Re: gEDA-user: pcb doesn't find my pins

[Peter Clifton <pcjc2@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 2010-03-03 at 21:23 +0100, Stefan Salewski wrote:
> On Wed, 2010-03-03 at 12:17 -0800, Steven Michalske wrote:
> > On Mar 3, 2010, at 12:10 PM, Stefan Salewski wrote:
> > 
> >     Pin[-45000 -45000 5118 2000 6318 3937 "1" "1" "square"]
> > 
> >    snip
> > 
> >     Pin[-35000 -45000 5118 2000 6318 3937 "1" "1" "square"]
> > 
> >    This part could not be netlisted.....
> > 
> >    Chould the pins be named J1-1 through J1-20   and J2-1 through J2-20...
> >    that would make it at least netlistable.
> > 
> >    Steve
> 
> Sure -- I did care only about shape, not pin numbers.
> 
> On Wed, 2010-03-03 at 21:10 +0100, Stefan Salewski wrote:
> > 
> > I have generated a draft, just for fun. You have to check all dimensions
> > carefully and change pin names/numbers.
> > 
> 
> I do not know if something like J1-1 works, and I do not know Jims gschem symbol.

I wonder if that syntax is tricking PCB, since internally it sometimes
refers to connections as <element_name>-<pinnumber>

Perhaps the pin identifier U102-J1-1 is causing issues.

-- 
Peter Clifton

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Engineering Department,
University of Cambridge,
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