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product-template/README.md
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grabowski 0e002be80c Versioning: stages v0.1, firmware SemVer, software CalVer
TEMPLATE.md Versioning section; notes in README, CHANGELOG and the firmware/software READMEs. Source: contrib/product-template in B4L/proplan.
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$REPO_NAME

$REPO_DESCRIPTION

Created from B4L/product-template. TEMPLATE.md explains the layout, the rules and proplan.toml.

Folder What goes there
assets/ the product image (assets/product.png, shown by proplan), renders
hardware/$REPO_NAME/ the KiCad project of the board
hardware/lib/ symbols, footprints and 3D models shared by the boards
firmware/ MCU code, one folder per target; firmware/lib/ for shared drivers
external/ third-party code as git submodules
software/ host tools and apps
mech/ FreeCAD sources and STEP exports
sim/ LTspice/ngspice models, calculation scripts and notebooks
test/ bench results per prototype stage (test/v0.1/)
docs/ documentation; docs/datasheets/ for vendor PDFs, docs/tex/ for LaTeX

Prototype stages

Each prototype is a git tag (v0.1, v0.2, ...). CI builds gerbers, BOM and schematic PDFs for the tag and attaches them to its release; CHANGELOG.md says what each stage changes. In proplan the prototype stage links the tag.

Versioning

What Tag Scheme
Prototype stage v0.1, v0.2 the next stage takes the next number
Firmware target firmware/<target>/v1.2.0 SemVer
Software tool software/<tool>/2026.10.0 CalVer YYYY.MM.MICRO

TEMPLATE.md has the rules (what counts as breaking, pre-releases, changelogs).