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General KiCad project template

This is the default project starter for this repository. It is intentionally blank: it contains no RK3399, SBC, or other product-specific circuitry.

The organization and project settings are based on the wired project:

• A4 portrait ISO 5457 page setup.
• A blank root schematic ready for hierarchical subsystem sheets.
• A blank PCB ready for board setup and stackup definition.
• A project configuration with useful BOM fields and DNP/BOM controls.
• A local lib symbol/footprint table for this repository's library.

The generic components in symbols/Project_Generic.kicad_sym are intended for quick placement. They expose the fields normally needed for documentation and BOM work: value, footprint, datasheet, description, manufacturer, MPN, and assembly/BOM inclusion controls. KiCad's standard libraries remain available through the normal system configuration.

Create a project

After installing lib.KiCAD through PCM, copy this directory from the installed package's templates/General-Project/ directory into your project folder and rename the three General-Project.kicad_* root files together. The template is also present in the repository checkout.

Alternatively, from the repository root:

python3 scripts/create_project_from_template.py path/to/new-project

The script copies the template and renames the root project files. Add hierarchical sheets beside the renamed root schematic; keep each sheet in the same directory unless you intentionally create a subdirectory hierarchy.