Python plugin doesn't work in KiCad 7

Question

Python plugin doesn't work in KiCad 7

Pe8er opened this issue a year ago · comments

Hi!

I'm making an attempt to reduce the size of your fantastic design to 10 columns. However, the board producer plugin throws the following error in KiCad 7:

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "/Users/pe8er/Documents/KiCad/7.0/3rdparty/plugins/horizon-board-producer-plugin.py", line 20, in Run
HorizonBoardProducerPlugin.produce()

File "/Users/pe8er/Documents/KiCad/7.0/3rdparty/plugins/horizon-board-producer-plugin.py", line 248, in produce
HorizonBoardProducerPlugin.__create_gerbers(pcb, gerber_output_path)

File "/Users/pe8er/Documents/KiCad/7.0/3rdparty/plugins/horizon-board-producer-plugin.py", line 41, in __create_gerbers
plot_options.SetExcludeEdgeLayer(True)

AttributeError: 'PCB_PLOT_PARAMS' object has no attribute 'SetExcludeEdgeLayer'

Any chance you could fix it please? Thanks a ton!

Steven Karrmann · Answer 1 · Fri Nov 10 2023 05:04:06 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Hello!

Yes, I will try migrating the board generator plugin code to KiCad 7 within the next couple days. It was last migrated to KiCad 6, so it needs to be updated again.

I will let you know how it goes.

Piotr Gajos · Answer 2 · Fri Nov 10 2023 05:15:08 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Thanks and good luck!

Steven Karrmann · Answer 3 · Fri Nov 10 2023 10:43:13 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Thanks!

Can you please try running this updated plugin code in KiCad 7? https://github.com/skarrmann/horizon/blob/ec8f4e240b31b75347d11e4e73a34dd3b1617870/kicad-plugins/horizon-board-producer-plugin.py

I confirmed the update works for me on KiCad 7.0.9. Please note KiCad will forcefully close after the plugin successfully runs. You should see this message if the plugin successfully generated the fabrication files:

Let me know if this updated code works for you. If it's good, I will merge this update into the main project. Thank you!

Piotr Gajos · Answer 4 · Sat Nov 11 2023 00:33:20 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

It works on KiCad 7.0.8 on Mac, and the script kills KiCad at the end. I reviewed the gerbers as best as I could, they looked fine so I just submitted an order 😀 Thank you so much!

Steven Karrmann · Answer 5 · Sat Nov 11 2023 00:40:52 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Great! Thank you for testing this update.

Good luck with your Horizon Mini, and I'd love to hear how the build goes.

Piotr Gajos · Answer 6 · Sat Nov 11 2023 19:55:23 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

I will let you know for sure, hopefully it works 🤞

Piotr Gajos · Answer 7 · Tue Jan 23 2024 17:41:04 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

@skarrmann Hey! It is alive! 😀 Thank you for brilliant idea and design!

There is just one remaining issue: it seems like the battery is not charging. I don't know if the battery is broken or is it something with my soldering, or maybe ZMK. I'm off to get help on ZMK Discord.

Steven Karrmann · Answer 8 · Tue Jan 23 2024 21:32:52 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Your board looks fantastic, congratulations!

Good luck with the battery charging issue. I'm sure the ZMK Discord help you with troubleshooting.