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Multi pin with the same net

Asked by Sylvain Virot

Is it possible to assign multiple pin numbers to a unique pin (of the EESchema model) ?
Some power components like FDMF8700 have multiple pins with the same function so the EESchema model has less pin than the PCBnew's footprint.
What is the best way to design the Kicad libraries/modules for those components ?

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Best Lorenzo Marcantonio (l-marcantonio) said : 		#1

On Mon, 2 Aug 2010, Sylvain Virot wrote:

> New question #119723 on KiCad:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/kicad/+question/119723
>
> Is it possible to assign multiple pin numbers to a unique pin (of the EESchema model) ?
> Some power components like FDMF8700 have multiple pins with the same function so the EESchema model has less pin than the PCBnew's footprint.

You can do it in the 'obvious' way: add all the pins and give them the
same name. Of course in the schematic you should connect them together.

In pcbnew pins are identified by their number, so there is no problem.

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Sylvain Virot (s-virot-gmail) said : 		#2

Thanks Lorenzo Marcantonio, that solved my question.

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Sylvain Virot (s-virot-gmail) said : 		#3

Just some precisions:
-All the physical pins must be created in the EESchema's model
-The pins with the same function must be placed at the same position to be connected together and their name doesn't matter (One can be visible and the others hidden)
For components with a huge number of pins, you can easily manually edit the .lib file using copy/past

Thank you