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[Oliver Walters <oliver.henry.walters@xxxxxxxxx>]

>
> Why are the diode and transistor libraries not listed under the section
> for basic devices? I could see transistors might not be considered as basic
> as some of the other items in that section but diodes are basic devices.


The *device.lib* library contains various generic diode symbols. The
*diodes.lib* library contains specific diodes that have part numbers and
associated footprints

The other question is why are diodes are being split out in to a separate
> library and not just included in the device.lib file?


See above :)

On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 2:34 AM, Kevin Cozens <kevin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 2017-07-10 07:29 AM, Oliver Walters wrote:
>
>> There is an ongoing discussion as to the future of the symbol libraries.
>>
>> https://github.com/KiCad/kicad-library/issues/1402
>>
>
> I have a couple of questions about the table on the page at the URL above.
>
> Why are the diode and transistor libraries not listed under the section
> for basic devices? I could see transistors might not be considered as basic
> as some of the other items in that section but diodes are basic devices.
>
> The other question is why are diodes are being split out in to a separate
> library and not just included in the device.lib file?
>
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