JLCKicadTools
Overview
JLCKicadTools is a tool aims to work with JLCPCB assembly service featuring KiCad 5+ (5/6/7 tested).
See this blog post for instructions.
Requirements
Python 3.7+
Installation
pip install git+https://github.com/matthewlai/JLCKicadTools
In case you do not have pip installed. See:
Fedora
sudo dnf install python-pip
Debian and Ubuntu
sudo apt-get install python-pip
How to use
JLCKicadTools comes as a nice command line interface named kicad-jlc-tool. To see how it works just simply issue at your shell prompt:
$ jlc-kicad-tools
FAQ
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Why are some components in the generated files but don't show up on JLCPCB preview?
- Make sure there are no non-ASCII characters in any of the fields. See: #45