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KiPart

Generate multi-unit schematic symbols for KiCad from a CSV, text, or Excel file.

Features

  • Generates schematic part libraries for KiCad from CSV/text/Excel files.
  • Converts lists of pins in a file into a multi-unit schematic part symbol.
  • Converts multiple files stored in .zip archives.
  • Each row of the file lists the number, name, type, style, unit and side of a pin.
  • Pins on a unit with the same name (e.g., GND) can be placed at the same location so they can all be tied to the same net with a single connection.
  • Also includes kilib2csv for converting schematic part libraries into CSV files suitable for input to KiPart.

Example Use Case

From a user:

I had a very complex library for a microprocessor that I needed to refactor— I needed to reorder hundreds of pins in a sane human-usable format. I thought I was going to have do it by hand in KiCAD's graphical symbol editor. I tried that, got very frustrated with all the clicking and dragging.

So I then:

  • searched and found this tool,
  • used kilib2csv to export my KiCAD lib to CSV,
  • imported the CSV in a spreadsheet program
  • edited the spreadsheet (mainly sorting the pins by function using the spreadsheet's sort() function),
  • exported the spreadsheet back to CSV,
  • used kipart to export back to KiCAD.

Boom! Usable part in minutes.