Limpkin's blog - Tag - bill of materials<div>An electronics geek blog, dedicated to sharing and open source. Check out my stores: <a href="https://lectronz.com/stores/stephanelec" hreflang="en" title="Lectronz store">EU</a> / <a href="https://www.tindie.com/stores/stephanelec" hreflang="en" title="tindie store">EU & US</a>.</div>2024-03-29T00:41:47+00:00Mathieuurn:md5:51de6a3d917257edeff5a252fe925b02DotclearThe Updated Bill of Materials and Stock Management Toolurn:md5:73e53d4520503610fe11aa0fbb66f9ed2014-01-09T22:38:00+00:002023-04-14T13:46:16+01:00limpkinMy Projectsbill of materialsbomdigikeyexcel<p>Stock management and Bill of Materials generation are usually neglected when it comes to making projects, so I updated a tool I made a while back...<br /><br />
<img src="https://www.limpkin.fr/public/BoM/.bom_m.jpg" alt="BoM generator" style="display:table; margin:0 auto;" title="BoM generator, janv. 2014" /></p> <p>Unfortunately for Linux users, this utility is made using Visual Basic functions in an Excel file!<br />
It works fairly simply: just enter your schematics’ <strong>components references</strong> in the excel sheet, along with the <strong>corresponding Digikey webpage address</strong>. Click on the “fetch” button and the script will automatically get all your <strong>components characteristics</strong> from the internet and tell you the components costs depending on the number of prototypes you want to make. Then click the “sort BoM” button and your BoM will automatically be sorted by component type and value.<br />
Another functionality allows you to check that all the components present in your BoM are also present on the (very simple) Kicad generated one. Finally, using another Excel sheet containing your current stock, the Bill of Materials will let you know <strong>if you have enough components for the assembly stage</strong>. You can download the BoM template <a href="https://www.limpkin.fr/public/BoM/BoM_template.xlsm">here</a> and the corresponding stock file <a href="https://www.limpkin.fr/public/BoM/Stock_file.xlsm">there</a>. Here is the video of the tool in action:<br /></p>
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