Library Management

Library Management with AllSpice.io

Contents

• What is Library management?

• How does Library Management work?

• Types of library management

What is Library management?

Library management is simply a collection of best practices to improve the quality of PCBA components during the entire design lifecycle.

Create, fix, and maintain PCB footprint library files

• Pads (size, pitch)

• Pinswap/rename

• Refdes

• Courtyard/keepouts

• Thermal improvements

• Silkscreen improvements

Create, fix, and maintain schematic symbol files

• Pin data (name, voltage, input/output/clk/etc)

• Part attributes (power, current, speed, etc)

• Manufacturing data

• Symbol readability

Create, fix, and maintain library metadata (intlib/dblib)

Integrated libraries keep information in a single library file.

DBlibs keep information in a database such as MYSQL

• Connects symbols and footprints into single component with order information

  • i.e. 10K 0805 resistor vs 10K 0603

• Fix ordering data

  • Distributor + Part Number list

  • Alternate parts list

• Clean Library ( 5S )

• Filter out duplicate components

• Reduce, reuse, recycle footprints and symbols

There are many different ways of performing Library management, and most organizations have a very unique set of market requirements. There is no one-size-fits all solution besides flexibility and taking process one-step-at-a-time.

Further reading

• What is Library management?

• How does Library Management work?

• Types of library management