Is there a better search ULP

Op Sat, 22 Sep 2012 18:27:23 +0200 schreef fred <email@address.com>:

 

I've been using eagle for about 2 weeks now and am very impressed.

I have been able to create my own component (package) first time with

very little difficulty and am finding the interface very usable

(contrary to advice I was given elsewhere)

 

My biggest problem however seems to be in component selection from

the extensive libraries.

 

Whilst I'm familiar with the obvious ones (3M Amphenol microchip etc)

when I come to select say a volatge regulator but dont

have the big names available locally - how can I search the entire

libraries for say "voltage regulator" to pull up makes I may never have

heard of?

 

Some libraries are named of course and can be searched after "USE [x}"

but others are not so obvious as to their content. Doing "use *" helps

but does mean confusing the in-use list.

 

Is there a better way to do this (if I have explained clearly enough)

 

It did occur to me to export the libraries to mySQL or similar somehow

but I dont know if there are license issues involved there.

 

 

Hello,

you don't always need an ULP for this. When you "ADD" an component to the 

schematic, you can use the search area near the bottom, to type in (part 

of) a component name. You can use wilcards and/or placeholders here.

So if you type: lm3?7, you get lm317, lm337, lm307, lm387. If you type 

78*, you'll get every part that starts with 78. You get the idea. Ticking 

off the box to search in the description, usually helps to shorten the 

list to something more meaningful.

HTH,

Richard

Op Sat, 22 Sep 2012 18:27:23 +0200 schreef fred <email@address.com>:

 

I've been using eagle for about 2 weeks now and am very impressed.

I have been able to create my own component (package) first time with

very little difficulty and am finding the interface very usable

(contrary to advice I was given elsewhere)

 

My biggest problem however seems to be in component selection from

the extensive libraries.

 

Whilst I'm familiar with the obvious ones (3M Amphenol microchip etc)

when I come to select say a volatge regulator but dont

have the big names available locally - how can I search the entire

libraries for say "voltage regulator" to pull up makes I may never have

heard of?

 

Some libraries are named of course and can be searched after "USE [x}"

but others are not so obvious as to their content. Doing "use *" helps

but does mean confusing the in-use list.

 

Is there a better way to do this (if I have explained clearly enough)

 

It did occur to me to export the libraries to mySQL or similar somehow

but I dont know if there are license issues involved there.

 

 

Hello,

you don't always need an ULP for this. When you "ADD" an component to the 

schematic, you can use the search area near the bottom, to type in (part 

of) a component name. You can use wilcards and/or placeholders here.

So if you type: lm3?7, you get lm317, lm337, lm307, lm387. If you type 

78*, you'll get every part that starts with 78. You get the idea. Ticking 

off the box to search in the description, usually helps to shorten the 

list to something more meaningful.

HTH,

Richard