[send] symbol=resistor value=1000 footprint=0603 vendor? manufacturer? My druthers
[result] "vendor" "manufacturer" "vendor pertnumber" "manufacturor partnumber" "company partnumber" "digikey" "Susumu" "RP16S100FCT-ND" "RP1608S-100-F" "030-1000-23" "digikey" "rohm" ..................................................... "mouser" ............................................................. "jameco" ............................................................. maybe more likely? [send] symbol=resistor package=0603 manufacturor? description? mfg_pn_root? value? [result] "manufacturer" "description" "mfg_pn_root" "values" "Susumu" "0402 / 0603 / 0805 SMD 1% High Power Thin Film Chip Resistors" "RP1608S-xxx-F" ".10, .12, .15 , .18, .22, .27, .33, .39, .47, .56, .68, .82, 1.0, 1.2, 1.5, 1.8, 2.2, 2.7, 3.3, 3.9, 4.7, 5.6, 6.8, 8.2, 10, 12, 15, 18, 22, 27, 33, 39, 47, 56, 68, 82, 100 DJ Delorie wrote: >> Because then we have to agree on an RDB and how to use it. Why not >> just use a text editor to start with? >> > > We talked about databases at one of the freedog meetings. I proposed > an API like this: > > Connect to some backend. > Feed it attributes whose value you know. > Feed it a list of attributes whose value you want. > It returns a list of valid values for each of those attributes. > > Example: > > [send] > symbol=resistor > value=1000 > footprint=0603 > vendor? > manufacturer? > > [result] > vendor=3 > "digikey" > "mouser" > "jameco" > manufacturer=2 > "rohm" > "panasonic" > > > As the user defines more attributes, further queries are made with > those, to get more options back. > > This just begs for a plug-in, too. CGIs, RDBs, flat files, etc. > > > _______________________________________________ > geda-user mailing list > geda-user@moria.seul.org > http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user > > _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user