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Subject: Re: [geda-user] why pinnumber in sym pins?
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On Tue, 26 Dec 2017 13:20:09 +0100 (CET)
karl AT aspodata DOT se wrote:

>  Why must one have a pinnumber attribute for each pin i a sym file:
> http://wiki.geda-project.org/geda:master_attributes_list#pinnumber
> 
> Wouldn't it suffice to have pinseq and pinlabel ?

I think pinlabel would suffice. pinseq is needed for footprint and if I got it correct in cschem they use some kind of mapping mechanism for this so it's not part of the symbol.

> Wouldn't it be useful to allow  to have just a function (pinlabel)
> attached to the pin without knowing which pinnumber it will end up on ?

Yes it would if there is a mapping mechanism.

I think I only use pinlabel fo hierachical drawings. It's hard to distinguish between two pins with same label and different pin numbers. The visible label is essentially a rather good identifier for pin since schematics are read by humans.

Pinlabel as default identifier and pinnumber for the unusual case then there is a need to distinguish between pins with same label might be useful but I do not know about any case.

>  E.g. dc/dc converters with single output usually have four pins
> +/-Vin and +/-Vout in all sorts of packages where the pinnumber (from
> the datasheet) can be anything but 1,2,3,4, but their pin names are
> +/-Vin/Vout. So, it would be nice if one could map sym -> fp with
> just the "pinlabel" (gschem) -> pin "Name" (pcb). But pcb doesn't seem
> to support that idea.

Agree.

> Any suggestions or pointers ?

Look at cschem or write your own mapping mechanism.

> Regards,
> /Karl Hammar