X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mail set sender to geda-user-bounces using -f X-Recipient: geda-user AT delorie DOT com X-Original-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=UHt8cDdh63Own+iq9zphDJ8BdPygT825/v80XqKyrKQ=; b=AzY6i7tM6x7kzMIjUCSBuUcHJgo/snDMrlHuHZlmul/X+YQHQUXSIQTcDARZlA8wXZ uUxcKEwpWs+ikJxPyEAUxsZKtcePhbjQ/JDlbdJHyettqVvrVn4MkQbCCQt/e70HQv10 5eTffoJu/C+nYpPnoxVRGx3miNJAXw9sUn1/Ir3digoD6AMeNk99P9N1RvMkwaxfZQKO I6Sy5F1npuXd+ANms8CCfRFT9/QIkuv+ydONXBlg1XweUIIaPyzZS5aQOHqjGOwfuu62 buczas8VsSpzT3y9jMxurIfeVCsqJ3fzoj81Y9AsuEVPanqG5iy5M+pIAi/NIZZ3r2CS XEwQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.112.169.42 with SMTP id ab10mr49829lbc.3.1433370834412; Wed, 03 Jun 2015 15:33:54 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <556F3065.9040202@ecosensory.com> References: <9FB0DC6E-2984-47C8-A2F3-C089849E4062 AT icloud DOT com> <556F3065 DOT 9040202 AT ecosensory DOT com> Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2015 22:33:54 +0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [geda-user] [OT] Part selection From: "Evan Foss (evanfoss AT gmail DOT com)" To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by delorie.com id t53MXxY4026449 Reply-To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com Errors-To: nobody AT delorie DOT com X-Mailing-List: geda-user AT delorie DOT com X-Unsubscribes-To: listserv AT delorie DOT com Precedence: bulk I went to a lot of trouble to select a few 10 years ago and just decided that unless something had a massive need I would never change my choices. To me the selection is just one part of the tedium because then you have to draft footprints, symbols and then macros or what ever for your front panel layout. Oh yea and then test all of your drafting for accuracy! Best to go through that process as few a number of times as possible. On Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at 4:50 PM, John Griessen wrote: > On 06/03/2015 07:19 AM, Chris Smith (space DOT dandy AT icloud DOT com) wrote: >> >> what approach to people find best when looking for devices like switches, >> etc. — particularly devices that are part of a range, and have other matched >> parts (caps, bezels, etc.)? > > > https://octopart.com/search?filter[fields][category_uids][]=8fe142ebbc605426&start=0 > > seems good for this also. (Usually I think ICs). > > -- Home http://evanfoss.googlepages.com/ Work http://forge.abcd.harvard.edu/gf/project/epl_engineering/wiki/