Add Makefile to create gerbers from *.kicad_pcb.
Created by: hzeller
This also prepares the possibility to add a %%gitversion%% string somewhere on the silkscreen which is replaced with the current git version (but no such silkscreen is added in this commit).
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Created by: hzeller
This is essentially similar to the pull request I already sent with the PocketBone ( https://github.com/jadonk/PocketBone/pull/15 ).
I did not add a
%%gitversion%%
silkscreen yet on the board - it would fit naturally in the center of the board on the bottom, but this is also where you usually have the PocketBeagle logo, so not sure where a preferred place would be. (But if this is the 'community version', then I could add some smack center).Created by: hzeller
Note, this creates a directory
plot/
currently in KiCAD, which is of course alongside the existing, checked-inplots/
dir. So the plots/ directory should probably be removed or we change the Makefile to write into plots/ also ... I leave that up to you and @mwellingSo this pull request requires some more decisions for you.
One thing is: the Gerber files are names a little differently: the files in the
plots/
directory can not be simply packed up and send to OshPark, they have trouble recognizing the names, while the files created with my script generate Gerber files and a zip file with names that OshPark can understand out of the box.