Christoph Brudy wrote: > > Hello, > can somebody recommend a way to handle components that I want to appear > in the schematic, but are not mounted on the PCB (e.g. switches, lamps, > fuses ...). > I thought of the following ways to do this: > a) create a separate schematic sheet with the off-board components, > connected to a sheet symbol for the rest of the circuit. > b) Draw the off-board components with drawing tools, so that they have > no electrical connectivity. > Neither approach seems to be entirely satisfactory, because with a) you > have to refer to two sheets if you want to understand the circuit, and > b) gets cumbersome for anything more complicated than, say, a single > resistor. > Does anybody here have better ideas ?
I normally show them on the schematic as if they were on the board. I should put a note beside them saying "Front Panel", or somesuch, but usually forget (doesn't matter much if I'm building the thing, but it would help the assembly shop.) The footprint I use for these parts doesn't necessarily match the actual pin arrangement of the part. -- Peter Bennett TRIUMF 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada GPS and NMEA info and programs: http://vancouver-webpages.com/peter/index.html * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/proteledaforum@techservinc.com * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
