Part-DB 2.8.0: Scanner improvements, KiCad improvements and more

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Part-DB 2.8.0: Scanner improvements, KiCad improvements and more

Part-DB 2.8.0 has some big new features:

Scanner improvements

The barcode scanner was improved. In info mode the page will directly show a preview of an found part.
The biggest thing however is the ability to create a new part based on an distributor barcode: If you have ordered parts with digikey, mouser, LCSC or Amazon, you can just scan the barcode and Part-DB will parse the barcode, fetch the informations of the parts and redirect you to the part creation page with all infos prefilled.

Handling with external barcode scanners was also improved: The scan field properly parse and displays non-printable characters now. And by configuring a special präfix on your barcode scanner, you can directly scan a barcode and open the part page, no matter where in Part-DB you currently are. No need to open the scanner app first.

KiCad integration improvements

The KiCAD API of Part-DB now returns caching headers to improve cachability in KiCad.
Also Part parameters and part orderdetails will now be shown in Kicad if you want so.

And more

View the full list of changes in the release notes: https://github.com/Part-DB/Part-DB-server/releases/tag/v2.8.0