Re: gEDA-user: How to find which specific part of a PCB is shorted?

["Bert Timmerman" <bert.timmerman@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Thomas, 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: geda-user-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:geda-user-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Thomas Oldbury
> Sent: Friday, September 02, 2011 3:17 PM
> To: gEDA user mailing list
> Subject: Re: gEDA-user: How to find which specific part of a 
> PCB is shorted?
> 
> When I delete the shorted objects (a microSD card connector, 
> and a 3 pin
> header) the short location moves!!
> 
> I can't see a short anywhere on this board. I've searched the 
> PCB file for shorted thermals, no luck.
> 
> Is there a patch which improves the functionality and 
> actually locates the position of this short, or do I have to 
> rip up large areas of my board until I get to it?
> 

Just my EUR 0.02

I was bitten once by a short because of a wrong layer stack up in pcb.

You could check whether an inside layer is on the same side as "[solder,
component] side" by accident.

See pull down menu: File --> Preferences ... --> Layers --> Groups

Kind regards,

Bert Timmerman.



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