Re: [PEDA] double pins

2003-12-09 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 04:46 PM 12/5/2003, Rene Tschaggelar wrote: A footprint of a connector, the microstac of ERNI, contains each two faces per pin. Each pin is just one piece of brass, but not touching in its middle. An explicitely not having copper there. So I placed two pins with the same number each. Protel

Re: [PEDA] double pins

2003-12-09 Thread Bagotronix Tech Support
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Re: [PEDA] double pins

2003-12-09 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 10:21 AM 12/9/2003, Bagotronix Tech Support wrote: As to the old question of how Protel treats pads with the same name/number: we don't know for sure, and cannot find out. And anything we assume is likely to become incorrect across versions. So it's best to use unique pin names/numbers.

Re: [PEDA] double pins

2003-12-09 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
I thought Mr. Bagget's comments deserved a more detailed response. At 10:21 AM 12/9/2003, Bagotronix Tech Support wrote: Imagine if you were the Protel computer program. The user would need to tell you in an unambiguous manner how these double pins were instantiated. If they are given the same

Re: [PEDA] double pins

2003-12-07 Thread John A. Ross
-Original Message- From: Rene Tschaggelar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 4:51 PM To: Protel EDA Forum Subject: Re: [PEDA] double pins Thanks a lot John, (both your posts reached me at almost the same time) I had a very quick look before going

Re: [PEDA] double pins

2003-12-06 Thread Frances Wheeler
I think if you reload the netlist both pins will get a connection. -Original Message- From: Rene Tschaggelar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 4:46 PM To: Protel EDA Forum Subject: [PEDA] double pins A footprint of a connector, the microstac of ERNI, contains

Re: [PEDA] double pins

2003-12-06 Thread Rene Tschaggelar
Wheeler wrote: I think if you reload the netlist both pins will get a connection. -Original Message- From: Rene Tschaggelar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 4:46 PM To: Protel EDA Forum Subject: [PEDA] double pins A footprint of a connector, the microstac of ERNI

Re: [PEDA] double pins

2003-12-06 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
-Original Message- From: Rene Tschaggelar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 2:18 PM To: Protel EDA Forum Subject: Re: [PEDA] double pins I'm usually coming from the Update design, update footprint, ... This time I also tried to create and load a netlist

Re: [PEDA] double pins

2003-12-06 Thread Rene Tschaggelar
A. Ross [Design] wrote: -Original Message- From: Rene Tschaggelar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 2:18 PM To: Protel EDA Forum Subject: Re: [PEDA] double pins I'm usually coming from the Update design, update footprint, ... This time I also tried to create

Re: [PEDA] double pins

2003-12-06 Thread Rene Tschaggelar
', and so on. I'll have a closer look when I come back. Rene John A. Ross [Design] wrote: -Original Message- From: Rene Tschaggelar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 2:18 PM To: Protel EDA Forum Subject: Re: [PEDA] double pins I'm usually coming from the Update

[PEDA] double pins

2003-12-05 Thread Rene Tschaggelar
A footprint of a connector, the microstac of ERNI, contains each two faces per pin. Each pin is just one piece of brass, but not touching in its middle. An explicitely not having copper there. So I placed two pins with the same number each. Protel 99SE somehow doesn't like it. From the netlist,