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Starting with V34, you can use AI to generate components directly from PDF datasheets. All you need to do is download a comprehensive datasheet and provide it to TARGET. The datasheet is sent to an external AI for analysis. TARGET then generates a component symbol from the datasheet and suggests a (hopefully) available package for it. | |||
In the schematic menu under “Components / Special Functions,” click on “Convert PDF Datasheet to Component (External AI).” After a brief explanation, select the PDF file (usually in the Windows “Downloads” folder) and make it available to TARGET. You should not upload confidential PDFs or PDFs with private content here. | |||
Especially if the component information in the PDF is stored as images rather than text, the analysis can take a very long time (OCR, AI Thinking Model). If you don’t want to wait that long, you can cancel the process and, for example, start again after fifteen minutes with the same PDF file. The AI has remembered the generated response for this PDF and returns the result immediately. | |||
[[Image:PDF2Comp1.png]]<br>( | [[Image:PDF2Comp1.png]]<br>(Image 1: Wait until e.g. "vs1053.pdf" was processed by AI) | ||
This component symbol was generated by TARGET from: | |||
[[Image:PDF2Comp2.png]]<br>( | [[Image:PDF2Comp2.png]]<br>(Image 2: Final symbol, ready for review and modification) | ||
If you like the component icon, you can now export it as a user-defined component: | |||
[[Image:PDF2Comp3.png]]<br>( | [[Image:PDF2Comp3.png]]<br>(Image 3: Export the entire component using the [x] key) | ||
You’ll also need to select the component type (here, “Other Audio” for an audio codec), enter the name (here, “VS1053b”), select the manufacturer (here, “VLSI”), and choose the correct package “LQFP48” (the AI had added a hyphen to “LQFP-48”), copy a function from the PDF if necessary, and finally select the prefix “IC.” Clicking the [Save Component] button completes the process, and the IC is ready for use. | |||
This tool is particularly suitable for components with many pins and standard packages. It can save a lot of manual work. However, it does not generate packages itself, e.g., for an SMD USB connector. | |||
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Latest revision as of 15:11, 15 March 2026
Starting with V34, you can use AI to generate components directly from PDF datasheets. All you need to do is download a comprehensive datasheet and provide it to TARGET. The datasheet is sent to an external AI for analysis. TARGET then generates a component symbol from the datasheet and suggests a (hopefully) available package for it.
In the schematic menu under “Components / Special Functions,” click on “Convert PDF Datasheet to Component (External AI).” After a brief explanation, select the PDF file (usually in the Windows “Downloads” folder) and make it available to TARGET. You should not upload confidential PDFs or PDFs with private content here.
Especially if the component information in the PDF is stored as images rather than text, the analysis can take a very long time (OCR, AI Thinking Model). If you don’t want to wait that long, you can cancel the process and, for example, start again after fifteen minutes with the same PDF file. The AI has remembered the generated response for this PDF and returns the result immediately.

(Image 1: Wait until e.g. "vs1053.pdf" was processed by AI)
This component symbol was generated by TARGET from:

(Image 2: Final symbol, ready for review and modification)
If you like the component icon, you can now export it as a user-defined component:

(Image 3: Export the entire component using the [x] key)
You’ll also need to select the component type (here, “Other Audio” for an audio codec), enter the name (here, “VS1053b”), select the manufacturer (here, “VLSI”), and choose the correct package “LQFP48” (the AI had added a hyphen to “LQFP-48”), copy a function from the PDF if necessary, and finally select the prefix “IC.” Clicking the [Save Component] button completes the process, and the IC is ready for use.
This tool is particularly suitable for components with many pins and standard packages. It can save a lot of manual work. However, it does not generate packages itself, e.g., for an SMD USB connector.

