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[Lorenzo Marcantonio <l.marcantonio@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Jun 05, 2015 at 11:08:19AM -0700, Andy Peters wrote:
> I realize that there’s an argument that goes, “Well, the library will be super big if we want to support all of the possible transistors out there.” And that argument is silly. Does anyone use a generic op-amp symbol instead of placing a TL072ACD (there it is again, symbol name calling out footprint!) on the schematic? No, of course not. So why is that OK for transistors? 

I do that actually before chosing the op amp:D industry standard pinouts
are useful, and the dual amp is the perfect example!

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