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Real-time Netlisting in KiCad

Motivation, Implementation, and Benefits

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KiCad 6 features a new real-time netlisting system that is used to
determine connectivity between items in schematics as the user draws
them. Previously, netlisting in KiCad was a relatively slow operation
that only took place when commanded by the user. I will discuss the
motivations behind this system, some details of its implementation,
benefits it brings, and some opportunities for future improvements.

Netlisting is the process of generating a set of connected items from
a schematic drawing. Traditionally this was needed for creating a
"netlist" for PCB layout: a list of electrical nets, and all the
component pins that are part of each net. We now also use this term
in KiCad to refer to determining which graphical objects in a
schematic are electrically connected to each other. This includes the
component pins that are part of a traditional netlist, but also
things like graphical wires and labels that are used to connect pins
to each other.

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Photo of Jon Evans Jon Evans

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