zapta/legacy_stepper_motor_analyzer

Request: Provide XLS BOM?

bepstein111 opened this issue · 10 comments

bepstein111 commented

Hi there! This project looks great! My only request is to upload an XLS BOM so that people who don't want to source the individual surface mount components can just have the fab assemble that part.

Thanks for your hard work!

zapta commented

Will work on it. The BOM that Kicad generates is not that useful. I will create something manually. Not too many parts to list.

bepstein111 commented

Thanks!

bepstein111 commented

Crap, I forgot, they also need a CPL (pick and place) file. If that's not easy for you to produce, a exported .zip from kicad (project, not gerber) will let me generate them in EasyEDA.

zapta commented

Ben, is this is what you are looking for? https://support.jlcpcb.com/article/84-how-to-generate-the-bom-and-centroid-file-from-kicad

I can try going over the instructions and export. BTW, I looked at SMD service at JLCPCB but am not sure they have the exact Alegro current sensors.

bepstein111 commented

Yeah, that's it! Hmmm you checked on LCSC.com? That's unfortunate. I wonder if I'd have better luck through PCBway?

coelholm commented

@bepstein111 Did you have chance to generate that CPL file?

I found Alegro current sensor at https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000178092630.html

phil-barrett commented

Be very careful of aliexpress vendors. There is a reasonable chance you will get a fake chip. Personally, I would not trust them - way too many stories of remarked chips that aren't even close to what they claim to be.

zapta commented
zapta commented

FYI, I just released an upgraded design which is based on the Raspberry Pi Pico. It also includes gerbers, bom and pos files for JLCPCB SMD service, for the parts they do carry.

https://github.com/zapta/simple_stepper_motor_analyzer