On 27/02/11 14:50, Mike Harrison wrote:
> No -  40-50 categories of parts -
> http://electricstuff.co.uk/forumfiles/P1030143.jpg

Heh -- I love the category names.

"Funky opamps"
"Vanilla opamps"
"Antique CPUs"
"Ancient I/O"

Makes mine sound pretty boring by comparison:

"SEMICONDUCTORS opamps jellybean" [SEMOPA01]
"SEMICONDUCTORS linear power" [SEMLIN01]
"OPTOELECTRONICS generic" [OPTGEN01]
"OPTOELECTRONICS lasers" [OPTLSR01]

I'm still trying to think of a decent part numbering scheme... I've=20
written off the idea of using supplier part numbers (too many=20
conflicts), and the prevailing plan for V2 is some bastardised variant=20
of Dewey-Decimal. That is to say, a 6- or 7-digit code, where the first=20
digit indicates the main category, then each successive digit refines=20
the selection until you get to something like:
   6120040-472

   6:Resistors
   1:SMD
   2:0805
   0040: Subcategory 040 =3D MULTICOMP 0.125W [FARNELL OWNBRAND]
   472: 4700 Ohms

Then I need some way of describing Generics (i.e. "a generic 0805,=20
0.125W, 1% resistor"). Might just add a Subcategory code for those.

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