On Mon, 2009-05-11 at 20:05 +0200, Tamas Szabo wrote: > Peter Clifton wrote: > > On Wed, 2009-04-29 at 11:55 +0200, SZABO Tamas wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> I need to create a (we call) pinboard (I heard also bed-of-nails) to > >> functional test of out product's PCB. > >> > >> For this purpose I plan to use a script, which gets the coordinates, > >> footprint name, etc. from a suitable formatted file (ex.: some kind of > >> .csv). > >> > >> I just would like to ask, if anyone has a similar thing that they able > >> to share with us? > > > > You should be able to get the output you want from the ".xy" file > > created when using the "bom" exporter from PCB. > > > > You might then want to use a script to filter down the results to your > > test-point footprints. > > > > Hope that helps. > > > > Well, actually I need the opposite direction. I have all the coordinates > (currently a Blu-ray player's mainboard) and I need to insert the > specified footprint(s) to the existing PCB at the given coordinates. > > I already written an simple perl script which changes NAME, MX and MY in > the footprint and put it into a text file. Then I 'cat' it to the end of > the PCB file. It was a quick & dirty solution, but it suits my needs. > Well, if someone interested in, I gladly share it - although don't think > it is production ready. > > /sza2
Ok, sorry - must have misread your original post. Glad you have a solution which worked out... text file-formats are great, aren't they! -- Peter Clifton Electrical Engineering Division, Engineering Department, University of Cambridge, 9, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0FA Tel: +44 (0)7729 980173 - (No signal in the lab!) _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
