

Part Designator: This is the name of the component, such as R16.The order of the columns is not important. The first line is a header line, telling which values are in which columns.

Values can be quoted but don’t need to be. On each line, there is a set of values, separated by commas or semicolons. The file is a regular CSV (Comma Separated Values) text file. LitePlacer Input File Format Specification So, spaces in values are not accepted without quotes around them (this is how I’m told the KiCad will behave in the future). These don’t fit together, and this will change in a future version of KiCad. pos file is space separated, and the field width can change. *Note to KiCad users: The current version of KiCad allows you to put spaces to component value. For other programs, the file needs to meet the definition below. Currently, LitePlacer reads Altium, KiCad* and DipTrace files directly, and the output from almost all Eagle UPLs for pick and place file generation. All the data the LitePlacer need will come in through the pick and place file, produced by your CAD system.
