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On Dec 29, 2015, at 2:29 PM, Svenn Are Bjerkem =
(svenn DOT bjerkem AT googlemail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] =
<geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:

> On 29 December 2015 at 21:29, John Doty <jpd AT noqsi DOT com> wrote:
>> The bus is cosmetic sugar, as always. The box is not: it=92s an =
actual symbol with a refdes and footprint for gnetlist to chew on.
>=20
> I think it is a valid wish to have a more proper functionality of the
> bus element within a generic schematic drawing tool.

Gschem has no trouble drawing a bus. The semantics are the domain of the =
netlister. It would be good if there was an API that allowed a gnetlist =
back end to obtain information about busses.

> I like your
> magic-behind-the-scene way of integrating external data into a
> netlist, but it is probably best when putting an FPGA on a PCB and not
> to do the top level interconnection inside the FPGA where the direct
> visibility of the connections are needed.

Yes.

>=20
> --
> Svenn
>=20
>=20

John Doty              Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd.
http://www.noqsi.com/
jpd AT noqsi DOT com



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