The elektron package is a continuous integration and simulation tool for electronics projects.
Features
- Create output files from the command line
- Run erc and drc checks
- Create bom as json and Excel files.
- Programmatically create schemas with python code.
- Run spice simulation
- Convert markdown notebook files
The elekron package can be installed locally or by using a docker image.
Install the Kicad packages:
ubuntu
apt-get install kicad kicad-symbols kicad-packages3d python3 python3-pip python3-venv
arch linux
pacman -Sy kicad kicad-library kicad-library-3d python python-pip
Install elektron from PyPI
python -m venv --system-site-packages .venv
pip install elektron-rs
The --system-site-packages option is needed to make elektron find the pcbnew packages.
Install the osifont.
mkdir -p /usr/local/share/fonts/TT/
curl -L "https://github.com/hikikomori82/osifont/blob/master/osifont-lgpl3fe.ttf?raw=true" -o /usr/local/share/fonts/TT/osifont-lgpl3fe.ttf
Install the required packages, note that Kicad and osifont are needed:
ubuntu
apt-get install build-essential git cargo pkg-config libcairo2-dev libpango1.0-dev libngspice0-dev libpoppler-glib-dev libssl-dev libclang-14-dev
alias python='python3'
arch linux
pacman -Sy base-devel git clang python rustup graphite cairo pango ngspice poppler-glib
rustup default stable
Get and compile the code:
git clone https://github.com/spielhuus/elektron-rs
cd elektron-rs
make all
The make command will create the executable elektron in .venv/bin.
source .venv/bin/activate
elektron plot --input your_schema.kicad_sch --output schema.svg