I second this suggestion. Numerous people have been proposing this for quite a long time in IRC, it's a popular idea. A large number of parts are configurable, and forcing the pins to be non-configurable makes ERC pretty weak.
On Wed, Jan 04, 2017 at 07:22:37PM +1100, Oliver Walters wrote: > As far as I am aware, this ( > https://lists.launchpad.net/kicad-developers/msg23302.html) is the latest > proposal for the new symbol format. > > Is this the case? > > Reading through this I have an idea that I think will be very useful. > > Currently each PIN can only have one TYPE (INPUT, OUTPUT, OPEN-COLLECTOR, > etc) which means that for parts with multiple alternate-functions on a pin, > ERC is essentially useless if the pin can be used as an INPUT or an OUTPUT > (or something else). > > Further, labelling all the possible alternate functions on a pin means that > either the symbol grows exceedingly wide, or many functions are missed. > > I suggest that the pin type should have facility for alternate functions to > be specified which would solve both of these problems. Once a symbol is > placed in the schematic, any multi-function pins are set to "default" > values (e.g. GPIO for a micro) but the other functions can be selected. > > See proposed "addition" to format here: > > http://i.imgur.com/5m38eTT.png > > Cheers, > Oliver _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
