Hi, I've been using KiCad for a few weeks, but I've just run into a problem with the libraries I've built up. Some devices that use the same package have different pinouts, and some devices have different (numeric) pinouts in different packages. For example, an FDN337 FET in a SOT-23 package places G on pin 1, S on 2 and D on 3. However, another FET in a TO-92 places S on 1, G on 2 and D on 3. So, although I'd like to have just one schematic symbol for N-channel FETs, I can't name the pins in a way that works for SOT-23 and TO-92 devices. (This is a simple example, but I hope you can see what my problem is.)
It appears that the distributed libraries just have multiple identical footprints with differently-named pins for various devices, so you'd have an SOT-23 with numbered pins, another with pins named GDS, another with BCE, another with AK, and so on. Is this the best way to go about it? Clearly, it'll work, but if I ever want to go back and adjust the solder pads to work better with an SOT-23, I'll have to find and change all of them, rather than just one. Thanks!
