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I would like to learn more about how to find specific components and in which libraries to find them.  I know you can create your own components and Libraries, but for now I only use common components, which most likely are already created and stored in a library somewhere.

 

The problem is that it takes time to browse through libraries trying to find where the component is that I am looking for.

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  • in reply to shabaz

    That works if you are using a part already on your computer, but if you want to find a part you don't have it can be very difficult to find it on the internet because they tend to be buried in library and schematic files.

  • in reply to jmbldwn

    Jim Baldwin wrote:

    but if you want to find a part you don't have it can be very difficult to find it on the internet

    Sorry, but I wouldn't trust a part on the free, public Internet.. who would? And more to the point, who should?

    I trust some simple parts in EAGLE because I've used them before.

    All other parts I create myself, to meet my needs.

    If there is a particular, trusted library from a third party, it can be placed inside the EAGLE library folder.

    And then, the Find feature in EAGLE works very well - it is near instantaneous and finds my parts and EAGLE standard parts, and any trusted third party.

  • in reply to shabaz

    I didn't say I trust parts I find on the internet.  I always thoroughly check them for accuracy.  I find it faster and less tedious than making the part myself.