Quick start¶

Help¶

To get available commands and help how to use kmake, run:

kmake -h

To get help about specific subcommand, call:

kmake {subcommand} -h

Output generation¶

You need to run kmake in the root of the KiCad project structure:

Follow this guide to generate production output for the Open Source Jetson Orin Baseboard.

git clone https://github.com/antmicro/jetson-orin-baseboard.git
cd jetson-orin-baseboard

Gerbers¶

To generate Gerbers, run:

kmake gerber

The newly created fab directory will contain Gerbers for the board.

You can use KiCad builtin Gerber Viewer, Gerbv or similar tools to preview the Gerbers.

For example, preview Gerbers with Gerber Viewer, run:

gerbview fab/*

Schematic in PDF format¶

To generate a schematic in PDF format, run:

kmake sch

The newly created doc directory will contain the schematics PDF.

Bill of materials¶

To generate BoM in CSV format, run:

kmake bom

*-BOM_populated.csv file will be created in doc directory.

Pick and Place files¶

Position files will are generated using auxilary origin defined in KiCad.
For tools like OpenPnP, the bottom left corner of the PCB is the optimal origin for the position files.

Auxilary origin can be set to any corner of the PCB using the kmake aux-origin command.

To set it to the bottom-left corner, run:

kmake aux-origin -s bl

Generate position files:

kmake pnp

The generated .pos and .csv files containing the SMD component placement data will be placed in the fab folder (to export also THT components add flag -t).

3D Model¶

To export board 3D model in .step format, run:

kmake step

*.step model will be created in 3d-model directory.