--- peterhaaf [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Hi all,
this is the first i am asking in this group, also i
am used to read
quite a long time now. I have done a couple of
simple designs yet
all without much problems, but i wouldn´t call
myself as a Kicad
expert. I hope this will change and i will be able
to contribute
here as well.
My question may be a bit stupid, but i had no real
luck dealing
with this issue.
I want to design a single layer board. So i need to
use wire jumpers
to get some parts conected. I can insert holes and
draw a graphical
line to be able to remember this jumper later, but
since i do not have
this jumber in the netlist, nothing keeps track of
this junction, i
can not run a design check successfully, etc.
I hope one understands what i mean, and hope much
more that someone
can suggest a solution.
Thanx, Peter
PS: Many thanx to you all, esp. to the developers,
without this
wonderful software would not exist.
If you really, really, must have them on the BOM
you'll need to create them as special symbols in the
schematic and corresponding foot-prints in the
lay-out. The couple of times I needed this I made them
as zero-ohm resistors with a 400 mil foot-print. For a
configurable board I made a jumper symbol with a 100
mil fp.
As others have mentioned, the usual way is to make a
double-sided board making sure the top-side tracks are
all straight lines[1]. Length can be variable as
needed. Be sure to check the via size. Won't show up
on the BOM but after assembly any empty holes will be
quite conspicuous. You can always draw a line between
them on the silk-screen.
[1] Not necessarily. I have seen boards with diagonal
and wiggly jumpers, sometimes under it. May be bad
form, but hey, if it works...
- YD.
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