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Subject: Re: [geda-user] pdf -> sym generator
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The translate2geda utility can do BSDL-> gschem symbol conversion,
which would be a fairly efficient way to do things if BSDL files are
available for a given part.

https://github.com/erichVK5/translate2geda

Cheers,

Erich.

On Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 6:02 AM, Nicklas Karlsson
(nicklas DOT karlsson17 AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]
<geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
>> > What kind of tables does it work on?  How do you recognize them from the
>> pdf appearance
>> > in a pdf reader?
>>
>> To recognize tables in datasheets and generate symbols from these sounds
>> like a hopeless task for me.
>>
>>
>> Probably quite specialist to a given manufacturer, certainly.
>>
>> One other route which could be fruitful is working from the package BSDL
>> file given by the vendor to aid JTAG testing. Probably won't have all your
>> alternative pin names, but it's potentially worth looking at.
>
> I participated in a discussion about BSDL before and agree it would be a path. I plenty of other things so nothing have been done yet and it's not on top of my list.