On 5 June 2015 at 12:00, Wayne Stambaugh <[email protected]> wrote: > On 6/5/2015 2:57 PM, Henner Zeller wrote: >> On 5 June 2015 at 11:54, Chris Pavlina <[email protected]> wrote: >>> On Fri, Jun 05, 2015 at 02:31:06PM -0400, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: >>>> On 6/5/2015 2:00 PM, Andy Peters wrote: >>>>> >>>>> *snip * >>>> >>>> *snip* Trying to provide a fully defined symbol >>>> for every transistor would be a huge under taking. Our solution may not >>>> be ideal but I'm not sure I want to sift through thousands (tens of >>>> thousands?) of transistor part numbers to find what I'm looking for. >>> >>> You should never have to sift! We need to create a standardized way to >>> write description that is easily searched. This is how I manage my >>> library - it's quite large, but I know how the descriptions work and I >>> can just start typing what I'm looking for. >>> >>>> I wonder how well Henner's component chooser search code would handle >>>> that >>>> number of symbols. >>> >>> Optimize it if it can't! Searching through even *millions* of data >>> points is a solved problem in computing. >> >> As I said, I wouldn't worry about that. In my day-job I am working >> with billions of things to search from, so this is peanuts. >> >> -h >> > > If only we could create the symbol libraries that fast. Now that would > useful!
:) Yes, this is why I'd like to see DigiKey, Mouser, Farnell (or even the manufacturers themself: TI, Atmel, Microchiop, Analog Devices...) have a standardized way to export their portfolio. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
