Use case · Library
From datasheet PDF to a reviewable symbol and footprint.
Circuitly reads the datasheet and your library conventions, then generates the symbol, footprint, and metadata as native library files a librarian approves. This page covers creating parts; reviews that check parts already on a board are under connected review.
The problem
Creating a part means hours of transcription: reading a pin table out of a PDF, drawing a symbol, building a footprint against a land-pattern standard, and typing metadata — careful, low-judgment work that still lands on an engineer's desk. And the failure mode is severe: a wrong pin map or a mirrored footprint survives every schematic review and becomes a respin.
Connected workflow
Circuitly ingests the datasheet alongside your library conventions, extracts the machine-checkable facts, and generates native library files. The output arrives as a reviewable diff against the datasheet — pin by pin, pad by pad — so the librarian inspects instead of transcribes.
Ingest
The datasheet plus your library conventions — naming, grid, pad rules.
Extract
Pin table, package dimensions, ratings, and ordering information.
Generate
Symbol, footprint, and metadata as native library files.
Approve
The librarian reviews the diff against the datasheet and decides.
Library output
- A TPS54331 symbol generated from the TI pin table, pin functions carried through
- Footprint named to IPC-7351 —
SOIC127P600X175-8N— built from the package drawing - Courtyard, thermal-pad, and pin-1 orientation checks run before anything reaches review
- MPN, manufacturer, and datasheet reference attached as part metadata
Librarian decision
Nothing enters the approved library without a named librarian approving it. Circuitly prepares the part and the evidence; your library owner keeps the authority over what the whole team builds on.
Bring the datasheet that's been sitting in the queue.
We’ll map your library conventions, the checks that must pass, and the approval flow your librarian keeps.