Chip Fetcher Lite
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Lightweight wiki-first component staging area. Add a component, check the Adom wiki for KiCad/Altium/Fusion files, upload what's missing, then file the symbol + footprint + 3D model straight into your
Chip Fetcher Lite
A fast, low-context staging area for component CAD — the lightweight companion to the full chip-fetcher. When you just want to know "is this part on the Adom wiki, and do I have the KiCad / Altium / Fusion files?" — and then file the good ones straight into your libraries — this is the tool.
What it does
- Add a component (by MPN, or a description like
100nF 0402 capacitor). It's added to a list and checked against the Adom wiki. Descriptions resolve to the real MPN page. - See file availability at a glance. Each row has four status boxes — KiCad · Altium ·
Fusion · JLC — that colour independently:
- KiCad/Altium/Fusion: red (0 of symbol/footprint/3D) · yellow (1–2) · green (all 3). Hover for the breakdown.
- JLC: green if a JLCPCB/LCSC part number is known, red otherwise. Click to set one.
- Upload what's missing. Drop a
.kicad_sym/.kicad_mod/.stepetc. onto a row; it's held in a local staging area and the box turns green. - Probe your libraries. With one click the app scans your machine (via adom-desktop) for
your KiCad/Altium/Fusion libraries and shows, per row, exactly where each file will go:
- Symbol → your JLC category library (
JLC_Capacitors_BLT.kicad_sym,JLC_MCUs_BLT, …) - Footprint → the manufacturer
.pretty(or the KiCad stock footprint for generic passives — locked, marked KiCad default) - 3D → the manufacturer subfolder under your
3D/directory - New libraries are flagged new and created on send. The folder/file name is shown; hover for the full path.
- Symbol → your JLC category library (
- Send to library. Files the symbol (merged into the category lib, trimmed to the 5 standard fields + LCSC), the footprint, and the 3D model onto your machine, creating and registering any missing libraries. A live progress bar shows each step.
Rows are grouped under category headers (Resistor, Capacitor, LED, …). Multi-select + Select all, and pick which EDA targets to send to.
How it stays "lite"
It does not scrape vendors, generate symbols, or run cross-source validation. It reads the wiki, stages files, and files them — nothing heavier. Adding 138 basic parts at once checks the wiki for all of them (bounded to 4 concurrent lookups) without breaking a sweat.
Architecture
- Runtime: Node.js, zero native dependencies (pure
http). - Frontend: a single
public/index.html, vanilla JS, dark Adom theme (Familjen Grotesk / Satoshi / JetBrains Mono). - Storage:
data/data.json+data/staging/<id>/for uploaded files (runtime only — not shipped). - Wiki:
adompkg search+wiki.adom.inc/api/v1/pages/<slug>+/blob/component/<slug>/<file>. - Desktop: library probe + file delivery go through the adom-desktop bridge.
Run
node server.js # listens on :7821 (CFL_PORT to override)
node cli.js app # open as a Hydrogen webview
See SKILL.md for how an AI agent drives it, and DEVELOPING.md for the architecture notes and hard-won gotchas (start there if you're extending it).
# Chip Fetcher Lite
A fast, low-context staging area for component CAD — the lightweight companion to the full
chip-fetcher. When you just want to know *"is this part on the Adom wiki, and do I have the
KiCad / Altium / Fusion files?"* — and then file the good ones straight into your libraries —
this is the tool.
## What it does
1. **Add a component** (by MPN, or a description like `100nF 0402 capacitor`). It's added to a
list and checked against the Adom wiki. Descriptions resolve to the real MPN page.
2. **See file availability at a glance.** Each row has four status boxes — **KiCad · Altium ·
Fusion · JLC** — that colour independently:
- KiCad/Altium/Fusion: red (0 of symbol/footprint/3D) · yellow (1–2) · green (all 3). Hover for the breakdown.
- JLC: green if a JLCPCB/LCSC part number is known, red otherwise. Click to set one.
3. **Upload what's missing.** Drop a `.kicad_sym` / `.kicad_mod` / `.step` etc. onto a row;
it's held in a local staging area and the box turns green.
4. **Probe your libraries.** With one click the app scans your machine (via adom-desktop) for
your KiCad/Altium/Fusion libraries and shows, per row, exactly where each file will go:
- **Symbol** → your JLC category library (`JLC_Capacitors_BLT.kicad_sym`, `JLC_MCUs_BLT`, …)
- **Footprint** → the manufacturer `.pretty` (or the KiCad **stock** footprint for generic passives — locked, marked *KiCad default*)
- **3D** → the manufacturer subfolder under your `3D/` directory
- New libraries are flagged **new** and created on send. The folder/file name is shown; hover for the full path.
5. **Send to library.** Files the symbol (merged into the category lib, trimmed to the 5
standard fields + LCSC), the footprint, and the 3D model onto your machine, creating and
registering any missing libraries. A live progress bar shows each step.
Rows are grouped under category headers (Resistor, Capacitor, LED, …). Multi-select +
**Select all**, and pick which EDA targets to send to.
## How it stays "lite"
It does **not** scrape vendors, generate symbols, or run cross-source validation. It reads the
wiki, stages files, and files them — nothing heavier. Adding 138 basic parts at once checks
the wiki for all of them (bounded to 4 concurrent lookups) without breaking a sweat.
## Architecture
- **Runtime:** Node.js, **zero native dependencies** (pure `http`).
- **Frontend:** a single `public/index.html`, vanilla JS, dark Adom theme (Familjen Grotesk /
Satoshi / JetBrains Mono).
- **Storage:** `data/data.json` + `data/staging/<id>/` for uploaded files (runtime only — not shipped).
- **Wiki:** `adompkg search` + `wiki.adom.inc/api/v1/pages/<slug>` + `/blob/component/<slug>/<file>`.
- **Desktop:** library probe + file delivery go through the **adom-desktop** bridge.
## Run
```bash
node server.js # listens on :7821 (CFL_PORT to override)
node cli.js app # open as a Hydrogen webview
```
See **SKILL.md** for how an AI agent drives it, and **DEVELOPING.md** for the architecture
notes and hard-won gotchas (start there if you're extending it).