Enhance PDF generation by including silkscreen layers; add image generation workflow for KiCad

Author: electron271

.github/workflows/kicad.yml

@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Generate PDFs
         run: |
-          kicad-cli pcb export pdf --output=pcb.pdf --layers=F.Cu,In1.Cu,In2.Cu,B.Cu,Edge.Cuts tuxkeychain.kicad_pcb
+          kicad-cli pcb export pdf --output=pcb.pdf --layers=F.Cu,In1.Cu,In2.Cu,B.Cu,Edge.Cuts,F.Silkscreen,B.Silkscreen tuxkeychain.kicad_pcb
           kicad-cli sch export pdf --output=schematic.pdf tuxkeychain.kicad_sch
 
       - name: Upload PDFs

.github/workflows/kicad_images.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+name: Generate KiCad Images
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ "main" ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ "main" ]
+  
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+
+jobs:
+  images:
+    name: Generate Images
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Install KiCad 9.0
+        run: |
+          sudo add-apt-repository --yes ppa:kicad/kicad-9.0-releases
+          sudo apt update
+          sudo apt install --install-recommends kicad poppler
+
+      - name: Generate Images
+        run: |
+          kicad-cli pcb render --output=images/pcbf.png --side=bottom tuxkeychain.kicad_pcb
+          kicad-cli pcb render --output=images/pcbb.png --side=bottom tuxkeychain.kicad_pcb
+          kicad-cli sch export pdf --output=/tmp/schematic.pdf tuxkeychain.kicad_sch
+
+          # convert schematic to png with poppler
+          pdftoppm -png /tmp/schematic.pdf > images/schematic.png
+
+      - name: Commit and push images
+        run: |
+          git config --global user.name "GitHub Actions"
+          git config --global user.email "actions@github.com"
+          git add images/*
+          git commit -m "Add generated images"
+          git push

README.md

@@ -16,4 +16,10 @@ NOTE: This is still in the prototype stage, changes to the design are likely. It
 The Allwinner F1C100s footprint/symbol is from https://github.com/thirtythreeforty/3340_kicad (F1C100s symbol, QFN-88_EP_10x10_Pitch0.4mm footprint).
 Same for the JW5211 symbol and footprint.
 
-Schematic heavily based on the business card design by thirtythreeforty (https://www.thirtythreeforty.net/posts/2019/12/my-business-card-runs-linux/businesscard.pdf).
+Schematic heavily based on the business card design by thirtythreeforty (https://www.thirtythreeforty.net/posts/2019/12/my-business-card-runs-linux/businesscard.pdf).
+
+## Images
+|PCB|Schematic|
+|---|---|
+|![PCB Front](images/pcbf.png)|![Schematic](images/schematic.png)|
+|![PCB Back](images/pcbb.png)|-|  

tuxkeychain.kicad_pcb

@@ -141,5 +141,28 @@
 		)
 	)
 	(net 0 "")
+	(gr_rect
+		(start 84.2 45.1)
+		(end 118.8 70.6)
+		(stroke
+			(width 0.05)
+			(type default)
+		)
+		(fill no)
+		(layer "Edge.Cuts")
+		(uuid "a60c6458-5ceb-4af2-8934-5af2fde9460c")
+	)
+	(gr_text "tmp\n"
+		(at 93.2 53.2 0)
+		(layer "F.SilkS")
+		(uuid "d29fe543-7eae-4124-b5c7-43f0278fb319")
+		(effects
+			(font
+				(size 1 1)
+				(thickness 0.1)
+			)
+			(justify left bottom)
+		)
+	)
 	(embedded_fonts no)
 )