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add symbol pin "8" for the exposed thermal pad: the footprint carries the pad and the symbol had none, so it reached no net (vendor string 'TO-263-7' states 7 pins and the footprint has exactly one more pad, so it is the tab)

Ray ·eaf240413c · ·parent 710088c
4 files changed +21−15
pads.json+7−14
@@ -25,18 +25,11 @@   "4",   "5",   "6",-  "7"+  "7",+  "8"  ],  "paste_apertures": 4,- "issues": [-  {-   "kind": "pad-has-no-pin",-   "pad": "8",-   "thermal": false,-   "described_in_page": false,-   "detail": "footprint pad \"8\" is in copper but the SYMBOL has no pin for it"-  }- ],+ "issues": [],  "pads": [   {    "pad": "1",@@ -267,13 +260,13 @@    ],    "thermal": false,    "pin": "8",-   "name": null,-   "type": null,-   "description": null,+   "name": "TAB",+   "type": "power_in",+   "description": "Exposed thermal pad. Present in the package land pattern; connect it per the manufacturer datasheet thermal recommendation. Added because the footprint carries this pad and the symbol had no pin for it.",    "is_pin1": false,    "source": {     "geometry": "TO-263-7_TabPin8.kicad_mod",-    "meaning": null,+    "meaning": "page.json:component.pins",     "correspondence": "kicad: symbol pin number == pad name"    }   }
page.json+8−1
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@     "mpn": "XL7056E1",     "manufacturer": "XLSEMI",     "package": "TO-263-7",-    "pin_count": 7,+    "pin_count": 8,     "category": "PMIC",     "subcategory": "DC-DC Converters",     "datasheet": "https://datasheet.lcsc.com/datasheet/pdf/6730228993ca136dc7575a54dbad301b.pdf",@@ -69,6 +69,13 @@         "name": "VIN",         "type": "power_in",         "description": "Power supply input pin. Accepts 8 V to 80 V DC input. A bypass capacitor between VIN and GND is required for noise suppression."+      },+      {+        "number": "8",+        "name": "TAB",+        "type": "power_in",+        "description": "Exposed thermal pad. Present in the package land pattern; connect it per the manufacturer datasheet thermal recommendation. Added because the footprint carries this pad and the symbol had no pin for it.",+        "source": "derived-from-footprint"       }     ],     "provenance": {
xl7056e1.kicad_sym+4
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@       (name "CSP" (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 "TAB" (effects (font (size 1.27 1.27))))+				(number "8" (effects (font (size 1.27 1.27))))+			)     )   ) )
xl7056e1.lbr+2
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@   <pin name="VIN" x="17.78" y="2.54" length="middle" direction="pwr" rot="R180"/>   <pin name="VC" x="17.78" y="0" length="middle" direction="pas" rot="R180"/>   <pin name="CSP" x="17.78" y="-2.54" length="middle" direction="in" rot="R180"/>+  <pin name="TAB" x="-17.78" y="-7.62" length="middle" direction="pwr"/> </symbol> </symbols> <devicesets>@@ -127,6 +128,7 @@         <connect gate="G$1" pin="VIN" pad="7"/>         <connect gate="G$1" pin="VC" pad="6"/>         <connect gate="G$1" pin="CSP" pad="5"/>+        <connect gate="G$1" pin="TAB" pad="8"/>       </connects>       <technologies><technology name=""/></technologies>     </device>