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Re: Libraries - files and components naming policy

 

Hello Mateusz and all developers,

I would like to invite you to share these ideas through my wiki page at http://kicad.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/User:Crackerizer

I would love to see these ideas are put in kicad, not just a discussion.

--- In kicad-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Mateusz" <komorkiewicz@...> wrote:
>
> The most natural option would be:
> 
> file name -> company name
> component name -> datasheet name (in my opinion small letters + numbers without spaces or '-' )
> 
> the only problem is that it would lead to very big files for some companies (Xilinx, Freescale etc.)
> 
> so maybe we should add name of family:
> 
> company-base.lib (eg. analog-base.lib, atmel-base.lib) -> for devices without family
> 
> company-family_name.lib (eg. analog-adc.lib, atmel-avr.lib) -> for devices whit family
>








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