v2 with spin direction and increasing amount of segments per turn for smoother result in outer circles

KiCAD_CopperSpiral_v2.py

import sys, os
import shutil
import math
import itertools
from copy import deepcopy

#              0        1          2      3      4        5    6
LIST_elmt = ["  ("," (start ",") (end ",") "," (layer ",") ","))"]
#LIST_elmt = ["  (gr_line (start 131.571908 182.314571) (end 112.874456 120.68499) (angle 90) (layer Dwgs.User) (width 0.1))"]
#LIST_elmt = ["  (segment (start 118.7 106.7) (end 119.4 106.7) (width 0.25) (layer B.Cu) (net 0))"]
DICT_elmt = {"seg" : ["segment", "(width ", "(net "],
             "arc" : ["gr_arc", "(angle ", "(width "],
             "lne" : ["gr_line", "(angle ", "(width "],
             }
DICT_lyr = { "dwg" : "Dwgs.User",
             "cmt" : "Cmts.User",
             "cut" : "Edge.Cuts",
             "fcu" : "F.Cu",
             "bcu" : "B.Cu",
             }

def FNC_string (element,
                STR_start, #1
                STR_end, #2
                Angle, #4
                layer, #5
                width,
                ):
    STR_line = ""
    """
                      0          1         2    3          4           5
    LIST_elmt = ["  ("," (start ",") (end ",") "," (layer ",") (width ","))"]
    """
    for i in range(len(LIST_elmt)):
        STR_line += LIST_elmt[i]
        if i == 0:
            STR_line += DICT_elmt[element][0]
        if i == 1:
            STR_line += STR_start
        if i == 2:
            STR_line += STR_end
        if i == 3:
            if element == "seg":
                STR_line += DICT_elmt[element][1]
                STR_angle = "{:.1f}".format(width)
            else:
                STR_line += DICT_elmt[element][1]
                if element == "lne":
                    STR_angle = "90"
                else:
                    STR_angle = str(Angle)
            STR_line += STR_angle + ")"
        if i == 4:
            STR_line += DICT_lyr[layer]
        if i == 5:
            if element == "seg":
                STR_line += DICT_elmt[element][2]
                STR_line += str(Angle)
            else:
                STR_line += DICT_elmt[element][2]
                STR_line += "{:.2f}".format(width)
    STR_line += "\n"
    return STR_line

def FNC_polygon (element,
                STR_start, #1
                STR_end, #2
                Angle, #4
                layer, #5
                width,
                ):
    STR_line = ""
    """
                      0          1         2    3          4           5
    LIST_elmt = ["  ("," (start ",") (end ",") "," (layer ",") (width ","))"]
    """
    for i in range(len(LIST_elmt)):
        STR_line += LIST_elmt[i]
        if i == 0:
            STR_line += DICT_elmt[element][0]
        if i == 1:
            STR_line += STR_start
        if i == 2:
            STR_line += STR_end
        if i == 3:
            if element == "seg":
                STR_line += DICT_elmt[element][1]
                STR_angle = "{:.1f}".format(width)
            else:
                STR_line += DICT_elmt[element][1]
                if element == "lne":
                    STR_angle = "90"
                else:
                    STR_angle = str(Angle)
            STR_line += STR_angle + ")"
        if i == 4:
            STR_line += DICT_lyr[layer]
        if i == 5:
            if element == "seg":
                STR_line += DICT_elmt[element][2]
                STR_line += str(Angle)
            else:
                STR_line += DICT_elmt[element][2]
                STR_line += "{:.2f}".format(width)
    STR_line += "\n"
    return STR_line


def FNC_spiral (cntr, # (x,y)
                radius,
                segs,
                startangle,
                tw, # track width
                td, # track distance
                turns,
                spin, # cw or ccw, +1 or -1
                layer,
                net,
                ):

    STR_data = ""
    baseX = cntr[0]
    baseY = cntr[1]

    for j in range(turns):

        segs += 4.0
        segangle = 360.0 / segs
        segradius = td / segs

        for i in range(int(segs)):
            # central rings for HV and SNS
            startX = baseX + (radius + segradius * i + td * (j+1)) * math.sin(math.radians(segangle*spin*i + startangle))
            startY = baseY + (radius + segradius * i + td * (j+1)) * math.cos(math.radians(segangle*spin*i + startangle))
            endX = baseX + (radius + segradius * (i + 1.0) + td * (j+1)) * math.sin(math.radians(segangle*spin*(i + 1.0) + startangle))
            endY = baseY + (radius + segradius * (i + 1.0) + td * (j+1)) * math.cos(math.radians(segangle*spin*(i + 1.0) + startangle))
            STR_data += FNC_string ("seg", #type of line
                                    "{:.6f}".format(startX) + " " + "{:.6f}".format(startY), # start point
                                    "{:.6f}".format(endX) + " " + "{:.6f}".format(endY), # end point
                                    net, # angle or net value
                                    layer, # layer on pcb
                                    tw, # track width
                                    )
    return STR_data


if __name__ == '__main__':

    Center = [115.0,105.0] # x/y coordinates of the centre of the pcb sheet
    Radius = 0.5 # start radius in mm
    Sides = 20.0
    StartAngle = 0.0 # degrees
    TrackWidth = 0.4
    TrackDistance = 0.6
    Turns = 8
    Spin = -1 # ccw = +1, cw = -1
    Layer = "fcu"
    Net = "1"

    print FNC_spiral (Center,
                      Radius,
                      Sides,
                      StartAngle,
                      TrackWidth,
                      TrackDistance,
                      Turns,
                      Spin,
                      Layer,
                      Net,
                      )

Excellent Job, a good addition would be
calculation of the coil inductance.

Nice job

super! calculation of coil resistance would be nice as well!

Thank you for this code!!

Thank You! @JoanTheSpark for the script, It's help me lot in PCB coil designing. Now, I have to design ### Rogowaski Coil - Can I devlop coil by this script ? & What changes are needed in script ?

I actually used your code in my masters thesis.

I generated a CITATION.cff file to cite your code. I attached it here if you want to add it to your code repo.

cff-version: 1.0.0
title: KiCAD_CopperSpiral_v2
message: >-
If you use this software, please cite it using the
metadata from this file.
type: software
authors:

• given-names: JoanTheSpark
  identifiers:
• type: url
  value: >-
  https://gist.github.com/JoanTheSpark/e3fab5a8af44f7f8779c
  description: The GitHub URL of version 2
  repository-code: >-
  https://gist.github.com/JoanTheSpark/e3fab5a8af44f7f8779c
  abstract: >-
  KiCad tool to calculate and output copper coil path
  coordinates.
  commit: created
  version: '2'
  date-released: '2015-11-27'

Thank you very much,
best
Ramon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ttqm1z24Ihc&t=31s

kicad 6.0.9 python 3.914 support? @JoanTheSpark

Está genial el código y muy útil!. ¡Gracias!.