README.md

Tests

Some test scripts to automate way of making sure that (almost) everything works as expected.

Inventory Test

A shell script inventory.sh that loads the Fab inventory and checks that all electronics parts in the inventory are covered by the library.

Usage:

./inventory.sh ../fab.kicad_sym ./whitelist.txt

The whitelist.txt file is there for the script to skip certain parts that are not electronic components, such as Amphenol ICC (FCI) 71600-104LF ribbon cable connector, for example.

Symbols Test

The symbols test uses the KiCad Library Utilities to test library symbols according to KLC rules.

Usage:

git clone --depth=1 https://gitlab.com/kicad/libraries/kicad-library-utils
cd kicad-library-utils/klc-check
./check_symbol.py ../../fab.kicad_sym -p '^(?!.*PWR_FLAG).*$' -vv

The -p '^(?!.*PWR_FLAG).*$' is a pattern that excludes the PWR_FLAG symbol. In a similar way other symbols or groups of symbols can be excluded to exclude specific tests.

TODO: Check each component category differently. For example KiCad connectors are not always centered beacuse they have to be on a 2.54mm grid always. It would make it easier if each symbol group would be its separate library.