JLC PCB Plug-in for KiCad |
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- Generates gerber files in correct format for production
- Generates BOM file in correct format for production
- Generates Pick and Place file in correct format for assembly
- Generates IPC netlist file
Open the "Plugin and Content Manager" from the KiCad main menu and install the "Fabrication Toolkit" plugin from the selection list.
Download the latest ZIP file from https://github.com/bennymeg/JLC-Plugin-for-KiCad. Open the "Plugin and Content Manager" from the KiCads main window and install the ZIP file via "Install from File".
Click on the Fabrication Toolkit button on the top tool box inside KiCad pcb editor (pcbnew).
Add an 'LCSC Part #'* field with the LCSC component part number to the symbol's fields property.
'LCSC Part #' | 'JLCPCB Part #' |
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The fields will be query in the order denoted above.
'LCSC' | 'JLC' | 'MPN' | 'Mpn' | 'mpn' |
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The fields will be query in the order denoted above.
Select 'Exclude from board' or 'Exclude from BOM' in the symbol's attributes property in order to ignore the footprint from the relevant file.
Select 'Exclude from position files' or 'Exclude from BOM' in the footprint's fabrication attributes property in order to ignore the footprint from the relevant file.
The rotation of components in KiCad Footprints does not always match the orientation in the JLC library. Add an 'JLC Rotation Offset' field with an counter-clockwise orientation offset in degrees to correct this.
If the JLC preview shows a footprint like this, enter a rotation offset of -90 to rotate pin 1 to the lower right corner.
'JLCPCB Rotation Offset' |
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The fields will be queried in the order denoted above.
'JlcRotOffset' | 'JLCRotOffset' |
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The fields will be queried in the order denoted above.
Benny Megidish