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Length matching scripts for KiCad
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| This script now has its own proper repo thanks to @mithro: | |
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Hi!
Sorry, I somehow missed your question when you posted it last year.
FWIW, I think this would be possible and I'm 99% sure you can get to the vias via the Python API. Originally my thinking was that vias constitute an impedance irregularity that's significant nearly any time you're length matching - so once I'm at the situation where I care about 1.6mm length differences then I already need to be paying close attention to via placement, trying to keep them uniform across signals, etc. Once I'm doing that then I can mostly disregard them from a length matching perspective, because they're going to be mostly symmetrical changes.
That said - did you ever add via counting support to the script?
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First of all, many thanks for this snippet. It has made my life much easier.
Second (and please forgive my unfamiliarity with the pcbnew module) how hard would it be to account for vias? To first order, could you add
1.6mm * [number of vias in the net]to the sum you do on line 106, or is getting the net's vias a major pain?