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On Jul 13, 2015, at 2:23 AM, Gabriel Paubert (paubert AT iram DOT es) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:

> The common point I see right now between these schematics is that
> they have symbols with lots of pins. For components with a large number
> of pins, I always split the part in several, easier to manage symbols,
> except for the power supply part.

For things with a lot of pins, I usually just draw a box without pins, run a bus to it, and make the pin connections from a table with pins2gsch.awk. I get that into the documentation with pins2tex.awk. Diagrams are great for amplifiers and filters, but not very illuminating for complicated digital stuff. For me, a nicely-formatted table is a lot easier to read than a big mess of lines converging on a box.

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

John Doty              Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd.
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