The greatest challenge in the parts library is to expand it while retaining the simplicity of the current design. Most other electronics suites are hamstrung by their parts libraries.
I would suggest having a tree-hierarchy of parts where the most generic/abstract are at the top and, from there, you can drill down to specific components. The issue is that the parts catalogs have tens of thousands of relevant parts and we only have time enough to write/debug a few of them. There are two ways a part can be generated. The first is a method pioneered by an ancient video game called Robot Odessy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot_Odyssey http://www.droidquest.com/ This will let you build modules that can be correctly simulated by a subcircuit. The basic model is for the user to create a circuit and add it to the library as a DIP. Abstract components should be built-in. However, other components should be user editable. My grand dream is for a component editor that allows the user to create components including the schematic symbol, the linear model, and possibly even the governing equations through mathML and an equation solver (I think there are a few out there), these equations would be objects and it should be possible to incorporate them into the simulator. -- RECALL ALL CONGRESSMEN EXCEPT RON PAUL! Presidents cannot be allowed to start wars. Powers are not rights. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EditLive Enterprise is the world's most technically advanced content authoring tool. Experience the power of Track Changes, Inline Image Editing and ensure content is compliant with Accessibility Checking. http://p.sf.net/sfu/ephox-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Ktechlab-devel mailing list Ktechlab-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ktechlab-devel
