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+# bom2table
+Generate a nicely formatted table from an EAGLE BOM
+
+## Usage
+Run `npm install` and `npm build`
+
+Upload a BOM exported in csv format from EAGLE (untick 'List attributes') to get a table and the corresponding HTML.