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[Martin Marmsoler <martin.marmsoler@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 8/27/20 10:04 PM, Jon Evans wrote:
> You can also choose to place symbols from a regular KiCad symbol library.
> So you could just choose an inductor symbol, which would have no 
> footprint association.
> Later when you know what inductor you need, you can replace that with 
> a specific inductor from the database, which will bring in a footprint 
> association with it.

Yes this sounds like I proposed. For a part all checked symbols can be 
assigned. So choosing a part which is not compatible with the current 
symbol raises an error.


On 8/27/20 10:04 PM, Jon Evans wrote:
> I think that a database library could also have a place in a community 
> setting, if the database is well-curated.
> This would likely mean some kind of web interface for browsing parts, etc.
> It would be possible, but is beyond the scope of what I'm planning to 
> work on at this point.

For this I checked out if there exist an open source part database and 
there I found Part-DB

https://github.com/Part-DB/Part-DB-symfony

You can test it also:

https://part-db.herokuapp.com/en/

For me it looks promising, but I checked it only shortly.