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add symbol pin "6" for the exposed thermal pad: the footprint carries the pad and the symbol had none, so it reached no net (vendor string 'TO-252-5' states 5 pins and the footprint has exactly one more pad, so it is the tab)

Ray ·a21e55c8ec ·1mo ago ·parent 3fc38fb
4 files changed +16−22
pads.json+7−20
@@ -23,24 +23,11 @@   "2",   "3",   "4",-  "5"+  "5",+  "6"  ],  "paste_apertures": 4,- "issues": [-  {-   "kind": "pin-not-in-symbol",-   "pin": "TAB",-   "name": "GND",-   "detail": "page.json describes pin \"TAB\" (GND) from the datasheet, but the symbol has no such pin, so nothing can connect to it"-  },-  {-   "kind": "pad-has-no-pin",-   "pad": "6",-   "thermal": false,-   "described_in_page": false,-   "detail": "footprint pad \"6\" is in copper but the SYMBOL has no pin for it"-  }- ],+ "issues": [],  "pads": [   {    "pad": "1",@@ -211,13 +198,13 @@    ],    "thermal": false,    "pin": "6",-   "name": null,-   "type": null,-   "description": null,+   "name": "GND",+   "type": "power_in",+   "description": "Exposed metal tab on the back of the TO252-5L package, electrically connected to GND. Used for thermal dissipation; solder to the PCB ground plane.",    "is_pin1": false,    "source": {     "geometry": "TO-252-5_TabPin6.kicad_mod",-    "meaning": null,+    "meaning": "page.json:component.pins",     "correspondence": "kicad: symbol pin number == pad name"    }   }
page.json+3−2
@@ -59,10 +59,11 @@         "description": "Enable pin, active-low logic: LOW (<0.8V) enables the converter, HIGH (>1.6V) shuts it down. Floating is treated as low (enabled). Absolute max voltage -0.3V to 7V."       },       {-        "number": "TAB",+        "number": "6",         "name": "GND",         "type": "power_in",-        "description": "Exposed metal tab on the back of the TO252-5L package, electrically connected to GND. Used for thermal dissipation; solder to the PCB ground plane."+        "description": "Exposed metal tab on the back of the TO252-5L package, electrically connected to GND. Used for thermal dissipation; solder to the PCB ground plane.",+        "source": "renumbered-to-footprint-pad"       }     ],     "provenance": {
xl7015e1.kicad_sym+4
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@       (name "FB" (effects (font (size 1.27 1.27))))       (number "4" (effects (font (size 1.27 1.27))))     )+			(pin power_in line (at -17.78 -5.08 0) (length 5.08)+				(name "GND" (effects (font (size 1.27 1.27))))+				(number "6" (effects (font (size 1.27 1.27))))+			)     )   ) )
xl7015e1.lbr+2
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@   <pin name="GND" x="-17.78" y="-2.54" length="middle" direction="pwr"/>   <pin name="EN" x="17.78" y="0" length="middle" direction="in" rot="R180"/>   <pin name="FB" x="17.78" y="-2.54" length="middle" direction="in" rot="R180"/>+  <pin name="GND@2" x="-17.78" y="-5.08" length="middle" direction="pwr"/> </symbol> </symbols> <devicesets>@@ -115,6 +116,7 @@         <connect gate="G$1" pin="GND" pad="3"/>         <connect gate="G$1" pin="EN" pad="5"/>         <connect gate="G$1" pin="FB" pad="4"/>+        <connect gate="G$1" pin="GND@2" pad="6"/>       </connects>       <technologies><technology name=""/></technologies>     </device>