with selectors for parsing options,
> >   default pin direction
> >- moving the button from the toolbar to the pin table, or even more integration
> >   of some sort with pin table
> >
> >I tested it on linux and there is a build that will hopefully finish soon here:
> >http://ci.kicad-pcb.org/job/windows-kicad-msys2-patch/560/
> >
> >Cheers,
> >Alex
> >
> >
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1,"Res"
2,"Res"
3,"Res,is,best"
3,"Res"
5,"GND"
6,"GND"
7,"C1_XM"
8,"SETC_XM"
9,"SETP_XM"
10,"DEN_G"
11,"INT_G"
12,"DRDY_G"
13,"INT1_XM"
14,"INT2_XM"
15,"Vdd"
16,"Vdd"
17,"Vdd"
18,"Vdd_IO"
19,"CS_G"
20,"CS_XM"
21,"SCL"
22,"SDO_G"
23,"SDO_XM"
24,"SDA"