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Date:	Fri, 23 Sep 2011 14:21:19 -0400 (EDT)
From:	Cory Papenfuss <papenfuss AT juneau DOT me DOT vt DOT edu>
To:	geda-help AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	[geda-help] Preferred way "Separate-but-equal" grounds
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 	Hey, guys.  I've been spinning my wheels for awhile here reading 
through tutorials, helps, FAQs, and wiki.  It seems to be a common 
question, but the answer eludes me:

- What's the "correct" method of naming nets?  "netname=", or "net="?  If 
It would appear that "net=" is the correct and more versatile, but if I 
add wire stubs to the pins of devices and give them a "net=AGND:1", it 
doesn't actually connect them.

- I've got a mixed-signal board where I've got an AGND, PGND, and DGND 
which I want to be routed separately (different trace widths, etc). 
However, I want them to be connected at one point (that I would chose). 
What's the correct way to do this?  Something like adding a 2-pin jumper 
"part" and then manually bridging them on the PCB?  That would make the 
DRC go crazy in the end.

Thanks for any ideas... From what I've seen, it's a common question with 
uncommonly few suggestions for answers.

-Cory


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* Cory Papenfuss, Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, PPSEL-IA                *
* Research Associate, Vibrations and Acoustics Laboratory               *
* Mechanical Engineering                                                *
* Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University                   *
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