Use a package — solar charger

npm install a complete charger circuit, wire the panel and battery to its pins, and create it like any other component.

Click through the files — it's the whole project

What's going on

• @typecad/rd-bq24210 is a published package implementing TI's BQ24210 solar charger — IC, passives, and the connecting tracks, tested as a unit.
• npm install brings its symbols and footprints along; the build syncs them into ./build/lib/ so KiCAD finds everything.
• The panel and battery are Connectors wrapped in Power objects — wiring them to the module's pins (charger.VBUS, charger.BAT) is ordinary net() work, and the power-aware checks see the voltages.
• charger.components is everything the package placed — spread it into create() and the whole sub-circuit lands in the outputs, grouped together.

Install

cd my-project/hw
npm install @typecad/rd-bq24210

Build

typecad-pcb build

In KiCAD, the charger arrives as one group — drag it around the board and route to it like any other part.

Where to go next

• Packages — the full consuming story, constructor options, and DNP
• Package authoring — publish your own circuit modules
• Pins & Power — the Power class behind the panel and battery