what is this?

• This kicad plugin uses nikfemm simulator to plot power density and voltage on PCB geometries.
• Please note that this is just a demo and I tested it on linux systems only (but you could manage to make it work on windows quite easily).
• Also you'll need to install all the dependencies by yourself.
• P.S. nikfemm can simulate infinite many layers but for simplicity this plugin simulates two layers with hardcoded thickness of 35um

installation

to install the nikfemm python module:

• git clone https://github.com/nikisalli/nikfemm.git
• cd nikfemm/python
• pip install . (you'll need cmake, make and a compiler installed on your system to build the wheel)

to install the dependencies for the plugin

• git clone https://github.com/nikisalli/Kicad-nikfemm
• cd Kicad-nikfemm
• pip install -r requirements.txt

to install the plugin:

• go to the kicad plugin manager
• click the install from file button
• select the zip in the main folder of this repo

acknowledgements

• some parts of the board parsing code are directly taken from https://github.com/Steffen-W/KiCad-Parasitics

nice pictures

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