A utility to generate a KiCad symbol library from a csv file.

This utility generates KiCad symbol libraries from symbol descriptions in CSV files. The CSV files contain information about all the symbol attributes you need and all the pin properties.

The script checks the validity of the input values, determines the required symbol size, and outputs the KiCad library. The script supports the creation of symbols with one functional unit.

This script requires python 3.

This utility requires the module kicad_sym from the KiCad Library utilities with some corrections. Thus clone: kicad-library-utils Clone this repository and adapt the PYTHONPATH environment accordingly or adapt an use the script set_python_path.sh The required module is in path kicad-library-utils/common

csv_to_kicad.py --help

or

python3 csv_to_kicad.py -h

prints the usual help.

csv_to_kicad.py --info

or

python3 csv_to_kicad.py -i

prints more information including a complete description of the csv file format.

The directory samples contains samples of basic symbols and a comprehensive library of the classic Z80 microprocessor family.