X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mail set sender to geda-help-bounces using -f X-Recipient: geda-help AT delorie DOT com Subject: [geda-help] Re: Wire bridges in gschem? From: HansFong To: geda-help AT delorie DOT com References: <30c7dda0-4d20-55f8-708b-5d76e60f46cb AT zonnet DOT nl> Message-ID: <95efc890-44fa-340b-cceb-65e9fe81d71a@zonnet.nl> Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2018 20:50:30 +0800 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.6.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <30c7dda0-4d20-55f8-708b-5d76e60f46cb@zonnet.nl> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------B122B329C9A1F0469ADCE75B" Content-Language: en-US X-Brightmail-Tracker: H4sIAAAAAAAAA+NgFjrMosTGxVK2cAKbrsTs7VEGnUcVLdb8f8nswOhx6dkX9gDGKNbMvKT8 igTWjFc9P5gLTotX7D3SztjA2CvUxcjJISQQKfHk4C42EFtYQEXi9ZapzCA2m4CyxPqp61i7 GDk4RAQkJe4elIYot5Fof3+MCSTMC2RfOukNEmYRUJVY/uk+O4gtKhAuseDqFrCJvAKCEidn PmEBsTkFbCXez3sOZjMLhEp0b++EssUlbj2ZzzSBkWcWkpZZSMpmISmbBbSZWUBNYlmrEkRY XmL72znMELaZxLzND5mRxRcwsq9iFMktTtQtzi021DXWy8jMSy3RA+JNjMBwWxHP7rmD8exJ w0OMTBychxgFOBiVeHgZz6yPEmJNLCuuzAWJcx9ilORgUhLlNVffGiXEl5SfUpmRWJwRX1Sa k1p8iFGCg0dJhFdw1vYoId7igsTc4sx0mJQMB4eSBG/0TKCUYFFqempFWmZOSWoRRPoUozHH gUcv25g5brx43cYsxJKXn5cqJc77AKRcAGRSRmkeXDUsli8xykoJ8wZPA6rhKUgtys0sQZV/ xSgO9IMwrzzIPTyZeSVw57wCupQJ6NLqKVtALi1JREgBAGRGQQlIAgAA Reply-To: geda-help AT delorie DOT com Errors-To: nobody AT delorie DOT com X-Mailing-List: geda-help AT delorie DOT com X-Unsubscribes-To: listserv AT delorie DOT com Precedence: bulk This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------B122B329C9A1F0469ADCE75B Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello all, Thanks for the replies, some of which were a little over my head, some left me with more questions. The testpin symbol is a ready-made solution for one of my problems, although I find it puzzling that there are no footprints for this symbol in the standard installation. Bert Timmermans and Phil Taylor basically wrote the solution that I first had in mind, but the way to achieve this is still a question for me. Bert wrote: "/I use two single pin symbols in the schematic and connect (and place a text "wire bridge"). I use two single pin footprints in the pcb layout and draw the "wire" on a separate layer and silkscreen./" Where can I find pin symbols? In gschem I couldn't find them and the symbols under Input/Output (generic) didn't work for me, even when I assigned a footprint to them (I used a footprint of a single pin header). Is this a case of rolling your own? In the mean time I used pin headers as a temporary solution and it works. The board is a double layer hobby project in order to learn to use gEDA, so it doesn't need to be professional, but still.... I want to get it right. Hans --------------B122B329C9A1F0469ADCE75B Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello all,

Thanks for the replies, some of which were a little over my head, some left me with more questions.

The testpin symbol is a ready-made solution for one of my problems, although I find it puzzling that there are no footprints for this symbol in the standard installation.

Bert Timmermans and Phil Taylor basically wrote the solution that I first had in mind, but the way to achieve this is still a question for me. Bert wrote:

"I use two single pin symbols in the schematic and connect (and place a text "wire bridge"). I use two single pin footprints in the pcb layout and draw the "wire" on a separate layer and silkscreen."

Where can I find pin symbols? In gschem I couldn't find them and the symbols under Input/Output (generic) didn't work for me, even when I assigned a footprint to them (I used a footprint of a single pin header). Is this a case of rolling your own?

In the mean time I used pin headers as a temporary solution and it works. The board is a double layer hobby project in order to learn to use gEDA, so it doesn't need to be professional, but still.... I want to get it right.

Hans

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