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Added SW_Slide_SPDT_Straight_CK_OS102011MS2Q.

Martin Sotirov requested to merge mampir/kicad-packages3D-source:SW_Slide_SPDT_Straight_CK_OS102011MS2Q into master

Hello, this is my first contribution to the KiCad libraries.

I made the 3D package based on this datasheet: https://www.ckswitches.com/media/1428/os.pdf

There's already a footprint named SW_Slide_1P2T_CK_OS102011MS2Q. There's also another related footprint named SW_CuK_OS102011MA1QN1_SPDT_Angled for which I also made a 3D package. I don't like how either of the footprints are named, because:

  1. SW_CuK_OS102011MA1QN1_SPDT_Angled does not follow the good conventions of "G1.3 Libraries are organized by functionality".
  2. "OS102011MA1QN1" is not a good name for the footprint, because the manufacturer produces several variants of the same switch, which have the same footprint and outside appearance, so it should have been just named "OS102011MA1Q" (without the "N1").
  3. The footprints are from the same series, so they should have similar names.
  4. For SW_Slide_1P2T_CK_OS102011MS2Q, the "1P2T" should be "SPDT", like the other parts, datasheets, catalogues, etc.

I think better names for those 2 footprints are:

  • SW_Slide_SPDT_Straight_CK_OS102011MS2Q
  • SW_Slide_SPDT_Angled_CK_OS102011MA1Q

So that's why I named the model like this. I hope you agree with my points.

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