At 03:52 PM 5/21/2002 -0500, Robison Michael R CNIN wrote: >hi bruce, > >oh! i used no name for them. and it went ahead and >netted everything together, even across different >packages and specific parts! i'll look into this. >maybe i can name them and lose the bad net.
I don't think so. Hidden pins are for power nets. Period. Some say they should not be used at all. Yes, hidden pins with no name will tie together into a net with no name.... If you name them, they become a net with the name you give them. If each one has its own name, well, this should work. But it would be a royal pain to manage. If a pin is to be hidden because you don't want it to show on the schematic and you don't want it to connect to anything, make the library part without the pin.... >i hid the pins to more closely mimic the original >schematic. i had to have them somewhere or else my >footprints wouldn't sync up with the components. No, pins and footprint names are not connected. If a pin is missing from a symbol, it will simply be given no net when the net list is loaded or the PCB is synchronized with the schematic. Yes, if you have a pin on the schematic that is assigned a net, you will get an error when Protel tries to take the net information into the PCB, but the reverse is not true. Unless these pins are completely nonfunctional, i.e., not connected inside the device, it is poor practice to omit them from the schematic. Rather, they should be visible and a No-ERC directive popped on them to suppress the unconnected pin warning. So by trying to hide the pins, you are simply bending over backwards to reproduce what should probably be considered a mistake. If you don't try to conceal the pins, you can use standard schematic symbols and have that many fewer opportunities to make a mistake. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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/[email protected] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
