> GND symbol on the other, Kicad will auto assign to the GND net? Correct, same with VSS and so on. I often dot VSS power ports over the circuit for things like pull up resistors.
More generally this will happen to ANY symbol that you use that is in the power port library, so there are VDD, VSS GND and so on. For auto connection, any pin on a device that has the same name as a power port pin will get connected to that particular net. Andy On Sat, 27 Mar 2010 13:39:07 -0700 rocko <sunblast...@gmail.com> wrote: > AHA! > Now I see, VCC and GND needs a Power Flag. > That got rid of my DRC Errors. > > Just to be sure. > So GND and PWR nets are auto generated? > Say I have a battery symbol on one side of schematic and need to place a > GND symbol on the other, Kicad will auto assign to the GND net? > > On Sat, 2010-03-27 at 20:23 +0000, Andy Eskelson wrote: > > > > Yes invisible pins are auto connected. > > > > The Power pin not driven catches most new users out. > > > > All that is happening is that DRC is checking that there is a source > > of > > power for a pin identified as power in. This can come in two ways, > > either a device that has a power out pin defined, such as a regulator, > > or > > in cases where there is no such device i.e. the power comes in from > > off-board, all you have to do is add a power flag symbol to the net. > > This > > tells DRC that you are providing power and that will sort things out. > > The > > only oddity is that GND is also considered a power in, so that needs > > to > > have a power flag on it somewhere as well. > > > > Have a read of the help document, there is a lot of useful tips in > > there. > > > > Andy > > > > > > On Sat, 27 Mar 2010 12:52:56 -0700 > > rocko <sunblast...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Huh? Not sure I understand your notes. > > > The net is auto generated? Then why am I getting the ERC error on my > > VCC > > > and GND symbols, "Power pin is not driven in" > > > > > > The invisible PWR pins on IC's are auto connected, really? if thats > > the > > > case then that's pretty cool. > > > > > > > > > On Sat, 2010-03-27 at 14:30 -0500, Karl Schmidt wrote: > > > > > > > > I made a few notes on this a while back - if any of this has > > changed > > > > please let me know. > > > > > > > > http://wiki.xtronics.com/index.php/Eeschema#Notes_2 > > > > > > > > I remember weirdness of how this works - > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Karl Schmidt EMail k...@xtronics.com > > > > Transtronics, Inc. WEB http://xtronics.com > > > > 3209 West 9th Street Ph (785) 841-3089 > > > > Lawrence, KS 66049 FAX (785) 841-0434 > > > > > > > > When angry count four; when very angry, swear. --Mark Twain > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > > > Please read the Kicad FAQ in the group files section before posting > > your question. > > > Please post your bug reports here. They will be picked up by the > > creator of Kicad. > > > Please visit http://www.kicadlib.org for details of how to > > contribute your symbols/modules to the kicad library. > > > For building Kicad from source and other development questions visit > > the kicad-devel group at > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-develYahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Please read the Kicad FAQ in the group files section before posting your > question. > Please post your bug reports here. They will be picked up by the creator of > Kicad. > Please visit http://www.kicadlib.org for details of how to contribute your > symbols/modules to the kicad library. > For building Kicad from source and other development questions visit the > kicad-devel group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-develYahoo! Groups > Links > > >
