Error: unsupported file format 4

[syedkarim]

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When I upload this file, I receive an error from the website: https://wokwi.com/easyeda2kicad?utm_source=wokwi&utm_medium=blog&utm_campaign=easyeda2kicad

I changed the extension from .json to .txt, so it could be attached here. MICRO-USB-SMD_U254-051N-4BH806_2020-12-23_13-34-10.txt

[karinchechik]

Hi,

This file is a footprint and footprints should be converted to .kicad_mod - which are not supported yet. @urish - will it make sense to treat footprints like pcb for the conversion (docType 3)? I'm not familiar with the usage of footprints in kicad.

[urish]

The .kicad_mod files are quite similar to the .kicad_pcb format, so it could be as simple as reusing the logic that converts footprints and just dumping the result to a .kicad_mod file.

Here is an example of a very basic .kicad_mod file from one of my projects:

(module LOGO (layer F.Cu)
  (at 0 0)
 (fp_text reference "G***" (at 0 0) (layer F.SilkS) hide
  (effects (font (thickness 0.3)))
  )
  (fp_text value "LOGO" (at 0.75 0) (layer F.SilkS) hide
  (effects (font (thickness 0.3)))
  )
)

So the output seems very similar to what we already have.

@karinchechik would you like to take a look at this?

[karinchechik]

Yes @urish, I will do it in the next few days :)

[TheButlah]

Did this ever get implemented? EasyEDA has a great selection of footprints, and getting them into kicad would be great :)

[urish]

Nope :)