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All I want is a resistor....

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I am a bit baffled by the total lack of basics. I can install all sorts of manufacturer specific libraries but if I want a resistor, or capacitor of other generic part I need to create it from scratch ? As CS is supplied by Farnell why is there not a basic library of what they supply available ?

 

The whole library part of CS seems to be a joke, and no I have no interest in the vault, it is impossible to search very hard and slow to use and not available if I am off line. Many parts are missing from the vault, there is a multicomp section (yes farnells own brand) bit it has just one part in it............ am I missing something big or did i just waste £805?

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  • in reply to michaelwylie

    I am afraid that does not count as a libray, it has 3x 1K resistors, most through hole, one small SMD and one large SMD, not helpful. So I have to create every component from scratch, We are talking about here for every value:

     

    Package size option: x2 (1205, 0805)

    Tolerance: x2 (1%, 0.1%)

    every resistor value and that is 4 options of every value. I'm offering to prostitute myself to farnell and lock myself into their brand if they supply a library, apparently beyond selling CS they have missed every other marketing opportunity. Oddly I have a farnell datapack installed somewhere but no idea what to do with it and it sounds like I have to manually create a library of parts to which apply that data.