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Connecting pins in a package symbol

Tkno

Hi,

Sometimes electronic parts have pins or contacts internally connected so that a signal can be routed to one of the pads or all of them. That's what I want to reflect in the packages symbols design.

 Is there a way (or what's the way) to tell PCB Editor that 2 or more pads are connected together at the part level in the symbol edition?

 Thank you.

  • mcatramb91

    Hello,

    I would simply draw a static shape connecting the two pins together or draw a trace between the pins. In 16.x, you will be able to connect the pins with a trace without a DRC error but in early versions you would have to connect them using their x-y locations because it would not snap to the pins centers when connecting them so it makes it a little more difficult to accomplish.  In all versions, when you add a static shape across the pins you will see a Pin to Shape DRC in the package symbol but when the component is placed in the design it will adopt the net name of the pins driven by the netlist.

    Hope this helps,
    Mike Catrambone

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