Re: gEDA-user: RFC: Towards a better symbol/package pin-mapping strategy

[Steven Michalske <smichalske@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Jun 28, 2009, at 2:30 PM, Bill Gatliff wrote:

> Steven Michalske wrote:
>>
>> Taking this as you can code some scripts up......
>> Here is one approach for you to try.
>>
>>
>>
> Aah, I hadn't even considered that possibility--- do it outside of  
> gEDA
> instead of within it...  D'oh!  :)

The power of text based file formats :-)

>
>> Now with this groundwork you can run a script that will update the
>> schematic page's symbols with mapped pins.
>>
>> To do this you will probably need to embed the symbols into the
>> schematic first.  Then map the pin numbers from ? to the real pin
>> numbers.
>>
>> We would probably need to add the pintypes of nc for no connect and  
>> na
>> for not available, to allow for parts that have fewer pin packages,
>> and no connects in larger packages.
>>
>
> I suppose I could even use the "template" to merely kick out a bunch  
> of
> mostly-redundant .sym files, one for each footprint.  That might be
> easier for me to start out with, rather than attacking a whole sch  
> file
> at the same time...

Hadn't thought of that. replace the symbol with a local copy with the  
modifications from the template.  You can then even remove the unused  
pins

>
>> Got some code game?
>>
>
> I just might!  :)
>



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