Am 30.04.2009 um 21:32 schrieb Tobias Gogolin: > > > >"Wishing" for a component I think is NOT the best solution. Just a > mechanism > >for "Sharing" components would be good. So if I have a Library of > components > >I want to share then I just click "Share" and that goes to the > repository. > >If I would then want to search for a components I would search > (from KiCad) > >in that repository. > > What I mean with 'wishing' components is more like 'how many like to have that component' to see which components one could create / publish. It is not meant barely, who makes me this component. This explicit wish is usually a paid service I think.
So just get a glue, which components are required the most. And then even funded component creation could be done easy. > I agree and congratulate on the uptake of these efforts! > I also wonder how these remote components, (schematic symbols, > padstacks, and 3D models) could be integrated with what is currently > managed as Packages (I would almost prefer something like directory > structures (user manageable) similar to Jar files)? > There may be an interface for the plugin: a virtual library package > remoteLibrary.xyz ? > > Aren't there cases that I search for a specific part with a specific housing - eg. DIL40 or PLCC44? If all the components are packaged into some 'library's, the network traffic would be very high :-) What about an interface that pulls a specific componet + the required package out of the 'web service' and delivers it as TGZ or what ever? I have created a small PDF file about my thinking of a database centric solution. The end product that will be carried around would be any format, because it could be packaged dynamically. Here is the file I uploaded: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-users/files/KICADDBLibMan.pdf With a database you could do much more things, eg. add vendor information, reseller information and even prices. When the database is at a public place, we will get very fast an overview, where we could get the cheapest parts for our BOM. (Simply issue an SQL query and enrich the BOM) I hope my ideas are not too crazy :-) Lothar -- | Rapid Prototyping | XSLT Codegeneration | http://www.lollisoft.de Lothar Behrens Heinrich-Scheufelen-Platz 2 73252 Lenningen
