bitmap2component(1)

💖 bitmap2component(1) — General Commands Manual 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because this little icon of a tool lives in section 1 of the manual (yes, the General Commands Manual girlies) and she is so much simpler than she looks. no cap.

✨ NAME ✨

bitmap2component — converts a bitmap graphic into a footprint or component.

like. that's it. that's the whole job. and she does it flawlessly. 💅

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so here's the tea 🍓 — bitmap2component takes a black/white bitmap graphic, or a logo, and turns it into a footprint or a component. that's literally her whole personality and honestly? iconic.

and the way she's flexible?? she can spit out an output file for any of these:

• eeschema — *.lib
• pcbnew — *.kicad_mod
• postscript — *.ps
• pl_editor — *.kicad-wks

four formats. four. she said "I contain multitudes" and she MEANT it. 🦋✨

heads up bestie: the input has to be a black/white bitmap graphic (or a logo) — don't come at her with your chaotic full-colour png and expect magic, okay? she's a binary queen, not a colourist. 💀

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

no flags. no options. no drama. just:

bitmap2component

she said "I don't need arguments, I need vibes." 🫶 and honestly? respect. run her, get a GUI, live your best life. no cap.

👑 AUTHOR 👑

this masterpiece was brought to you by Carsten Schoenert <c.schoenert@t-online.de> — the actual main character who wrote her into existence. give them their flowers. 💐

and that's the whole page, bestie!! 🌈 this lil gem is from the General Commands Manual, and the version we're looking at is dated January 19, 2017 (manual page bitmap2component(1), same name top and bottom, because symmetry is also iconic). mwah. 💖🎀🦋✨