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KARARRR

Kicad AutoRouter, ARRR <make pirate sound>.

An autorouter kludge for KiCad 6 and Python 3.

Installation

HOWTO install.

git clone https://spacecruft.org/spacecruft/kararrr
cd kararrr

# Install distro Python Pip, such as on Debian stable (Bullseye/11);
apt update
apt install python3-pip

# Install python deps as you like, such as:
pip3 install --user --upgrade -r requirements.txt

Usage

HOWTO use.

# Process netlist with live view.
./pcb.py --v 1 examples/netlist.pcb | ./view.py

# Process netlist, redirect to "anim" file.
./pcb.py --v 1 examples/netlist.pcb > anim

# View "anim" file using aggDraw.
./view.py anim

# View "anim" file using matplotlib
./view_mpl.py anim

Upstream

Based on Python-PCB for Python2 by Chris Hinsley, released under the GPLv2 license, source code available here:

https://github.com/vygr/Python-PCB

Other bits from other repos for reading .dsn are from here:

Disclaimer

Alpha software, not for use.

This somewhat works standalone now in Python3, but not with KiCad.

Copyright

GPLv2 license.

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