Kicad Gerbers

Generate, render, and visually review KiCad Gerber layers as a fabrication-output inspection step.

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This skill allows an LLM to review generated GERBER files for production of a PCB.

If no generated GERBERs exist, please request for the user to generate them or generate them yourself for the purpose of review only, in a separate directory.

Generate GERBERs per layer with kicad-cli and then use pygerber in a venv to view them, rendered as images. uv pip install pygerber

For example:

'''To convert a Gerber file to PNG, use the pygerber gerber convert png command. For example, following command converts source.gbr (a copper layer) to a PNG at 600 DPMM resolution:

pygerber gerber convert png source.gbr -o output.png -d 600 -s copper_alpha'''

Ensure that their are no unexpected shorts, that vias do not intersect, and that overall the board appears to be fabricatable.

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npx skillmds@latest add american-embedded/kicad-gerbers