Re: [kicad-users] Schematic ERC
Thanks for the tip. I finally punted and ran the annotation with the "reannotate everything". That got the ERC working. Now I'm chasing phantom errors. In most cases, deleting the trace or more often, the ground symbol and re-placing it will make the error go away. I've learned that if I drop a ground symbol right on the pin of a component with no connecting wire, it'll get flagged as a non-connect. Real PITA. I have a LOT of those to fix. John Stephen Eaton wrote: > G'day John, > > > > I myself am fairly new to kicad as well, but have just finished a project as > a means to better learn kicad. > > > > With my experiences I found that ERC won't fully run until it sees all > components are annotated. > > > > Have you run the annotation tool to see if it picks up the unannoted > component? > > > > Stephen... > > > > > > > > From: kicad-users@yahoogroups.com [mailto:kicad-us...@yahoogroups.com] On > Behalf Of NeonJohn > Sent: Tuesday, 27 April 2010 12:02 PM > To: kicad-users@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [kicad-users] Schematic ERC > > > > > > I'm using the latest official release under Ubuntu (Build: (20100406 > SVN-R2509)-final) After abandoning KiCAD a couple of releases ago as > not ready for prime time, I'm back to try again. I've entered a fairly > complex design involving an FPGA, a processor and some analog stuff. > Being fairly new to this and considering the complexity, I can't believe > that I made no mistakes. that's what the ERC checker is saying. When I > bring it up and click "Test ERC", I get the following message: > > item not annotated: 0.1uF? > Annotation required! > > But nothing in the marker window. I've checked every single bypass > capacitor both manually and by searching for the value. They're all > annotated. > > So. Is ERC broken in this release or was I really that good? :-) And > what's with the annotation message? > > Thanks, > John > -- John DeArmond Tellico Plains, Occupied TN http://www.neon-john.com<-- email from here http://www.johndearmond.com <-- Best damned Blog on the net PGP key: wwwkeys.pgp.net: BCB68D77
RE: [kicad-users] Schematic ERC
G'day John, I myself am fairly new to kicad as well, but have just finished a project as a means to better learn kicad. With my experiences I found that ERC won't fully run until it sees all components are annotated. Have you run the annotation tool to see if it picks up the unannoted component? Stephen... From: kicad-users@yahoogroups.com [mailto:kicad-us...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of NeonJohn Sent: Tuesday, 27 April 2010 12:02 PM To: kicad-users@yahoogroups.com Subject: [kicad-users] Schematic ERC I'm using the latest official release under Ubuntu (Build: (20100406 SVN-R2509)-final) After abandoning KiCAD a couple of releases ago as not ready for prime time, I'm back to try again. I've entered a fairly complex design involving an FPGA, a processor and some analog stuff. Being fairly new to this and considering the complexity, I can't believe that I made no mistakes. that's what the ERC checker is saying. When I bring it up and click "Test ERC", I get the following message: item not annotated: 0.1uF? Annotation required! But nothing in the marker window. I've checked every single bypass capacitor both manually and by searching for the value. They're all annotated. So. Is ERC broken in this release or was I really that good? :-) And what's with the annotation message? Thanks, John -- John DeArmond Tellico Plains, Occupied TN http://www.neon-john.com <-- email from here http://www.johndearmond.com <-- Best damned Blog on the net PGP key: wwwkeys.pgp.net: BCB68D77 __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 5063 (20100426) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com
[kicad-users] Schematic ERC
I'm using the latest official release under Ubuntu (Build: (20100406 SVN-R2509)-final) After abandoning KiCAD a couple of releases ago as not ready for prime time, I'm back to try again. I've entered a fairly complex design involving an FPGA, a processor and some analog stuff. Being fairly new to this and considering the complexity, I can't believe that I made no mistakes. that's what the ERC checker is saying. When I bring it up and click "Test ERC", I get the following message: item not annotated: 0.1uF? Annotation required! But nothing in the marker window. I've checked every single bypass capacitor both manually and by searching for the value. They're all annotated. So. Is ERC broken in this release or was I really that good? :-) And what's with the annotation message? Thanks, John -- John DeArmond Tellico Plains, Occupied TN http://www.neon-john.com<-- email from here http://www.johndearmond.com <-- Best damned Blog on the net PGP key: wwwkeys.pgp.net: BCB68D77
[kicad-users] Schematic ERC
I have run into a problem that I can't seem to solve or find a workaround. So any input would be helpful. I have a multi-sheet schematic with a PIC microcontroller on one sheet and memory on another. There is a third sheet for the power supply, but no problems with that one. I inadvertently left off the connection for the write enable, WEn, from the micro schematic. I did have a pinsheet WEn (output) connected to a pinsheet WEn (input) on the Root sheet. And I had WEn (input Hlabel) on the memory sheet. I created the netlist, started laying out the PCB, then noticed that there was no connection from the PIC to the memory for write enable. I am guessing that not finding the non-connection is an error with the ERC, but not my big problem for now. My problem is that when I added an output Hlabel for the WEn to the micro sheet, I now get an error that WEn output from the PIC is connected to the CEn output from the PIC. If I change the WEn Hlabel to a Glabel or Label, ERC indicates that there is no connection for the pin, but doesn't give the error that it is connected to the CEn pin. Any ideas on what to look for to correct this? Regards, Doug Deeds Forthright Solutions 817 230 4483
