Use Octopart to update and add components to an Altium DBlib

Installation

$ virtualenv --prompt '|> odbt <| ' env
$ pip install -r requirements.txt
$ setup.py develop

Usage

ODBT is a CLI application which can be used from the command line.

Requirements

You need to setup an Altium DBLib structure + database. Furthermore you request an Octopart or Digi-Key API key.

The required directory structure is shown below:

Components\
    Capacitors\
        Datasheets\
        Capacitors.PcbLib
        Capacitors.SchLib
    ...
    Resistors\
Database.mdb
Database.DbLib

For previewing links and datasheets Google Chrome is required.

Configuration

Before you can use the application you need to setup the config file in the config directory. You can copy odbt.yml.samle to odbt.yml and edit the file to match your setup.

• You will need to obtain an API key from Octopart and need to enter it in the configuration under odbt -> octopart_api_key.
• You will need to enter a path to the database given in the section above under odbt -> db_path as C:\Path\To\Directory\Structure\Database.mdb

Running

Activate your virtual environment (See development section for creating one):

$ source env/bin/activate

And run the application:

### run odbt cli application
$ odbt --help

usage: odbt [-h] [-d] [-q] [-v] {table,item,config} ...

Use Octopart to update and add componenta to an Altium DBlib

optional arguments:
  -h, --help           show this help message and exit
  -d, --debug          full application debug mode
  -q, --quiet          suppress all console output
  -v, --version        show program's version number and exit

sub-commands:
  {table,item,config}
    table              table controller
    item               item controller
    config             config controller

Usage: odbt [command]

Development

This project includes a number of helpers in the Makefile to streamline common development tasks.

Environment Setup

The following demonstrates setting up and working with a development environment:

### create a virtualenv for development
$ make virtualenv
$ source env/bin/activate

### run odbt cli application
$ odbt --help

### run pytest / coverage
$ make test

TODO

• Script to create a default empty database including file paths
• Handle thrown errors
• Functional testing