Theme: Create a Bill Of Material (BOM)
How can I create a Centroid file for the assembly? (Pick&Place)
"Centroid" is an assembly format (Pick&Place) that is not really precisely defined. It is apparently a CSV format whose lines should contain the following information:
"Component value/Package name", "Position X", "Position Y", "Rotation", "Layer", "Component designator"
Example line:
"10µF/2312","30.48","38.1","90.0","Bottom","C1"
- The order of the fields in the line is undefined
- The reference point of the packages is undefined
- Usually only SMD components are required
- The unit and origin of the coordinates are undefined
- Direction of rotation and direction zero of the rotation are undefined
- "Top" and "Bottom" are provided as layers
However, most assembly machines can adjust to all possible differences. In this respect, the format can be quite helpful.
In TARGET you can use the Pick&Place output as Centroid.
