Hi guys,
Is there some way of knowing which footprints are interchangable? I always just look for landpatterns in the datasheets to make sure components fit, if I don't immediately find it in my footprint library(s). Then I draw them myself. But often afterwards you realize many of them are interchangable, like for example "PQFN8 5X6", "DFN 5x6" and "PowerPAK SO".
Now JEDEC is supposed to be the "standard" for these things right?
I looked around a bit but I didn't find a general thing to make clear how component packages switch out. Is there a way to make sense of all this madness?!
Are there documents to show you which footprints fit which packages? How packages are named? Why some packages are barely different from others? Why some of them have double names?(SMA, DO214AC) etc.