Good morning (it is here), I use partkeepr for my datasheets and “inventory”. It takes a bit of pain to put all your components in, but then the information is easy to get to, searchable and all. It can even take a photo of you component via webcam, which is great for housings.
It is open source, but I am not advocating to add this to KiCad. Let’s focus on the development of the best affordable electronic CAD software. I think it is quickly taking the number one spot, and has for me already surpassed Eagle. Eagle is great also, but I had to make one larger PCB so had the options to either shelve out some more money of use KiCad. Guess what was my choice. Anyway, to make a long story short: here is a link to an excellent open source electronic component database with a lot of bells and whistles: http://www.partkeepr.org <http://www.partkeepr.org/> Note, the stable release is a bit old, but it is actively being developed and the author has been very helpful with some minor issues I have had in the past. Thanks KiCad devs, KiCad rocks, you rock! /Martijn > On 23 Sep 2015, at 02:08, Chris Pavlina <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hmm? No, just store it by part number. You can always use a different means > (searching through the KiCad lib?) to find a number first. > > On Sep 22, 2015 7:29 PM, "Andy Peters" <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > On Sep 22, 2015, at 2:14 PM, Chris Pavlina <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > Good lord. You know you can just store datasheets in a directory on your > > file system, right? The same way people have stored things on computers for > > decades. Your computer /already has this functionality/. > > Yeah, like who _doesn’t_ have a big directory tree starting with “datasheets” > and then a long long list of vendors and within each vendor maybe a bunch of > categories … > > Why does the tool need to do EVERYTHING? > > -a > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> > Post to : [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > <https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp> > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
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