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Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:58:34 -0500
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Subject: Re: [geda-help] How can I route multi-pad signals?
From: Luis Emiro Linares <macgyveremir AT gmail DOT com>
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That's some sound advice :-) In order to hit middle ground (as I don't
want an unnecessarily large symbol in a schematic), I'm going to hide
the only visible pin number label, and put on its place a text with
all the pin numbers where each multi-pad signal goes.

Thanks for all your support!

On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 1:27 PM, Colin D Bennett <colin AT gibibit DOT com> wrote:
> On Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:05:17 -0500
> Luis Emiro Linares <macgyveremir AT gmail DOT com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the suggestion on the tools. As an exercise, I
>> generated this footprint with a python script of my own. Now, on
>> the gschem side, given that I need to make as many clones of each
>> repeated pin as necessary, is it OK to do the following?:
>>
>> 1. Place all clone pins of a common signal (say, VSWH) overlaped,
>> so they show up as a single pin
>> 2. Hide the name and pin number for all but one of the pins, so it
>> doesn't look cluttered
>
> Interesting idea!!  That would be a pretty clever trick.
>
> Although, sometimes it's better not to be too “clever” and just do
> things the simple way (it's up to you...).  Simply enumerating all
> pins as usual on the schematic symbol and connecting them the usual
> way might make it easier to compare schematic to PCB and see
> which pins go where, etc., and to comprehend what's going on when
> you come back to look at your design next year after some time
> away...
>
> Regards,
> Colin
>



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Luis Emiro Linares García
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Físico - Ingeniero Electrónico
Universidad de los Andes
Bogotá D.C., Colombia.