wrote: >=20 > Hello all, >=20 > Thanks for the replies, some of which were a little over my head, some lef= t me with more questions. >=20 > The testpin symbol is a ready-made solution for one of my problems, althou= gh I find it puzzling that there are no footprints for this symbol in the st= andard installation. >=20 > Bert Timmermans and Phil Taylor basically wrote the solution that I first h= ad in mind, but the way to achieve this is still a question for me. Bert wro= te: >=20 > "I use two single pin symbols in the schematic and connect (and place a te= xt "wire bridge"). I use two single pin footprints in the pcb layout and dra= w the "wire" on a separate layer and silkscreen." >=20 > Where can I find pin symbols? In gschem I couldn't find them and the symbo= ls under Input/Output (generic) didn't work for me, even when I assigned a f= ootprint to them (I used a footprint of a single pin header). Is this a case= of rolling your own?=20 >=20 > In the mean time I used pin headers as a temporary solution and it works. T= he board is a double layer hobby project in order to learn to use gEDA, so i= t doesn't need to be professional, but still.... I want to get it right. >=20 > Hans >=20 --Apple-Mail-23147DDF-5E50-4FB6-8823-0B7A57061888 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Hans,

<= div>The pin symbol is just a gschem pin, with a pin attribute and a circle m= eant to symbolize the pad or hole. Synonymous with "test point".

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Add two testpoints to the net. The footprint is just, sa= y, a footprint you create ... for the simplest case it could be one pin out o= f the 1/4W through hole resistor footprint saved as "tp.fp". It needs t= o be pin one in the .fp text file and in the symbol.

Ie make the footprint in your text editor.

The tw= o footprint can now be placed in PCB allowing any spacing or orientation bec= ause the are separate, unlike using a resistor for your jumpers.

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The extra copper layer, or layers as need allow the board to b= e fully routed and provides you with a sketch of where the wires go in the e= nd.

Phil

On Mar 25, 2018, at 8:50 AM,= HansFong <hansfong AT zonnet DOT nl&g= t; wrote:

=20 =20 =20 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

=20

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