StickerBOM
StickerBOM is a KiCAD BOM exporter designed for people stuffing boards by hand. It generates a PDF for printable sticky labels, where each label reflects one BOM line from a supplier. You then stick these labels on the bags from your supplier, and they show you where things go.
It works by creating a drawing of your PCB, with the relevant components highlighted. This works best if your parts have a drawing on F.Fab, but if not, it will render the pads and silkscreen instead, which seems to work well too.
You need to have supplier fields in your schematic item properties, but
hopefully you were doing that anyway. If you are, you might consider
bom2xml.py in this repository as well, which can generate quick-paste order
formats for Farnell, DigiKey, and RS, plus it checks for consistency in
footprints and order codes, and highlights parts with missing codes or
footprints.
The .kicad_pcb must be in the same folder as the .xml file, and with the same name prefix.
python scripts/stickerbom.py /path/to/project.xml bom.pdf
Or, double click the stickerbom.py file from your eeeschema BOM manager when
adding a new plugin. Change the command line to output a .pdf, and you're all
set.
- Doesn't really know about parts going on the bottom side of PCBs yet
- Doesn't support all possible graphics and pad shapes (just lines and arcs, and rectangle and circular pads, really)
- Only as good as the data you give it
- Less useful on really huge boards covered in similar parts where it just doesn't fit on the label very well