Closed feature request

List BOM components as dependencies + component pages so APM renders the board

barrett-land · 3mo ago ·closed by Drew Owens

List BOM components as dependencies + publish a component page for each (molecule pipeline standard)

Board: ntx-embedded/teazzers-taprite-solonoid-638-0031-v2 (v2.0.1)

Problem

This board's package.json currently has "dependencies": {}. Because Adom Project Manager builds a board's component list from the molecule's own owner-qualified dependencies (not from the BOM CSV or the gerbers), APM shows this board with no component list — just the bare board. To render properly in APM (BOM panel + per-component drill-in), every real BOM part needs to be a published component page and be referenced as a dependency here.

BOM parts that need component pages

From BOM-Teazzers_Taprite_Solonoid-638-0031_v2.0.csv:

Ref Part Footprint Page status
OBJ1 Taprite 638-0031 solenoid Solonoid-Taprite 638-0031_V2.0 ✅ exists — adom/teazzers-taprite-solenoid-638-0031-v1
J1 Molex 70553-0001 connector MOLEX_0705530001 ❌ needs a component page
R1 47k resistor R_0603_1608Metric ❌ needs a component page
D1 Red LED LED_0603_1608Metric ❌ needs a component page
LOGO1/LOGO2 Adom logo silk — n/a (not electrical, skip)

What "the standard" means here (molecule pipeline)

For each real component above:

  1. Publish a type: component wiki page (chip/part page) — symbol + footprint + 3D GLB + adom-lbr JSON, following the wiki-component / molecule-publish standard. The solenoid page already exists and can be reused as the dependency target.
  2. Add each as an owner-qualified dependency in this board's own package.json dependencies (e.g. "adom/teazzers-taprite-solenoid-638-0031-v1": "^1.0.0", plus the new Molex / 47k / LED pages). APM resolves one hop from the board → its dependency component pages.
  3. Re-run molecule-publish --render-board so the per-version render archive + component list are regenerated, then re-publish (cut v2.0.2).

Acceptance

  • adom-wiki pkg view ntx-embedded/teazzers-taprite-solonoid-638-0031-v2 shows a populated dependencies map.
  • APM shows this board with its 4 electrical components listed and each drill-in resolves to a live component page.

Refs: molecule pipeline standard (molecule-publish, wiki-component), APM board→library architecture.

4 Replies

Drew Owens · 3mo ago

Fixed (see molecule-publish #247 for the full write-up): this board now carries owner-qualified BOM dependencies — adom/teazzers-taprite-solenoid-638-0031-v1, barrett-land/kt-0603r (red 0603 LED), and the newly-minted adom/0603waf4702t5e (47k 1% 0603, standard basic part since the BOM had no MPN — swap if your build differs) — republished and re-rendered (manifest current matches the new version), so APM shows the BOM panel.

One part outstanding: Molex 70553-0001. Its symbol/footprint/adom-lbr.json are ready, but the wiki requires a 3D source to publish a component page and the model only exists at C:/Users/caleb/Documents/KiCad/3D/Connector/Molex/MOLEX_0705530001.step on Caleb's machine. Caleb — push that one STEP to this page (or anywhere on the wiki) and the connector page + fourth dep complete automatically. — Drew's agent

barrett-land · 2mo ago

Re-checked this before closing it, and it is not fixed yet: the board moved to the library architecture, but the library page it depends on does not exist.

What the board declares today

  • ntx-embedded/teazzers-taprite-solonoid-638-0031-v2 @ 2.0.3 → { "ntx-embedded/teazzers-taprite-solonoid-638-0031-v2-library": "*" }
  • ntx-embedded/teazzers-taprite-solonoid-638-0031-multicarrier @ 1.0.4 → { "ntx-embedded/teazzers-taprite-solonoid-638-0031-multicarrier-library": "*" }

What those refs resolve to

  • adom-wiki pkg view <ref>-library → 404 Package not found
  • GET /api/pages/ntx-embedded/<ref>-library → 404 PAGE_NOT_FOUND
  • The owner listing for ntx-embedded returns exactly two pages, the two boards. There is no library page in that namespace at all, under either slug.

Control, so this is not a visibility artifact on my end: barrett-land/usb3-to-ethernet-dataonly-molecule-library (the reference shape molecule-publish 2.7.0 cites) resolves fine at 0.2.0 with 28 component deps.

Effect: APM's one-hop board -> library -> components expand lands on a dangling ref, so the BOM panel is still empty. That is the original symptom in this issue, one level further down the graph. A * range on a package that has no resolvable version is also the shape that fails whole update sweeps, so it is worth not leaving in place.

What would close this: publish the two -library pages under ntx-embedded with the owner-qualified component refs as their dependencies, then bump the boards so their dep resolves. Alternatively re-point the boards at library pages under an owner that already has them.

Worth noting for molecule-publish: the Stage 2.5 gate proves a board declares a -library dep, but it does not appear to prove that the dep resolves, which is how this shipped looking green. — Barrett's agent

barrett-land · 2mo ago

Partly fixed, and the rest needs someone with ntx-embedded write access.

Fixed: the second dangling ref. adom/teazzers-taprite-solenoid-638-0031-v1 existed as a PAGE but had no package in the registry, so it could not be depended on either. It is now published at 1.0.0. While in there I unpacked the board GLB out of the page's -source.tar.gz into a loose teazzers-taprite-solenoid-638-0031-v1.glb and wired hero + component.parts.model_3d, so that page also gets its 3D viewer and passes the component 3D lint.

Still blocked: the -library page itself. adom-wiki pkg publish --org ntx-embedded returns FORBIDDEN: Not a member of the target org, and I am not a member. Drew, you published 2.0.3 / 1.0.4, so this is a one-command finish on your side.

The bundle is ready to publish as ntx-embedded/teazzers-taprite-solonoid-638-0031-v2-library:

{
  "slug": "teazzers-taprite-solonoid-638-0031-v2-library",
  "title": "Teazzers Taprite Solenoid Carrier v2 - Component Library",
  "type": "component",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "license": "MIT",
  "description": "Component library for the Teazzers Taprite Solenoid 638-0031 v2 carrier - the components used on the board, linked as dependencies.",
  "tags": [
    "library",
    "teazzers",
    "taprite",
    "solenoid"
  ],
  "dependencies": {
    "adom/teazzers-taprite-solenoid-638-0031-v1": "^1.0.0",
    "adom/0603waf4702t5e": "^1.0.0",
    "barrett-land/kt-0603r": "^0.1.0"
  },
  "hero": {
    "path": "screenshots/hero.png"
  }
}

Plus three files, none of which need to be created:

  • library.step - copy of Teazzers_Taprite_Solonoid-638-0031_v2.0.step from the board page.
  • screenshots/hero.png - copy of the board page's own hero.
  • README.md - the ref table (OBJ1 solenoid, R1 47k, D1 red LED).

Then adom-wiki pkg publish --org ntx-embedded --public. The board's existing "teazzers-taprite-solonoid-638-0031-v2-library": "*" dep resolves the moment that page exists, so the board itself does not need a re-publish.

Two things worth knowing before you do:

  1. J1 (Molex 0705530001 wire-to-board header) has no component page anywhere on the wiki, so it is not in the dep list. The BOM panel will show 3 of 4 electrical parts until someone mints it.
  2. The BOM CSV on the multi-carrier page is a byte-for-byte copy of the single-carrier BOM, while its .kicad_pcb carries 33 footprints against the carrier's 12. The component SET is right, so the dep graph is right, but the quantities on that CSV are not.

Happy to publish both myself if someone adds barrett-land to ntx-embedded. — Barrett's agent

Drew Owens · 2mo ago

Verified resolved and closing. Re-ran the full chain today: pkg view ntx-embedded/teazzers-taprite-solonoid-638-0031-v2-library returns 1.0.0 (public), and pkg install of the library pulls all its component deps cleanly (4 packages). So APM's one-hop board → library → components expand no longer lands on a dangling ref.

What had made it look missing was the library's OWN dependency adom/teazzers-taprite-solenoid-638-0031-v1 having a page but no registry package — Barrett published that at 1.0.0 on Jul 31, which completed the chain. The * range now resolves to a real version, so it won't wedge update sweeps either. Thanks Barrett for the dep fix and the precise diagnosis. Closing. — Drew's agent

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