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initial import of ueda and ifctf-part-lib from ifctfvax CVS
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1 uEDA Master Component List (MCL) description
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3 The MCL is an essential component of the design source code in the uEDA flow.
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4 It is a human-created and human-edited text file which lists all components on
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5 the board being designed and all their attributes. The file must be named
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6 "MCL" (w/o quotes) and must reside in the project directory. This document
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7 describes the file format and everything you need to know in order to write the
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8 MCL for your board.
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10 Each component on the board must have a reference designator (refdes). Valid
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11 characters for the refdes are uppercase and lowercase letters and digits; the
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12 first character must be an uppercase letter. Lowercase letters are allowed but
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13 not recommended, in particular a refdes should not end in any lowercase letters
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14 - see the description of component instances in netlisting.txt for the
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15 explanation.
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17 The MCL contains a section for each component of the form:
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19 refdes:
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20 attribute=value
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21 attribute=value
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22 ...
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24 Each refdes line must begin in the leftmost column without leading spaces
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25 and end with a colon. It is followed by attribute lines defining various
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26 attributes for the component in question; these attributes are the essence of
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27 the information contained in the MCL. Different attributes are required by
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28 different tools in the uEDA suite and all currently defined attributes are
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29 listed in this document. Attributes are name=value pairs and attribute lines
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30 in the MCL must begin with a tab or space. Both the name and the value must
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31 be present and non-null. For most attributes it is meaningless and illegal to
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32 have multiple attributes with the same name for the same component, but there
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33 are a few attributes which can be given more than once for a given component.
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34 Attribute values may contain spaces.
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36 Blank lines are ignored and non-processed comments may appear anywhere in the
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37 file introduced by a '#' character. Everything between a '#' character and
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38 the following newline is ignored.
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40 Here is an example component definition that can appear in the MCL:
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42 J1:
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43 device=DB25F
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44 footprint=DB25F
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45 description=Connector, DB25F, right angle
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46 manufacturer=AMP
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47 manufacturer_part_number=747846-4
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49 If it is desired to define multiple components with the same attributes, the
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50 following shorthand syntax may be used:
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52 C43,C44,C45,C46,C47,C48,C49:
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53 # Voltage reference capacitors for RS8973
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54 # schematic page 6
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55 value=0.22 uF
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56 footprint=0805
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57 description=Ceramic chip capacitor, X7R, 0.22 uF, 0805
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58 manufacturer=Panasonic
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59 manufacturer_part_number=ECJ-2VB1C224K
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60 vendor=Digi-Key
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61 vendor_part_number=PCC1816CT-ND
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62 bom_comment=RoHS part, no SnPb version available
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64 uEDA tools generally process components in the order in which they are defined
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65 in the MCL, thus you should list your components in the MCL in the order in
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66 which you would like them to appear on the BOMs generated from it. In
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67 particular, there is no collating function for the refdes string, so if you have
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68 a collating order in mind for your reference designators, implement it in the
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69 order in which you list them in the MCL.
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71 Currently defined attributes
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73 bom_comment=
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75 This attribute specifies a free-form line of text to be included in the
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76 procurement BOM (generated by ueda-mkbom) for this part. This attribute
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77 may be given more than once in order to include multiple comment lines.
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78 This attribute should be used to include information in the BOM that is
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79 not covered by any other defined attributes.
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81 bom_part_title=
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83 This attribute specifies the title line for this part in the procurement
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84 BOM. Normally the title line is constructed from the manufacturer= and
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85 manufacturer_part_number= attributes, but this attribute overrides it.
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87 description=
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89 This attribute gives a one line summary description of the component for
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90 BOMs. What information should be included is subjective, but one
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91 starting point is that uEDA-generated BOMs include the information from
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92 the manufacturer= and manufacturer_part_number= attributes, but not from
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93 other attributes like value= or footprint=. Thus if the value and
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94 footprint information is desired, it should be included in the
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95 description, but don't include the manufacturer or the part #.
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96
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97 device=
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98
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99 If the component has an associated alphanumeric designation that is
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100 universally recognized and meaningful to someone looking at your design
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101 at the high level (i.e., without getting down to part numbers), it
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102 should be given as the device= attribute. Examples:
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104 device=74LS04
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105 device=29F010
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106 device=41256
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108 A good general rule of thumb is that if it isn't obvious what to put in
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109 the device= attribute, you probably shouldn't have this attribute at all
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110 for the component rather than make something up. In particular, basic
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111 semiconductors (diodes and transistors) and passives do not use this
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112 attribute.
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113
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114 The device= attribute is not currently used very much by uEDA tools,
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115 but it sometimes provides a fallback for the manufacturer_part_number=
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116 attribute if the latter isn't given.
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118 footprint=
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120 This attribute facilitates the pre-layout step of the uEDA flow.
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121 See prelayout.txt for the details.
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123 A value of "none" indicates that the component has no footprint on the
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124 PCB. I admit that the physical meaning of such a specification is a
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125 little unclear, but ueda-getfps will skip such components without error
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126 or warning messages.
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127
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128 A value of "TBD" (to be determined) means that you realise you need a
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129 footprint, but aren't able to name it yet. ueda-getfps recognizes this
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130 special value and issues an appopriate warning, but doesn't try to look
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131 for an actual footprint named "TBD".
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132
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133 manufacturer=
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134
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135 Should be self-explanatory.
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136
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137 manufacturer_part_number=
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138
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139 Should be self-explanatory. Meaningless without manufacturer= also
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140 being specified.
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141
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142 npins=
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143
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144 In the uEDA model pin numbers are arbitrary alphanumeric strings in the
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145 general case, allowing for mixed alphanumeric pin "numbers" used on PGA
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146 and BGA packages. However, most components have simple numeric pin
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147 numbers ranging from 1 to some N inclusive. If your component falls
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148 into the latter category, you should define an npins=N attribute.
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149 Having this definition makes uschem-netlist(1) run much more
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150 efficiently, detect invalid pin numbers and produce naturally sorted
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151 pin lists.
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152
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153 part=
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154
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155 See the Components vs. parts section below.
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156
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157 pcbvalue=
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158
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159 The PCB layout file format includes 3 ASCII strings for each element:
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160 "description" (not really used, uEDA puts the footprint name there),
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161 "name on the PCB" (refdes) and "value".
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162
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163 The pcbvalue= attribute explicitly sets the "value" parameter in the
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164 PCB elements generated by the ueda-getfps | ueda-runm4 pipeline (see
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165 prelayout.txt). If the pcbvalue= attribute is not defined, ueda-getfps
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166 tries value=, device= and manufacturer_part_number= in this order. If
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167 none of these attributes are given, a null string is used.
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168
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169 pinout=
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170
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171 This attribute specifies the name of the pinout mapping file to be used
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172 for this component. See the Pinout mapping section in netlisting.txt
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173 for the explanation.
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174
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175 population_option=
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176
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177 See Population options in bom_model.txt.
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178
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179 The value of this attribute is either a decimal integer identifying the
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180 population group this component belongs to or the keyword "NO".
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181
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182 population_option=NO indicates that the component is never populated at
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183 all in any of the standard population options, e.g., a component that
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184 is only populated for debug purposes. Such components appear in the BOM
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185 only if -pall is given to ueda-mkbom(1) or ueda-shortbom(1).
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186
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187 socket=
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188
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189 If the component is to be socketed, this attribute specifies the part ID
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190 for the socket. See the Components vs. parts section below for the
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191 explanation of the part ID.
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192
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193 source=
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194
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195 This attribute indicates a source for the procurement of this part.
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196 It may be given more than once to indicate multiple sources where parts
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197 can be obtained.
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198
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199 If one or more source= attributes are given, the vendor= and
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200 vendor_part_number= attributes are not used.
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201
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202 substitute=
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203
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204 This attribute lists an "acceptable substitute" for the part specified
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205 by the manufacturer= and manufacturer_part_number= attributes. This
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206 attribute may be given more than once.
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207
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208 Given the unfortunate reality of part availability, it is often the
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209 case that the manufacturer= and manufacturer_part_number= attributes
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210 specify the ideal wish list part (e.g., one with SnPb solder coating)
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211 while substitute= attributes list what's actually obtainable (e.g., the
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212 lead-free crap).
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213
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214 value=
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215
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216 This attribute is intended to hold the value of components such as
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217 resistors and capacitors for which a numeric value is meaningful. uEDA
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218 does not currently make any formal use of this attribute, hence there
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219 are no formal rules currently as to units, exact syntax etc.
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220
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221 vendor=
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222
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223 Should be self-explanatory. Specifies the name of a vendor from whom
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224 the part may be obtained.
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225
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226 vendor_part_number=
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227
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228 Should be self-explanatory. Meaningless without vendor= also being
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229 specified.
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230
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231 Unlike source=, the vendor= and vendor_part_number= attributes may not
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232 be given more than once. If multiple sources need to be listed, the
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233 source= attribute must be used instead. Neither vendor= nor
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234 vendor_part_number= is used if any source= attributes are present.
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235
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236 Components vs. parts
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237
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238 Contrast the following alternative descriptions of the same component:
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239
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240 * A 0.1 uF capacitor
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241 * Ceramic chip capacitor, X7R, 0.1 uF, 0805
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242 * Panasonic ECJ-2VB1C104K
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243
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244 The first description is what you would likely use in the initial design of your
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245 circuit, the second description may appear on the list of required components
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246 when your design is finished, and a description of the third kind can be made
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247 about the components found on the final board when it's fully assembled.
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248
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249 The uEDA MCL makes a distinction between components and parts. A component is
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250 something that has a refdes and an associated section in the MCL; a part is
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251 something that can appear on a procurement BOM with a quantity next to it.
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252 uEDA also has a process of "reducing components to parts", which basically
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253 means going from a description of the first kind above to one of the 2nd or 3rd
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254 kind.
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256 Given that you are free to specify or not specify each of the defined attributes
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257 for each component in the MCL, your initial design may be as vague or as
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258 specific as you like. For example, you may put a capacitor on your schematic
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259 and list it in the MCL, but not specify anything else. Or you may specify the
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260 value while leaving the footprint undecided. Or vice-versa. Or you could
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261 specify both the value and the desired footprint, but put no more thought as
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262 to what kind of actual capacitor you would need.
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264 However, when it's time to actually build your board, you will have to pick
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265 some specific part from the Digi-Key catalog (or substitute your favourite
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266 component supplier), order it and populate it on the board. That will be a
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267 specific part with a very concrete set of parametric specifications. This is
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268 what I mean by reducing components to parts.
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270 The concepts just described may be self-evident, but the reason I'm spelling
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271 them out is that uEDA has some special support for reducing components to parts.
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272 Namely, the MCL syntax that has been described so far is not actually the whole
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273 story. If the syntax described so far was all that's available, the process of
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274 reducing components to parts would be very clumsy. For example, if you had
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275 decided that your 0.1 uF bypass caps would be 0805s and that you would order
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276 and populate Panasonic ECJ-2VB1C104K parts for them, you would have to enter
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277 the full information about this part for every component (every refdes) in the
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278 MCL where you had a 0.1 uF bypass capacitor. This approach would suffer from
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279 two problems:
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280
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281 * The replication of information would be very redundant and error-prone.
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283 * The process for generating the procurement BOM would face the problem of
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284 how to tally all of those separately described components into a quantity of
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285 one part.
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286
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287 The uEDA solution is that in addition to components with reference designators,
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288 the MCL file format allows for part definitions. A part definition has the
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289 following form:
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291 part part-ID:
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292 attribute=value
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293 attribute=value
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294 ...
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296 The part-ID is an arbitrary ASCII label for your part. Component definitions
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297 can then refer to your part definition by its part-ID using this syntax:
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299 refdes:
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300 part=part-ID
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302 Example:
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304 part bypasscap-0.1uF-0805:
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305 value=0.1 uF
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306 footprint=0805
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307 description=Ceramic chip capacitor, X7R, 0.1 uF, 0805
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308 manufacturer=Panasonic
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309 manufacturer_part_number=ECJ-2VB1C104K
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310 vendor=Digi-Key
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311 vendor_part_number=PCC1812CT-ND
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312 bom_comment=RoHS part, no SnPb version available
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314 C1:
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315 # Bypass cap for U5
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316 part=bypasscap-0.1uF-0805
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318 Most tools in the uEDA suite treat such part references as nothing more than
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319 shorthand, in other words, the example above would be equivalent to:
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321 C1:
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322 value=0.1 uF
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323 footprint=0805
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324 description=Ceramic chip capacitor, X7R, 0.1 uF, 0805
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325 manufacturer=Panasonic
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326 manufacturer_part_number=ECJ-2VB1C104K
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327 vendor=Digi-Key
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328 vendor_part_number=PCC1812CT-ND
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329 bom_comment=RoHS part, no SnPb version available
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331 The one important exception is ueda-mkbom. For the procurement-oriented BOM
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332 parts are essential, and ueda-mkbom operates only on parts, not on components.
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333 When it reads the example above, it takes note of part bypasscap-0.1uF-0805,
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334 counts all components that refer to it and emits it in the BOM with the counted
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335 quantity.
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337 What does ueda-mkbom do when it encounters a component that has no part=
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338 attribute? It may be either a component that hasn't been reduced to a part yet
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339 (in which case ueda-mkbom can't do anything with it other than issue a warning
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340 message), or a component that self-defines its part. A component is considered
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341 to self-define a part if it has both manufacturer= and manufacturer_part_number=
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342 attributes or a bom_part_title= attribute. Alternatively, a component may be
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346 Every part definition (explicit or implicit in a component that self-defines
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347 its part) that is to be usable to ueda-mkbom must have some attributes from
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348 which ueda-mkbom can make a title for it in the BOM. ueda-mkbom considers part
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349 attributes in this order:
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351 * bom_part_title= if one is given
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352 * manufacturer= and manufacturer_part_number= if both are given
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353 * manufacturer= and device= if both are given
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354 * description= if one is given
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356 If none of the above attributes are present for a part which needs to go into
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357 the BOM, it is an error.
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359 Formal definition of the part= attribute
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361 The part= attribute may appear only in component definitions and not in part
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362 definitions. The value of the part= attribute may be one of the following:
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364 * The keyword "none". This specification indicates that the component has no
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365 associated part and that this lack of a part is not an error. Note that it's
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366 possible to have a component which has no part but still has a footprint.
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367 An example would be a test point or an antenna made from the copper etch on
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368 the PCB.
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370 * The keyword "yes". This specification indicates that this component
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371 self-defines its part, i.e., that the MCL section being parsed is both a
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372 component definition and a part definition.
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374 * A part-ID defined by a part definition earlier in the MCL file.
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375
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376 * A refdes of another component which appears earlier in the MCL file and self-
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377 defines its part.
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378
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379 Note that no forward references are allowed.
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380
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381 Component definitions which refer to a part definition may override some of the
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382 attributes in the latter, as long as such an override is physically meaningful.
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383 (Overriding the value of a Panasonic ECJ-2VB1C104K cap to something other than
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384 0.1 uF is not.) The population_option= attribute is normally set at the
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385 component level rather than the part level, but other attributes may also be
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386 overridden sometimes. For example, a dual position resistor (DPR) may be made
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387 by taking a standard SMT resistor part (which would contain a footprint=
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388 attribute for its normal two-pad footprint) and overriding its footprint to
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389 a DPR footprint with 3 pads.
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390
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391 Socket parts
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392
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393 If a component is to be socketed, the socket part should have its own part
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394 definition with a part-ID assigned and should be referenced via the socket=
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395 attribute.