3 Options for Keeping Track of your Parts

Wed, 12 Feb 2014 12:00:45 +0000

As your electronics hobby grows, so does your parts collection. Eventually the growing number of Mouser boxes with crudely written labels just won’t cut it. Also, you’re tired of re-ordering parts you had but forgot about. Here’s a couple of ways to keep track of your parts like a pro. Text File (aka Evernote) The most basic option is a text list stored as a text file or in your favorite note taking app. Eventually I moved my text file over to Evernote. It had the benefit of being mobile so I could update it as I found those parts hiding in plain site. The limitation though is that it’s just a flat text file. No sorting, limited searching, and nothing to prevent duplicate entries.

EAGLE: Clean up the parts list by disabling libraries

Wed, 27 Nov 2013 12:25:08 +0000

Does it take a few seconds every time you click the “ADD PART” button on EAGLE? Tired of scrolling through an enormous list of parts just to find a capacitor? Here’s how you can reduce the parts listing without deleting a single library. The Control Panel In addition to the usual Schematic and Board windows inside of the EAGLE user interface, there is also a “Control Panel” window. This control panel is typically the first dialog you see when you launch EAGLE. Depending on how your directories are set up, your Control Panel may look like mine when everything except “Libraries” is collapsed.

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3 Options for Keeping Track of your Parts

EAGLE: Clean up the parts list by disabling libraries