Arduino Pin management tool (search fro ideas, helpers,.....)

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Hi
A very long time ago when windows was still my standard OS I developed a excel sheet that allows me to see which pins are still available for my project.
The idea is pretty simple: you tell it which arduino you are using, which pins you use and it shows you which pins are used multiple times.
The implementation however is a bit harder. Think about the go-between shield that allows you to swap pins or the I2C pins that can be used multiple times if and only if the pins are used as I2C. Some pins have special functions like PWM or interrupt that may be simulated on other pins by libraries which come in flavours (F.I. softSerial altsoftserial).
The analogue pins can also be used as digital pins and some arduino pins on some shields are only used by software (pin 0 and 1)

Now I think Microsoft excel is a great tool and worth its money ... it has the drawback of .... well costing money and not running on Linux.
So I was thinking about rewriting the excel sheet and adding features. But then I thought....
Is such a tool already available? in development stage?
Is anyone else interested in such a tool?
Could this be a community effort? I'm thinking about data gathering for libraries/shields using pins,timers and other hardware!

So please let me hear what you think.
Best regards
Jantje

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Jantje:
So I was thinking about rewriting the excel sheet and adding features.

Have you tried loading your Excel sheet into Libre Office ?

...R

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Robin2:
Have you tried loading your Excel sheet into Libre Office ?

...R

Not yet. I use array functions in the sheet so I Think it won't work.
But that may be plan B.
Best regards
Jantje

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Jantje:
Not yet. I use array functions in the sheet so I Think it won't work.
But that may be plan B.

If it was my problem it would be plan A - just in case it does work :slight_smile:

...R