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Added SIM_Card_Shielded_CD

This is a generic SIM card holder symbol, based on "SIM_Card" and "SIM_Card_Shielded". All the violations are inherited from the previous two symbols and are left like that, in order to have library consistency.

Examples of real-world products that could be used with this symbol are:

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I used this symbols for this footprint: kicad-footprints!3506

The are some things that could be considered before merging:

  1. While some SIM card holders use only 1 card detect pin, other have 2 card detect pins. Those with 1 pin usually work by closing/opening the connection from CD to GND. Those with 2 pins work by closing/opening the connection between the two CD pins.

  2. Some card detect circuits are normally open when no card is inserted, while others are normally closed when no card is inserted.

  3. Also some SIM card holders have 7 instead of 6 SIM card connections. This symbols has 6, like the other symbols in the library.

Based on 3 points above, some alternative names could be give to the symbols:

  • SIM_Card_Shielded_CD (current one)
  • SIM_Card_Shielded_1CD (meaning 1 card detect pin)
  • SIM_Card_Shielded_6P_CD (meaning 6 SIM card pins)
  • SIM_Card_Shielded_6P_1CD (combination of the last two)
  • SIM_Card_Shielded_6P_1CD_NO (normally open when no card)
  • SIM_Card_Shielded_6P_1CD_NC (normally closed when no card)

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