gEDA-user: gschems component selection

[Stefan Salewski <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 2009-11-12 at 14:23 -0600, Bill Gatliff wrote:

> IOW, I think that in the general case it isn't possible to pick a symbol
> independent of its package.  True, it works for a lot of devices, but
> not all of them...
> 

Currently we pick symbols for our gschem schematics.

I have to admit that I am not really happy with this approach.

When we make a schematic, we are thinking of devices first...

So maybe we should

1. Pick a device (Resistor, Diode, Transistor, OpAmp, ...)

2. Pick graphical representation of device

3. Pick available footprint

Maybe in a selector with three columns and a checkbox for spice or plain
devices?

OK, we have something like this, because we have directories for
Diodes, ... So we select (directory) Diode, then 1N4141...
But I think that in our head we select a symbol in the first step, but
maybe it should be (only) a device.

Of course this does not solve the footprint/pinout problem, so it may be
only a useless idea, with no benefit for daily work.

Best regards

Stefan Salewski




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