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[Kaspar Emanuel <kaspar.emanuel@xxxxxxxxx>]

You could use the datasheet links octopart <http://octopart.com> provides
which are more stable (or at least octopart would be more receptive to
complaints if they are not kept stable).




On 9 August 2013 09:23, Miguel Angel Ajo Pelayo <miguelangel@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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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