X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mail set sender to geda-user-bounces using -f X-Recipient: geda-user AT delorie DOT com X-Original-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=8LeqGr8fEXGa9s0xFLYWt5TpHbZpeNBn5dCNGVpgs2Q=; b=W6kjnQUmbRtD5csEOEpyfemIv9O5KjWbOinVGV+Wtl9rBzMFmb7YQiLXiN7WZd1eNe oyZ8GgBA4kKPzCWcUmuxM19LvtgPAT4/io5iC7rZAahtsYx8rYhXyCqgWefBxQZQKkWJ 3En5NceL16hZZTnP+JXH2ntdncx/vTmCZKKp78O6JurhQvb/f7nJGPNaBGgJGa+iQAd9 uPMnmCSg+Bfo3vFHqpDea9mC0s1Cb//l8pHNStIkSLIH4b5YmrIJTTbsZ1keoAbCD6Yz BNN+GNnT/A/UDTQUe92LQATSCUuYaMUprBTy3oop4BgRmzvFHEgNVKJTVpgGKlVajCGb LSHA== X-Received: by 10.180.206.132 with SMTP id lo4mr1376336wic.94.1445239956697; Mon, 19 Oct 2015 00:32:36 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2015 09:32:35 +0200 From: "Nicklas Karlsson (nicklas DOT karlsson17 AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]" To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com Subject: Re: [geda-user] Pin mapping (separate symbols from mappings) Message-Id: <20151019093235.c8dfa56bab75d4f6c295d86b@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <282EF9EF-E103-4101-BB56-A0A365AFFEBE@noqsi.com> References: <20151018204010 DOT 9cce6a231dcc296256e187bd AT gmail DOT com> <201510181843 DOT t9IIhmWo025346 AT envy DOT delorie DOT com> <20151018234424 DOT c0551dad9bef0859130239d9 AT gmail DOT com> <36B94694-F2AC-4A75-A8EB-40A1CE9A534C AT noqsi DOT com> <201510182225 DOT t9IMPkxK032763 AT envy DOT delorie DOT com> <20151019003814 DOT f62620bf0fec77e65104c105 AT gmail DOT com> <201510190242 DOT t9J2gl7w009345 AT envy DOT delorie DOT com> <282EF9EF-E103-4101-BB56-A0A365AFFEBE AT noqsi DOT com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.5.0beta1 (GTK+ 2.24.25; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Reply-To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com Errors-To: nobody AT delorie DOT com X-Mailing-List: geda-user AT delorie DOT com X-Unsubscribes-To: listserv AT delorie DOT com Precedence: bulk > >> One geda-gaf issue is that the fundamental pin ID is > >> refdes/pinnumber, confused a bit by slotting. That would be very > >> hard to change, but I think mapping (original refdes)/(original > >> pinnumber) to (as-built refdes)/(as-built pinnumber) is possible. > > > > This fails if we switch to symbolic pins, which won't have "original > > pinnumber" any more. Consider: > > > > http://www.delorie.com/pcb/symsym.html > > > > Which gate is "U1/pin-A" ? > > > > Then you’re talking about a *drastic* change to geda-gaf, or a new schematic toolkit entirely. But I don’t see why a symbolic pin cannot have a number to identify it: it need not have anything to do with the physical pin. > > John Doty Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd. > http://www.noqsi.com/ > jpd AT noqsi DOT com I forgot even though it does no harm it add redundancy but.