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[Miguel Angel Ajo Pelayo <miguelangel@xxxxxxx>]

I really like the feature, over that we could stack up an extra feature
(somewhere in the future)
to locally backup those pdfs,for just in case they disappear or get moved
around
(something quite usual).

I use to have a User field on parts, with a datasheet link like that, but
having it standarized is great.


2013/8/9 Cirilo Bernardo <cirilo_bernardo@xxxxxxxxx>

> ----- Original Message -----
>
> > From: Lorenzo Marcantonio <l.marcantonio@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: Kicad Developers <kicad-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc:
> > Sent: Friday, August 9, 2013 3:28 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Kicad-developers] datasheets as URIs
> >
> > On Thu, Aug 08, 2013 at 11:21:02AM -0500, Dick Hollenbeck wrote:
> >>  I've found it easier to correspond with board stuffers if I use http://
> > links to
> >>  datasheets rather than putting them on my disk.  Plus this way the
> > schematic parts which
> >>  link to them in the DATASHEET property/field are suddenly more general
> and
> > cross project
> >>  capable.
> >
> > Good idea. Too bad manufacturers move them and/or make them available in
> > strange ways... IIRC Microchip links go dead whenever a doc get updated,
> > for example (at least they don't leave stale documentation around...)
> >
>
>
> I think it's an excellent feature; the links are likely to be good since
> this is obviously checked and sent just before production. Of course I will
> still keep my own copies due to the issues you mention, plus in long term
> support I have found that manufacturers happily delete documentation
> forever when they obsolete a product - it's a much bigger job to design a
> replacement component/board when some of the chips no longer have
> documentation.
>
> - Cirilo
>
>
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