Mentor Maker... PartsQuest parts missing symbols? — 2026 Microcontroller Update

Source: DigiKey Tech Forum | July 15, 2026  |  Category: Microcontroller

Mentor Maker... PartsQuest parts missing symbols?

I downloaded, installed, and registered the free Mentor Maker design environment today. It took me a while to figure out how to use PartsQuest to select parts and import into Maker Schematic entry. Even so… I downloaded five parts; one of them, an MMBT3904 transistor, worked fine, with both a symbol and a footprint… another part, BSP225, downloaded with a footprint… but the symbol was just a rectangle. Three other parts, all of them microcontrollers from Silicon Labs, gave me NO symbol or footprint… just a rectangle. Obviously, this design environment would be relatively useless without both t

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Reference: DigiKey Tech Forum — July 15, 2026