----- Original Message ----- > From: Lorenzo Marcantonio <[email protected]> > To: Kicad Developers <[email protected]> > Cc: > Sent: Friday, August 9, 2013 3:28 AM > Subject: Re: [Kicad-developers] datasheets as URIs > > On Thu, Aug 08, 2013 at 11:21:02AM -0500, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: >> I've found it easier to correspond with board stuffers if I use http:// > links to >> datasheets rather than putting them on my disk. Plus this way the > schematic parts which >> link to them in the DATASHEET property/field are suddenly more general and > cross project >> capable. > > Good idea. Too bad manufacturers move them and/or make them available in > strange ways... IIRC Microchip links go dead whenever a doc get updated, > for example (at least they don't leave stale documentation around...) >
I think it's an excellent feature; the links are likely to be good since this is obviously checked and sent just before production. Of course I will still keep my own copies due to the issues you mention, plus in long term support I have found that manufacturers happily delete documentation forever when they obsolete a product - it's a much bigger job to design a replacement component/board when some of the chips no longer have documentation. - Cirilo _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
