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add symbol pin "9" for the exposed thermal pad: the footprint carries the pad and the symbol had none, so it reached no net (vendor string 'ESOP-8' denotes an exposed pad)

Ray ·26b610b301 · ·parent 58a7fb9
4 files changed +16−22
lgs5145ep.kicad_sym+4
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@       (name "FB" (effects (font (size 1.27 1.27))))       (number "5" (effects (font (size 1.27 1.27))))     )+			(pin power_in line (at -17.78 -7.62 0) (length 5.08)+				(name "GND (Exposed Pad)" (effects (font (size 1.27 1.27))))+				(number "9" (effects (font (size 1.27 1.27))))+			)     )   ) )
lgs5145ep.lbr+2
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@   <pin name="GND" x="17.78" y="0" length="middle" direction="pwr" rot="R180"/>   <pin name="NC@2" x="17.78" y="-2.54" length="middle" direction="io" rot="R180"/>   <pin name="FB" x="17.78" y="-5.08" length="middle" direction="in" rot="R180"/>+  <pin name="GND (Exposed Pad)" x="-17.78" y="-7.62" length="middle" direction="pwr"/> </symbol> </symbols> <devicesets>@@ -108,6 +109,7 @@         <connect gate="G$1" pin="GND" pad="7"/>         <connect gate="G$1" pin="NC@2" pad="6"/>         <connect gate="G$1" pin="FB" pad="5"/>+        <connect gate="G$1" pin="GND (Exposed Pad)" pad="9"/>       </connects>       <technologies><technology name=""/></technologies>     </device>
pads.json+7−20
@@ -26,24 +26,11 @@   "5",   "6",   "7",-  "8"+  "8",+  "9"  ],  "paste_apertures": 4,- "issues": [-  {-   "kind": "pin-not-in-symbol",-   "pin": "EP",-   "name": "GND (Exposed Pad)",-   "detail": "page.json describes pin \"EP\" (GND (Exposed Pad)) from the datasheet, but the symbol has no such pin, so nothing can connect to it"-  },-  {-   "kind": "pad-has-no-pin",-   "pad": "9",-   "thermal": true,-   "described_in_page": false,-   "detail": "footprint pad \"9\" is in copper but the SYMBOL has no pin for it - a thermal pad with no net will float"-  }- ],+ "issues": [],  "pads": [   {    "pad": "1",@@ -301,13 +288,13 @@    "layers": [],    "thermal": true,    "pin": "9",-   "name": null,-   "type": null,-   "description": null,+   "name": "GND (Exposed Pad)",+   "type": "power_in",+   "description": "Exposed thermal pad on the bottom of the ESOP-8 package. Must be soldered to the PCB ground plane (connected to GND, pin 7) for thermal dissipation and electrical grounding.",    "is_pin1": false,    "source": {     "geometry": "SOIC-8-1EP_3.9x4.9mm_P1.27mm_EP2.41x3.3mm.kicad_mod",-    "meaning": null,+    "meaning": "page.json:component.pins",     "correspondence": "kicad: symbol pin number == pad name"    }   }
page.json+3−2
@@ -77,10 +77,11 @@         "description": "Internal power-switch node. Connect to the external power inductor, Schottky freewheeling diode (e.g. SS26), and the CBST bootstrap capacitor. Handles the switching waveform at 1.2MHz with peak currents up to 1.7A."       },       {-        "number": "EP",+        "number": "9",         "name": "GND (Exposed Pad)",         "type": "power_in",-        "description": "Exposed thermal pad on the bottom of the ESOP-8 package. Must be soldered to the PCB ground plane (connected to GND, pin 7) for thermal dissipation and electrical grounding."+        "description": "Exposed thermal pad on the bottom of the ESOP-8 package. Must be soldered to the PCB ground plane (connected to GND, pin 7) for thermal dissipation and electrical grounding.",+        "source": "renumbered-to-footprint-pad"       }     ],     "provenance": {