Re: gEDA-user: Parts!

[Joerg <joergsch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Cullen Newsom wrote:
> What a headache!  I dig through boxes until I find it!
> 
> As far as computerized inventory tracking, I have almost zilch. I have a
> few old BOMs lying around.  I keep datasheets for parts I own in
> different directories from other parts.  I try to keep the files named
> so that I can find them when I need them, but often it is just as easy
> to re-download it, than look through my directories of datasheets.  I am
> terribly disorganized about this. Nobody knows what I have, including me.
> 
> * I keep unfinished projects in clear plastic "shoeboxes"  that you get
> for about a buck at discount stores.
> * Except for projects that are too big, so I have some cardboard boxes too
> * And large plastic tubs
> * Sometimes I clean up my bench and used a clear plastic "shoebox" for
> that, or a cardboard box, or a large tub.
> * I have a couple of three ring binders, with clear plastic pocket pages
> for parts that can be filed in order
> * I also have tons of those clear plastic do-dads whose base is the next
> one's lid.
> * And some tiny little flip-top dingers that I found in China
> * And many cut-tapes rubber-banded together
> * A few reels here and there (.01µF anyone?)
> * And some auto parts store style bolt bins
> * A bookshelf full of random sample kits
> * Drawers with IC's stuck in foam
> * Let's not forget those clear acrylic-drawer organizers
> * And a bunch of other plastic (abs?) multi drawer organizers
> * Fishing tackle boxes


Oh man! I assume you are not married. Can't be. Impossible ...


> * I try to keep dev-kits in their original box
> 
> I sure wish that at some stage in the design workflow (the step between
> gschem and PCB perhaps), I could somehow cleverly integrate part
> (footprint) selection (from my inventory).   Then maybe I would take an
> inventory.
> 
> Sigh.
> 

[...]

-- 
Regards, Joerg

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