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Setup Kicad BOM Plugin Manager

This instruction are for setting up KiCad BOM Plugin Manager to use KiCad_BOM_Wizard.


READ ME - Important notes!

before you continue, please note the following:

  • If you haven't installed KiCad_BOM_Wizard globally via the npm method, then you will need to replace any references to kicad_bom_wizard with node node SCRIPT_ROOT_DIR/KiCad_BOM_Wizard.js.

  • In some system, you may have to replace node with nodejs.

  • MAC OSX users only!

    there have been reports that `node` will not run in KiCad BOM generator unless you use the full path.
    If you have this issues, try replacing `node` with `PATH_TO_NODE/node` where PATH_TO_NODE is your system absolute path to node.
    
    - It might this: `/usr/local/bin/node`

    Here's where it was first reported: kiCad.info


Setup

  1. In KiCad, open Eeschema.
  2. Now click on Tools -> Generate Bill of Materials.
  3. Now Click on Add Plugin.
  4. In the new window, find the location of the KiCad_BOM_Wizard and then click open.
  5. When asked, enter a name. For example, HTML.
  6. Update the Command line: with the one for the 3 options bellow.

Generate HTML BOM

kicad_bom_wizard "%I" "%O.html" "HTML"

Generate CSV BOM

kicad_bom_wizard "%I" "%O.csv" "CSV"

Use your own template to generate BOMs

kicad_bom_wizard "%I" "%O.html" "Path_To_Your_Template_conf/Your_Template"