X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mail set sender to geda-user-bounces using -f X-Recipient: geda-user AT delorie DOT com X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.14.151,1.0.33,0.0.0000 definitions=2015-06-03_05:2015-06-03,2015-06-03,1970-01-01 signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 suspectscore=5 phishscore=0 adultscore=0 bulkscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=7.0.1-1412110000 definitions=main-1506030153 From: "Chris Smith (space DOT dandy AT icloud DOT com)" Content-type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Subject: [geda-user] [OT] Part selection Message-id: <9FB0DC6E-2984-47C8-A2F3-C089849E4062@icloud.com> Date: Wed, 03 Jun 2015 13:19:58 +0100 To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com MIME-version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 8.2 \(2098\)) X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.2098) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by delorie.com id t53CKLxi013218 Reply-To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com Hi, A bit of a general question, but what approach to people find best when looking for devices like switches, etc. β€” particularly devices that are part of a range, and have other matched parts (caps, bezels, etc.)? I start looking in places like Farnell, RS, Mouser, etc. but I find the process is more time consuming than I think it really should be β€” in particular it’s difficult to quickly work out which caps go with which switches. This is one of those situations where I find a physical catalogue much easier to use than a search engine; flipping pages is quicker, particularly when there is a lot of subjective choice in the matter. Regards, Chris β€” Chris Smith