On 5/6/2014 6:00 PM, Vitaliy Maksimov wrote:
> Hi List,
>
> We use an automatic BOM generator (which we put in place, following Olin'=
s
> suggestion and relying heavily on his conventions), that pulls the
> names/part numbers out of an EAGLE schematic.
>
> It works great, except when we place modules on a motherboard. We don't
> want the BOM to specify the modules. We want it to specify headers (e.g.,
> two BOM lines specifying 5x1 headers and referring to CN1 and CN2 on the
> assembly drawing).
>
> So far, the only solution we came up with, is to place a "phantom"
> (pin-less) module that only has the silkscreen, plus the two connectors o=
n
> either side. Obviously, it is hacky and error-prone.
>
> Vitaliy

Vitaliy,
In the last year or two I wrote a script that takes the BOM from Olin's=20
ULP and formats it how I want it and writes to an excel spreadsheet.
I added a couple features for myself, the one I like most is that it=20
adds part numbers for generic resistors so that I don't have to search=20
for them when making purchasing BOMs. It would be quite simple to make=20
it recognize modules as another special class of device that get parsed=20
differently, assuming all of the information is present in the CSV-BOM.

The script I wrote is in Perl and it's not intended for public=20
consumption but I could share it with you. It's not good code but you=20
get what you pay for.

-
Martin
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