Re: mystery dac

On Tue, 11 Apr 2006 17:34:04 GMT, Joerg
<notthisjoergsch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hello John,


How many datasheets do you have archived? How do you organize them?

I have about 2000, around 800 mbytes, on my hard drive, plus a lot od
old cd's lying around in heaps. I'm planning to start an official
company archive, where we save a data*** of any part we use on any
design.


When you do let us know what SW you found useful. I just got ScanSoft's
PaperPort that supposedly allows the creation of an increasingly
'paperless' environment. But I didn't get around to trying it yet.
Basically a scanning and archiving package.

http://www.nuance.com/paperport/standard/


I figured we'd just create a folder on the server where everybody
dumps pdf datasheets of any part they use in a design. We'd make sure
the weekly dvd backups include this stuff.

Mine are organized by manufacturer, then by type

C:\

DATA\

National\

Amps\
LM7301.pdf
etc

Vregs\
LM1117.pdf
etc


and like that.


They also offer a pro version with pdf conversion and all that. Still, I
probably won't bring myself to parting with oldies such as National's
1976 Discretes Databook. More than once has this stuff saved the bacon
when a client was stuck with a really old legacy design and couldn't get
parts.

Some of the databooks are irreplacable, and some are just nostalgic,
like PMI and GigaBit Logic and GE.

John


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