On Sat, 21 Sep 2002 07:57:01 -0400, you wrote: >Excellent idea on the PDF one. Why didn't someone think of this sooner?
Because it is vitrually impossible? PDF images are described in postscript language which means there are a million different ways of describing exactly the same thing. Add to that the 10s or 100s of ways datasheets show pin information and I would be pleasantly surpirsed if an automatic pin information extraction tool worked for more that 1 in 10 pdf datasheets. Here are links to 3 PDF datasheets for an LM324 rendered in HTML by Google http://216.239.51.100/search?q=cache:tlnZfYVAjQUC:www.solarbotics.net/library/datasheets/lm324.pdf+LM324+absolute+maximum&hl=en&ie=UTF-8 http://216.239.51.100/search?q=cache:hAKybpDvydMC:www.ensc.sfu.ca/reference/data-sheets/LM324.PDF+LM324+absolute+maximum&hl=en&ie=UTF-8 http://216.239.51.100/search?q=cache:_4kdow7131MC:www.asahi-eng.co.jp/pdf/idb2k/section5.pdf+LM324+absolute+maximum&hl=en&ie=UTF-8 and one for a Xilinx CPLD http://216.239.35.100/search?q=cache:LOzPMqXWH1UC:support.xilinx.co.jp/partinfo/95144xl.pdf+xc95144xl++absolute+maximum&hl=en&ie=UTF-8 You see any way a program could find pin infromation from that lot? Cheers, Terry. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
