Sets the family to which the device belongs.

syntaxSyntax:
DlxLibraryDevice.SetDeviceClass(family, subFamily)

Parameters

Parameter Description
family Specify the type of component.
subFamily Specify the type of component.

Return Value

If the class is set correctly it returns true otherwise it returns false.

Example

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var libPrj = DlxApp.GetJob().GetProject("Example Lib");
if (!libPrj.IsValid())
  libPrj = DlxApp.GetJob().NewProject("Example Lib");
var libDoc = libPrj.GetDocument("Examples Lib", DlxApp.DOCTYPE_LIBRARY);
if (!libDoc.IsValid())
  libDoc = libPrj.NewDocument("Examples Lib", DlxApp.DOCTYPE_LIBRARY);
if (libDoc.IsValid() && libDoc.Activate())
{
  var folderGates = libDoc.AddFolder("Gates");
  var device = folderGates.AddDevice("SN74HC00");
  device.SetIcon(0);
  device.SetName("SN74HC00");
  device.SetDeviceName("SN74HC00");
  device.SetReferencePrefix("U");
  device.SetDeviceClass("Gates", "NAND gate");
  device.SetManufacturer("Texas Instruments");
  device.SetDescription("2-Input NAND gate");
  device.SetDatasheetLink("https://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/sn74ahc00.pdf");
  device.SetAttribute("CARD", "SPICE", "#gates NAND [1 2 3][4 5 6][9 10 8][12 13 11][PWR 14 7] %&model", "", "", DlxApp.ATTRIBUTEFLAGS_ADVANCED);
  device.SetAttribute("MODEL", "SPICE", "SN74HC00");
  device.BeginSymbolDefinition("7400");
  device.AddSymbolSection("NAND_2INP/Logic Symbols", DlxApp.LIBSECTIONPREFIX_PREFIX);
  device.AddSymbolSectionPin("1", "1,4,9,12");
  device.AddSymbolSectionPin("2", "2,5,10,13");
  device.AddSymbolSectionPin("3", "3,6,8,11");
  device.AddSymbolSectionPin("4", "7");  
  device.AddSymbolSectionPin("5", "14");
  device.EndSymbolDefinition();
  device.AddFootprint("TI_N14");
}

See also