<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://community.element14.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Problem Solving with KiCad 7 and Python: Getting Data and Moving Components on Circuit Boards</title><link>/technologies/open-source-hardware/b/blog/posts/problem-solving-with-kicad-7-and-python-getting-data-and-moving-components-on-circuit-boards</link><description>Table of Contents

 Introduction 
 Python Console 
 Getting Footprint Information 
 Python writing Python 
 Trying it Out 
 Holes in a Geometric Pattern 
 Summary 


Introduction
One of the great advantages of KiCad is that it supports a decent language</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>RE: Problem Solving with KiCad 7 and Python: Getting Data and Moving Components on Circuit Boards</title><link>https://community.element14.com/technologies/open-source-hardware/b/blog/posts/problem-solving-with-kicad-7-and-python-getting-data-and-moving-components-on-circuit-boards</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jun 2023 19:33:20 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:00780f7a-5ae8-4edc-9935-c4156a32f465</guid><dc:creator>genebren</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;Very cool and very powerful.&amp;nbsp; It sure beats calculating each position and then placing each hole at the computed position.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=26283&amp;AppID=18&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>