hkBattousai
Member
I'm using Altium Designer Summer 09 to create PCB projects.
I'm not simulating my circuits using Altium Designer, because I always prepare my circuit on a breadboard before creating the PCB.
Therefore I don't need simulation models, I only need PCB models.
I sometimes encounter a problem that library for a part does not exist. I am sure that I'm using the built-in library search feature correctly, just the library is missing.
Yesterday I searched library for TPIC6595 (or TPIC6B595, TPIC6B595N,... they are all same). The library is missing in Altium Designer, I searched the product in Analog, Embedded Processing, Semiconductor Company, Texas Instruments to see that they indeed didn't release a library (for Altium Designer) for this product.
I'm not asking library for TPIC6595, I just need a 20-pin IC library, any 20-pin library will do the job since I'm not simulating my circuit.
On the other hand, I don't want to use a library of another IC instead of the actual one. Because, sometimes, I show my design to other people, I don't want to hear any unnecessary criticism or comments like "You used wrong IC here...".
Are there any IC library templates for
8-pin, 10-pin, 12-pin, 14-pin, 16-pin, ...
devices.
I need templates which has no labels, no IC name, no pin specification,...; just blank ICs to use in schematics as is then pass into PCB design.
(Note: I know there is an alternative way of manually creating libraries for a part. I don't prefer this alternative since I don't think it would be easy/easier. If you encourage me to do that way I may consider though...)
I'm not simulating my circuits using Altium Designer, because I always prepare my circuit on a breadboard before creating the PCB.
Therefore I don't need simulation models, I only need PCB models.
I sometimes encounter a problem that library for a part does not exist. I am sure that I'm using the built-in library search feature correctly, just the library is missing.
Yesterday I searched library for TPIC6595 (or TPIC6B595, TPIC6B595N,... they are all same). The library is missing in Altium Designer, I searched the product in Analog, Embedded Processing, Semiconductor Company, Texas Instruments to see that they indeed didn't release a library (for Altium Designer) for this product.
I'm not asking library for TPIC6595, I just need a 20-pin IC library, any 20-pin library will do the job since I'm not simulating my circuit.
On the other hand, I don't want to use a library of another IC instead of the actual one. Because, sometimes, I show my design to other people, I don't want to hear any unnecessary criticism or comments like "You used wrong IC here...".
Are there any IC library templates for
8-pin, 10-pin, 12-pin, 14-pin, 16-pin, ...
devices.
I need templates which has no labels, no IC name, no pin specification,...; just blank ICs to use in schematics as is then pass into PCB design.
(Note: I know there is an alternative way of manually creating libraries for a part. I don't prefer this alternative since I don't think it would be easy/easier. If you encourage me to do that way I may consider though...)
