English Amiga Board - View Single Post - Amiga 600 schematics nearly put into Kicad

dashie · 22 July 2019, 13:26

If the kicad symbol isn't splited in multiple "units" you can do one yourself to tidy the schematics, the footprint won't change.

Also same as said by zero: add a PWR_FLAG on each power lines, also if you have something like pin<>res/ferrite<>IC you need to put a PWR_FLAG after the res/ferrite too because the ERC don't understand the "power through xxx".

The naming is good as long as it's not too far derived from "original" for understanding.

Your buses naming is wrong, it should be like "DRD[0..15]" (kicad not yet enforce that but next release will add a bunch of ERC buses checks !), also add a net-label to each lines to ensure they are properly routed.
Same for DRA[0..9] (sheet2).
I've personally named my buses as "DRD[0..15]" and used "DRDx" for each net-label instead of just a number (the net label needs to match the bus naming in fact).

22 July 2019, 13:26	#8
dashie Registered User Join Date: Dec 2017 Location: France Posts: 20	If the kicad symbol isn't splited in multiple "units" you can do one yourself to tidy the schematics, the footprint won't change. Also same as said by zero: add a PWR_FLAG on each power lines, also if you have something like pin<>res/ferrite<>IC you need to put a PWR_FLAG after the res/ferrite too because the ERC don't understand the "power through xxx". The naming is good as long as it's not too far derived from "original" for understanding. Your buses naming is wrong, it should be like "DRD[0..15]" (kicad not yet enforce that but next release will add a bunch of ERC buses checks !), also add a net-label to each lines to ensure they are properly routed. Same for DRA[0..9] (sheet2). I've personally named my buses as "DRD[0..15]" and used "DRDx" for each net-label instead of just a number (the net label needs to match the bus naming in fact).