X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mail set sender to geda-help-bounces using -f X-Recipient: geda-help AT delorie DOT com X-Sender-Id: _forwarded-from|166.171.58.126 X-Sender-Id: _forwarded-from|166.171.58.126 X-MC-Relay: Junk X-MailChannels-SenderId: _forwarded-from|166.171.58.126 X-MailChannels-Auth-Id: hostrocketcom X-Bored-Company: 17c00bd16c789a1f_1521986003111_230954794 X-MC-Loop-Signature: 1521986003111:1463886490 X-MC-Ingress-Time: 1521986003111 From: Phil Taylor Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-66D30CA9-7581-4C0A-A078-8F33B9612299 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2018 09:53:20 -0400 Subject: Re: [geda-help] Re: Wire bridges in gschem? Message-Id: <00E9C77E-AA0C-4B60-AEE6-091AD56ABEE1@plastitar.com> References: <30c7dda0-4d20-55f8-708b-5d76e60f46cb AT zonnet DOT nl> <95efc890-44fa-340b-cceb-65e9fe81d71a AT zonnet DOT nl> In-Reply-To: <95efc890-44fa-340b-cceb-65e9fe81d71a@zonnet.nl> To: geda-help AT delorie DOT com X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (14D27) X-AuthUser: Reply-To: geda-help AT delorie DOT com --Apple-Mail-66D30CA9-7581-4C0A-A078-8F33B9612299 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable You could definitely use a one pin connector symbol and a one pin footprint .= .. just the names may feel confusing on the user end. Phil > On Mar 25, 2018, at 8:50 AM, HansFong wrote: >=20 > Hello all, >=20 > Thanks for the replies, some of which were a little over my head, some lef= t me with more questions. >=20 > The testpin symbol is a ready-made solution for one of my problems, althou= gh I find it puzzling that there are no footprints for this symbol in the st= andard installation. >=20 > Bert Timmermans and Phil Taylor basically wrote the solution that I first h= ad in mind, but the way to achieve this is still a question for me. Bert wro= te: >=20 > "I use two single pin symbols in the schematic and connect (and place a te= xt "wire bridge"). I use two single pin footprints in the pcb layout and dra= w the "wire" on a separate layer and silkscreen." >=20 > Where can I find pin symbols? In gschem I couldn't find them and the symbo= ls under Input/Output (generic) didn't work for me, even when I assigned a f= ootprint to them (I used a footprint of a single pin header). Is this a case= of rolling your own?=20 >=20 > In the mean time I used pin headers as a temporary solution and it works. T= he board is a double layer hobby project in order to learn to use gEDA, so i= t doesn't need to be professional, but still.... I want to get it right. >=20 > Hans >=20 --Apple-Mail-66D30CA9-7581-4C0A-A078-8F33B9612299 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

You could definitely use a one pin connector symbol and a one pin footprint ... just the names may feel confusing on the user end.

Phil

On Mar 25, 2018, at 8:50 AM, HansFong <hansfong AT zonnet DOT nl> wrote:

Hello all,

Thanks for the replies, some of which were a little over my head, some left me with more questions.

The testpin symbol is a ready-made solution for one of my problems, although I find it puzzling that there are no footprints for this symbol in the standard installation.

Bert Timmermans and Phil Taylor basically wrote the solution that I first had in mind, but the way to achieve this is still a question for me. Bert wrote:

"I use two single pin symbols in the schematic and connect (and place a text "wire bridge"). I use two single pin footprints in the pcb layout and draw the "wire" on a separate layer and silkscreen."

Where can I find pin symbols? In gschem I couldn't find them and the symbols under Input/Output (generic) didn't work for me, even when I assigned a footprint to them (I used a footprint of a single pin header). Is this a case of rolling your own?

In the mean time I used pin headers as a temporary solution and it works. The board is a double layer hobby project in order to learn to use gEDA, so it doesn't need to be professional, but still.... I want to get it right.

Hans

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