KiCad - the KiCad Bridge

@@ -110,7 +110,8 @@ Y = yes, P = partial, N = no. Marks for other tools come from their own document | Your wiki project is also a KiCad PCM repository | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | unchanged | | Cloud Libraries: collect parts on the wiki, install them into KiCad (or Fusion, Altium) in one step | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | unchanged | | Parts search (Mouser, DigiKey, JLCPCB, best-source pick) | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | P | Y | N | N | N | unchanged |-| Datasheet straight to symbol and footprint | Y | N | N | N | N | N | P | N | N | N | unchanged |+| Fetch manufacturer CAD (STEP, symbol, footprint, datasheet) from the makers' own sites, through a signed-in background browser | Y (11) | N | N | N | N | P | N | N | N | N | unchanged |+| Datasheet to symbol and footprint as a dedicated tool | Y (12) | N | N | N | N | N | P | N | N | N | unchanged | | Symbols that show the chip: the part's real 3D package outline drawn into the symbol body as native KiCad lines, and pins sorted into captioned groups by function (Power, Ground, I2C, Control) from the datasheet | Y (8) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | unchanged | | Cross-tool library conversion into KiCad (Altium, Fusion and others) | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | unchanged | @@ -148,6 +149,10 @@ Y = yes, P = partial, N = no. Marks for other tools come from their own document  (10) [PCB design rules by fab](https://wiki.adom.inc/adom/pcb-design-rules) holds the DRC limits of popular fabs per process and layer count, generated for KiCad, Fusion and Altium; the bridge applies them to the board (`kicad_set_design_rules`) and KiCad's own DRC does the check. kicad-mcp-pro adds a manufacturing cost estimate, which we do not have. +(11) [pup](https://wiki.adom.inc/adom/pup-bridge) gives the AI a real Chrome on the desktop, in the background and signed in as you, so it can work the vendor sites that block automation or need a login. [adom-chip-fetcher](https://wiki.adom.inc/adom/adom-chip-fetcher) uses it to pull a part's rich STEP model, KiCad symbol and footprint, datasheet and design-help PDFs from the manufacturer's own site first, falling back to distributors or Component Search Engine only with the user's approval. Seeed's server downloads symbol, footprint and 3D from its own free parts registry.++(12) [adom-ds2sf](https://wiki.adom.inc/adom/adom-ds2sf) turns a datasheet into a symbol and footprint with provenance. It matters less than it did: frontier models such as Claude Opus 5.5 and GPT-6 Astra now read a datasheet and draw a correct symbol well on their own, which helps every tool on this page equally. ds2sf remains useful for its structured output and provenance.+ (8) [adom-symbol](https://wiki.adom.inc/adom/adom-symbol) bakes the chip's outline (rendered from the manufacturer's STEP by chip-thumbnailer, with the part number lasered on) into the middle of the symbol as real polylines, fitted between the pin-name columns so it never covers a pin. Pins come grouped by function from the datasheet extraction, with bold group captions, in two-column, square or square-grouped layouts. A schematic then reads like the board: you can see which package each part is. adom-lbr carries the same drawing and captions into native Altium and Fusion libraries, so the part looks the same in all three tools. Any wiki component page can offer every layout variant, generated in the browser, as a `.kicad_sym` download.  ## What KiCad 11 changes@@ -213,7 +218,8 @@ Most tools on this page are a KiCad tool. This bridge is one part of an environm | [adom-parts-search](https://wiki.adom.inc/adom/adom-parts-search) | Mouser, DigiKey and JLCPCB in one search with a best-source pick. | | Cloud Libraries | Add parts on the wiki to your own cloud library, check KiCad, Fusion and Altium availability, and install the bundle into KiCad in one step. | | The parts wiki | Community components with symbol, footprint, 3D model and provenance, ready for the AI. A missing part added by one user is there for everyone after. |-| [adom-lbr](https://wiki.adom.inc/adom/adom-lbr) and [adom-ds2sf](https://wiki.adom.inc/adom/adom-ds2sf) | Library conversion across CAD formats, and datasheet straight to symbol and footprint. |+| [pup](https://wiki.adom.inc/adom/pup-bridge) and [adom-chip-fetcher](https://wiki.adom.inc/adom/adom-chip-fetcher) | A real, signed-in browser the AI drives in the background, used to gather parts data and download manufacturer STEP models, symbols, footprints and datasheets from the makers' own sites. |+| [adom-lbr](https://wiki.adom.inc/adom/adom-lbr) and [adom-ds2sf](https://wiki.adom.inc/adom/adom-ds2sf) | Library conversion across CAD formats, and datasheet to symbol and footprint with provenance. | | [adom-symbol](https://wiki.adom.inc/adom/adom-symbol), [adom-footprint](https://wiki.adom.inc/adom/adom-footprint), [adom-schematic](https://wiki.adom.inc/adom/adom-schematic), [adom-2dboard](https://wiki.adom.inc/adom/adom-2dboard) | Web views of every KiCad surface, so the AI and the user can look at a part or board without opening KiCad. | | Wiki PCM repositories | Every wiki page is git with anonymous file URLs, so a project on the wiki is also a KiCad PCM repository. See [Your wiki page as a KiCad PCM repository](pcm.md). | | People and funding | Adom is funded by the National Science Foundation to build and maintain this for the long term, and three developers on staff review contributions across the bridges. CERN has backed KiCad itself since 2014; we would like the AI layer on top of it to have the same kind of staying power. |