Files and folders¶

Projects¶

~/WholeBoardProjects/<date>-<name>/ (the folder is set by projects_dir in Settings):

Path
`revN/`	One folder per build
`revN/*.kicad_pro`, `.kicad_sch`, `.kicad_pcb`, `.kicad_dru`	The KiCad project. Open it in KiCad; your edits are kept
`revN/fab/`	Gerber zip, BOM and CPL for JLCPCB; panel files when made
`revN/sim/`	The SPICE netlist and plots
`revN/firmware/`	The PlatformIO project
`revN/quote.json`	The quote
`revN/summary.json`	The History entry
`exports/`	The zipped KiCad project, firmware and bring-up guide

Path
`~/.wholeboard/config.json`	Settings and API keys (readable by your user only on Linux and macOS)
`~/.wholeboard/blocks/`	Your own building blocks
`~/.wholeboard/models3d/`	Downloaded 3D part models
`~/.wholeboard/tools/`	Tools the installer fetched (FreeCAD AppImage)
`~/.wholeboard/kikit-py/`	KiKit, for KiCad's Python
`~/.wholeboard/mcp/`	The MCP server's working copies
`~/.wholeboard/`	Also library copies and the parts cache

Set WHOLEBOARD_HOME to move ~/.wholeboard.

Path
`wholeboard/jlc/pricing.json`	JLCPCB's board, assembly and shipping prices (estimates; edit when they change)
`wholeboard/jlc/capabilities.json`	JLCPCB's manufacturing limits for the rules file
`bench/prompts.json`, `bench/results/`, `bench/RESULTS.md`	The benchmark