Hi AJ! I meant P98SE.
I guess what I was balking at was not being able to reconfigure a pin's electrical type from schematic. The reason is that generic PLDs don't really have an electrical type until they are programmed. Then the pins can become inputs, outputs, tri-state, or whatever you want. If in the library they are all just set to I/O, then the schematic reports a lot of warnings and can miss some errors. If you know what you want the pins to be (which is only sometimes the case) and can set the pin electrical types accordingly, then the ERC is much more meaningful. This could be done in the parts editor, but then the part would be wrong on other designs where the pins are used differently. Thus, the desire to be able to characterize them in schematic. Anyway, that was the thought. Jeff Condit ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 10:29 AM Subject: Re: [PEDA] P98 SE Schematic ERC for Electrical Pin Types > You mean P99SE, yes? Or do you mean P98? > > Pin types are defined at the component level, and the part editors are > used to define these characteristics. > > Once the target part has been brought into the part editor, it's simply > a matter of doublwe-clicking a pin, then examining the resultant > pin-edit window to determine and/or modify its electrical type. > > Good luck, > > aj > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Jeff Condit [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 10:33 AM > >To: Protel EDA Forum > >Subject: [PEDA] P98 SE Schematic ERC for Electrical Pin Types > > > >OK; basic question: In P98 SE, how do you configure the > >electrical types of pins to be > >input/output/power/passive/unknown etc. such that in schematic > >you can do such things as run an ERC and find nets that don't > >have an output? How exactly do you initiate such an ERC? How > >can you override noted conditions that are really acceptable > >ones such that you don't have to keep rummaging through them > >every time? > > > > > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
