The Start of the Digi-Key KiCad Library

罗伯特尼尔森的办公桌。
如果这不是真正的工程师的办公桌，我不知道是什么......
您可能不知道的一件事是Digi-Key雇用了很多人，他们全天候帮助工程师，学生，制造商和购买者。
我们的应用工程部门拥有近百名工程师和技术人员。
不是每个人都经常建造电路板或设计电路，但是在明尼苏达州Thief River Falls的多维数据集农场里，有很多知识。
我们非常幸运，因为我们不断受到制造商的培训，并且有时间在客户咨询之间学习和发展我们自己的知识。
我们中的一些人正在学习3D CAD和打印，无线和物联网，嵌入式Linux，我们中的许多人都对构建电子产品感兴趣。
追求这些利益甚至催生了Beagleboard.org基金会的董事会成员，全能嵌入式Linux大师Robert C Nelson。
作为学习过程的一部分，在使用KiCad尝试构建板时出现了一个想法。
使用通用零件设计电路板，与现实世界中可购买的东西无关，特别是在快速原型制作时。
纠正通用或系列部件号可能是件苦差事，尤其是当您必须追踪正确的占地面积以与零件一起使用时。
所以我们决定建立一个图书馆。
Digi-Key KiCad库是一个开源许可（CC-BY-SA 4.0）的一组常用和有用的部分。
所有零件都分配了完整的制造商和Digi-Key零件编号以及脚印和其他好东西，如零件状态和数据表链接。
我们正在忙于添加更多常见部件并欢迎所有反馈。
要了解更多信息，请在Digi-Key TechForum上查看此主题并查看GitHub Repo。



以下为原文

Robert Nelson’s Desk. If this isn’t a real engineer’s desk I don’t know what is…
One thing you might not know is that Digi-Key employs a lot of people who help engineers, students, makers, and purchasers 24/7.  Our Applications Engineering department is filled with nearly one hundred Engineers and Technicians.  Not everyone builds boards or designs circuits regularly, but there’s a lot of knowledge sitting packed in this Thief River Falls, Minnesota cube fARM.  We are very fortunate in that we are constantly trained by manufacturers, as well as have time to learn and grow our own knowledge in between customer inquiries.  Some of us are learning 3D CAD and printing, wireless and IoT things, embedded Linux, and many of us find interest in building electronics. The pursuit of these interests even spawned a board member of the Beagleboard.org Foundation, the all-around embedded Linux guru Robert C Nelson.
As part of this learning process an idea sprouted when trying build boards using KiCad.  Designing a board from generic parts with no link to something that’s purchasable in the real world kind of sucks, particularly when rapid prototyping. Rectifying generic or series part numbers can be a chore, especially when you have to track down the correct footprint to use with a part. So we decided to make a library.
The Digi-Key KiCad Library is an Open Source Licensed (CC-BY-SA 4.0) set of common and useful parts. All the parts are assigned full manufacturer and Digi-Key part numbers along with footprints and other goodies like part status and datasheet links. We are busily working on adding more common parts and welcome all feedback. To learn a little bit more take a look at this topic on the Digi-Key TechForum and check out the GitHub Repo.