DesignLink: Getting Started?

On 5/2/2017 9:10 AM, Martin Rowe wrote:

Just clicking on the Button is getting me nowhere!

Can I have some introductory guidance, please.

Some (but not all - I''l see if I get any answers before typing them all out here) puzzles:

1. search criteria? Why does "2R2 0805" bring up anything with "2R2" in it? Not just the SMD size 0805?

2. Is the BOM that DesignLink produces, project specific? It seems that I have the same order code for projects with different packages (DIP/SOP)

3. How do I clear all DesignLink cache?

 

Regards, Martin

 

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Hello Martin,

I hope you're doing well. Designlink sends the search string to the

Farnell servers and the search is performed there. It tends to

generalize the search, sometimes I'll actually put the word resistor in

the string to avoid some of the other stuff popping up in the results.

The BOM that is produced is project specific. When you save the codes to

your design, Designlink writes all of the attributes to each of the

symbols in your design. If you wanted to start fresh you would have to

delete all of the attributes from all of your components. You could also

adjust the bom through the designlink tool itself which is what I would

recommend to do.

Hope this helps.

Best Regards,

Jorge Garcia

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Thank you Jorge,

I still don't understand the search process. What is my criteria being matched with at the Farnell end?

If I enter something simple like "1k0 0805", I get back this:

Now, I only want the 0805 SMDs, so why am I getting all the other  size SMDs?

Is the order relevant, if I enter "0805 1k0", I get different results?

Likewise for case?????

What are the rules?

Regards, Martin

On 5/3/2017 5:02 PM, Martin Rowe wrote:

Thank you Jorge,

 

I still don't understand the search process. What is my criteria being matched with at the Farnell end?

If I enter something simple like "1k0 0805", I get back this:

Now, I only want the 0805 SMDs, so why am I getting all the other  size SMDs?

Is the order relevant, if I enter "0805 1k0", I get different results?

Likewise for case?????

 

What are the rules?

 

Regards, Martin

 

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Hi Martin,

Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. That is a very good

question, unfortunately we don't have any info on how Farnell's internal

search works. What I usually do is write something like:

1K ohm 0805 resistor

I still get some irrelevant results but most of what comes back is useful.

Let me know if there's anything else I can do for you.

Best Regards,

Jorge Garcia

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On 5/3/2017 5:02 PM, Martin Rowe wrote:

Thank you Jorge,

 

I still don't understand the search process. What is my criteria being matched with at the Farnell end?

If I enter something simple like "1k0 0805", I get back this:

Now, I only want the 0805 SMDs, so why am I getting all the other  size SMDs?

Is the order relevant, if I enter "0805 1k0", I get different results?

Likewise for case?????

 

What are the rules?

 

Regards, Martin

 

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Hi Martin,

Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. That is a very good

question, unfortunately we don't have any info on how Farnell's internal

search works. What I usually do is write something like:

1K ohm 0805 resistor

I still get some irrelevant results but most of what comes back is useful.

Let me know if there's anything else I can do for you.

Best Regards,

Jorge Garcia

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Hi Martin,

It's probably worth noting that there are currently some search related

issues on the Farnell sites which are making the search results less useful

than normal. This will be having a knock on effect with DesignLink so the

problems you are seeing aren't an EAGLE issue. There is a thread on

Element14 relating to this and the support staff there have made the

developers aware that they've got an issue and I believe they are working

to get things sorted. Hopefully once they have, and with the addition of

the search tips Jorge has given, you should be able to get it to work a

little better.

Best Regards,

Rachael

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