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  • Hi Richard

    It's a very usefull topic and I hope you will continue asnwering questions.

     

    Also, it appears to me, that it's time to remake the standard rcl  library for better search results (everybody must have the same or will  not work), to include more data. Even the BOM script doesn't produce  the accurate data.

    What I suggest (for ex. resistor):

    • att more attributes and use them in search, like case style,  voltage, power ratings, material, etc (industrial users may prefer  manufacturer)
    • remove all these resistors and replace them with ONE with multiple packages.
    • designLink should set those attributes and re-use them later in  search (actual names there are not for humans) and mass-clean selection.
    • Add farnel search options (checkboxes below) for stock only, new products, etc.

     

    The current problem is that component names on schematics have some human meaning like RLED These names means nothing to the program and I won't change them to  PNM1206E5002BST5PNM1206E5002BST5

    Suggest now, that i have five 1uF capacitors (for smth simple,  film) on my board and I need one 1uF tantalum +/- 1% for MCU. Right now,  I must use a strange values like "1uF 5% film" or "1uF tantalum", or  BOM thinks that its a same component.

    I still suppose, there is some kind of solution image

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  • Hi Richard

    It's a very usefull topic and I hope you will continue asnwering questions.

     

    Also, it appears to me, that it's time to remake the standard rcl  library for better search results (everybody must have the same or will  not work), to include more data. Even the BOM script doesn't produce  the accurate data.

    What I suggest (for ex. resistor):

    • att more attributes and use them in search, like case style,  voltage, power ratings, material, etc (industrial users may prefer  manufacturer)
    • remove all these resistors and replace them with ONE with multiple packages.
    • designLink should set those attributes and re-use them later in  search (actual names there are not for humans) and mass-clean selection.
    • Add farnel search options (checkboxes below) for stock only, new products, etc.

     

    The current problem is that component names on schematics have some human meaning like RLED These names means nothing to the program and I won't change them to  PNM1206E5002BST5PNM1206E5002BST5

    Suggest now, that i have five 1uF capacitors (for smth simple,  film) on my board and I need one 1uF tantalum +/- 1% for MCU. Right now,  I must use a strange values like "1uF 5% film" or "1uF tantalum", or  BOM thinks that its a same component.

    I still suppose, there is some kind of solution image

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