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Re: gEDA-user: Hi.... first post
On 3/13/07, C P Tarun <tcpip@dhandanought.org> wrote:
> > And here's your netlist:
> >
> > unnamed_net2 R2-2 Q1-B R1-2
> > unnamed_net1 R1-1 C1-2
> > siggnd R2-1 Q2-E Q1-E C1-1
> >
> > So what's wrong? Q1-B, Q1-E and Q2-E all exist, as in your schematic;
> > the other connections don't. I may be dense, but I don't see any
> > problem with what you have......
>
> You're not dense at all, the problem is with my description.
>
> The netlist is not in error. I am sorry for having used vague terms.
>
> The problems are as follows:
>
> 1. When I load the netlist into the PCB program, it gives errors
> saying that it couldn't find pins with the names given in the
> footprints, or some such thing. Just try loading my .pcb file
> first, then try loading the netlist, and you will see what I mean.
>
> This problem does not go away even after you
> :ExecuteFile(test-schem.cmd)
>
> 2. When I draw the ratsnest in the PCB program, there are _no_
> ratlines to _any_ of the pins of the transistors. Those two devices
> are completely floating in mid-air.
>
> Basically, there is a mismatch between the pin names (numbers?)
> of the transistor symbols in gschem and the pins of the TO92 footprints
> in the PCB layout. This does not get fixed even after running the .cmd
> file, though it should.
Change the pin names to numbers in the schematic symbol files. Then
the footprint pin numbers will map to schematic symbol pin numbers.
(* jcl *)
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