Dan McMahill wrote: > Steve Meier wrote: >> There would be a ten million part library for resisters if you rrestrict >> yourself to a flat file format that limits the expression of the data so >> that it can't capture "natural regularities of that universe of components " > > > well, the way I often times see this handled in big companies is there > are internal part numbers. > Big companies, small companies, and me myself in my garage. Having been pickled in that process over the years, I've come to see it's value. I made myself a small mySQL database that cross-references "my" part number to manufacturer part numbers, and manufacturer part numbers to Digi-Key and Mouser part numbers. It sounds like a lot of work, but it really does save time in the end. So I attach my part number as an attribute, and generate my kit lists using a dim-witted C program and mySQL.
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