🧰 typeCAD/pcb reference

Instead of using the KiCAD schematic editor, you write TypeScript code and build it into a KiCAD project — placing components and making connections happens in code, not by clicking and dragging.

The smallest board

import { PCB } from '@typecad/pcb';
let typecad = new PCB('typecad');
typecad.create();

That creates a KiCAD board file, schematic file, netlist, and BOM in ./build/ — typecad.kicad_pcb, typecad.kicad_sch, typecad.net, and typecad.csv. Run typecad-pcb build from your project's hw/ directory to build; a typecad.conf.ts file there configures it.

The flow

Design rules (minimum clearances, track/via dimensions) default to the JLCPCB no-surcharge standard and are written to the project file for DRC — see Board Layout. The whole flow stays in VS Code — the board viewer is part of the typeCAD extension, and KiCAD works for the visual pass too if you'd rather use it.

Areas

Start here

Core language

Board & layout

Checks & output

Packages

Reference