X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mail set sender to geda-help-bounces using -f X-Recipient: geda-help AT delorie DOT com Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 14:21:19 -0400 (EDT) From: Cory Papenfuss To: geda-help AT delorie DOT com Subject: [geda-help] Preferred way "Separate-but-equal" grounds Message-ID: User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (DEB 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII Reply-To: geda-help AT delorie DOT com 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 ************************************************************************* * Cory Papenfuss, Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, PPSEL-IA * * Research Associate, Vibrations and Acoustics Laboratory * * Mechanical Engineering * * Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University * *************************************************************************