Re: gEDA-user: Symbol creation

[sdb@cloud9.net (Stuart Brorson)]

> > If your parts are analog parts, or have analog and digital sections
> > (e.g. an A/D), my opinion is that the pwr/gnd connections should be
> > brought out on pins explicitly.   For power nets this is good practice
> > because then you can explicitly attach the power decoupling/bypass
> > networks to the pin.  For GND, this is good practice because you often
> > want to attach analog GND pins to an analog GND plane, whereas digital
> > GND pins often go to a separate digital GND plane.
> 
> Thanks for the quick answer!
> 
> The parts have both analog and digital sections. I think I will continue
> to draw power and ground pins. It's seems to be the easiest way and I'm a
> bit lazy...

And you can always claim that it is good practice!

(Which has the benefit of being true . . . . .)

Stuart