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Subject: Re: [geda-user] Gschem nets without explicit connections
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Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2013 11:22:23 -0500
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On Dec 29, 2013, at 3:54 PM, Jan Kasprzak wrote:

> Is it possible in gschem to assign netnames to the pins of a component
> (e.g. a microcontroller and a connector) without drawing explicit connections
> to join the corresponding pins?

Yes. I do it all the time. To me, a 100 pin connector with lines drawn to it is a confusing representation, but a table is easy to read. Thus:

http://www.gedasymbols.org/user/john_doty/tools/pins2gsch.html

pins2gsch turns a tabular representation of a bunch of connections into a pseudoschematic file that lacks graphics, but contains the connection info for gnetlist. There's also pins2tex for documentation. For an elaborate project using this machinery for connectors, see:

https://github.com/noqsi/SXI/

John Doty              Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd.
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