gEDA-dev: [PATCH] GAF: Solve the "transistor problem"

[John Griessen]

Dan McMahill wrote:
  I
> hacked together a proof of concept (of sorts) for npn and pnp 
> transistors with 3 package pins and it worked like a champ.  One pnp 
> symbol, 1 npn symbol, 1 simple text file and out pops lots of heavy 
> symbols that don't take any effort to use.  Much better than having to 
> make sure that the pin numbering between one of n different npn symbols 
> matches the pin numbering on the appropriate package and remembering 
> which footprint name to enter each time.

And think of the chip design detail of connecting the substrate...  that's
left undone in default symbols and results in extra effort spent making libraries
before getting to work.  Light symbols/footprints then database driven details
gets us working faster!  Pin namings can live in text searchable files/records and
some perl or awk or python sifting can be quickly put to work checking for consistency and
avoiding errors.


John Griessen
Ecosensory