Release 1.4.0: PDN mode, the config-file workflow, and the dialog editor
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Multiple Thevenin supplies and prescribed-current loads on one net,
solved in absolute volts with the Tellegen power balance verified per
run; a source-sink pair table (effective copper resistance per
supply x load pair plus an exactly-summing proportional-sharing loss
attribution), in summary.txt and as its own figure. Bonded terminals
short a package's contacts into one lug so the per-pin split becomes
a solve outcome. Geometry dumps carry the terminal set (schema v8).

The dialog gained a Classic/PDN mode selector and a full PDN editor:
per-role supply/load tables built from the marker rectangles (or a
config's terminal set, which never pins mode or net), with Component
hints, per-terminal Layer scopes, Active checkboxes, comments, a
per-net row filter, resizable tables and a scrolling, screen-sized
dialog. Numbers accept SI suffixes (50m, 4.7k) everywhere.

fill_res_config.json fully specifies a run (classic or PDN) with
validation, comments, named side-by-side configs (the one called
default auto-loads), Load/Save buttons with an editable file name,
and saves that never drop anything drawn on the board.

347 tests, green on Python 3.13 and on the 3.9 macOS wheel stack.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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{
"$schema": "https://go.kicad.org/pcm/schemas/v2",
"name": "Fill Resistance",
"description": "DC resistance of copper zone fills and traces between two contacts, single- or multi-layer with via coupling; current and power density maps.",
"description_full": "Computes the DC resistance of copper zone fills and traces between two contacts (marker rectangles on User.1/User.2 and/or selected pads/vias), single- or multi-layer: the chosen net's fills and tracks are solved as coupled finite-difference sheets linked by the net's via and through-hole-pad barrels. Selected vias/THT pads inject at the drill-wall barrel, and every populated THT hole carries its full solder joint (component lead, solder fill, one-sided pad coat and protruding-lead cone) with exact pad shapes and do-not-populate flags read from KiCad, conducting in-plane as its solder plug and lead on every layer it spans. Every net pad's exact copper shape is stamped on the layers it sits on, SMD as well as through-hole, and oblong (slotted) holes are modelled as their true stadium shape rather than an approximating circle. Traces narrower than the grid become exact 1D resistor chains, and an adaptive multi-resolution grid (fine at features, coarse plane interiors, deferred-corrected) keeps large boards fast.\n\nShows per-layer rasterized maps, potential, current density and power density, reports per-via currents (via ampacity) and total dissipation at a selectable test current. An optional skin-effect correction (exact 1D foil/barrel solution at a user-set frequency) estimates the resistive skin rise only - proximity redistribution and inductance are not modeled, so this is not an AC impedance simulation. PNGs, a text summary and a re-solvable geometry dump are saved per run.\n\nNote: the first load builds the plugin's Python environment (numpy, scipy, pyamg, matplotlib, PySide6) and can take several minutes.",
"description": "DC resistance of copper zone fills and traces between two contacts, single- or multi-layer with via coupling; current and power density maps. PDN mode: multiple supplies and loads on one rail with current sharing and IR-drop.",
"description_full": "Computes the DC resistance of copper zone fills and traces between two contacts (marker rectangles on User.1/User.2 and/or selected pads/vias), single- or multi-layer: the chosen net's fills and tracks are solved as coupled finite-difference sheets linked by the net's via and through-hole-pad barrels. Selected vias/THT pads inject at the drill-wall barrel, and every populated THT hole carries its full solder joint (component lead, solder fill, one-sided pad coat and protruding-lead cone) with exact pad shapes and do-not-populate flags read from KiCad, conducting in-plane as its solder plug and lead on every layer it spans. Every net pad's exact copper shape is stamped on the layers it sits on, SMD as well as through-hole, and oblong (slotted) holes are modelled as their true stadium shape rather than an approximating circle. Traces narrower than the grid become exact 1D resistor chains, and an adaptive multi-resolution grid (fine at features, coarse plane interiors, deferred-corrected) keeps large boards fast.\n\nPDN mode replaces the single driven pair with a whole power rail: any number of supplies (Thevenin sources with configurable output resistance and open-circuit voltage) and loads with prescribed current draws on one net, set up from marker rectangles in an editable dialog or a JSON configuration file, reporting the IR-drop map, per-supply current sharing and per-load contact voltages in absolute volts. Multi-contact terminals can be bonded into one lug (a package's total current with the per-pin split solved).\n\nShows per-layer rasterized maps, potential, current density and power density, reports per-via currents (via ampacity) and total dissipation at a selectable test current. An optional skin-effect correction (exact 1D foil/barrel solution at a user-set frequency) estimates the resistive skin rise only - proximity redistribution and inductance are not modeled, so this is not an AC impedance simulation. PNGs, a text summary and a re-solvable geometry dump are saved per run.\n\nNote: the first load builds the plugin's Python environment (numpy, scipy, pyamg, matplotlib, PySide6) and can take several minutes.",
"identifier": "th.co.b4l.fill-resistance",
"type": "plugin",
"author": {
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"versions": [
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"version": "1.3.0",
"version": "1.4.0",
"status": "stable",
"kicad_version": "10.0",
"runtime": "ipc"