Hi guys,
Im pretty new at this and am trying to design my first PCB start to finish. Ill try to explain what i am seeing to the best of my ability (please forgive and correct me on any nomenclature so I can learn).
I am trying to pass analog and digital signals into a multiplexer. For some reason, my connections to I/O Vias (not sure if this is the right terminology but its a through hole pad that connects to the front copper layer) wont show up on the PCB editor.
The image below is picture of the PCB editor.
I am wondering why there are "x"s on the through holes i intend to use as inputs? it shows the as connected on the schematic? Im wondering if i improperly used custom through holes pads saved as a component as inputs?
Thanks for any and all help!
jbone
You need to have single pin connectors on your schematic, Conn - CONN_01x01, label them and connect by wires to the chip
1st I’d suggest to get a proper connector symbol & footprint there (probably you didn’t use local labels in EEschema yet and tried to do it with single PTHs) with 5 pins in a straight row:
This would not just be for optics, but down the road you want to create a BOM of that pcb and instead of a 5 pin device you will have 5x 1 pin devices in that list.
As for your problem… blue ‘x’ in a pad mean it’s not properly connected in eeschema. Got a screenshot close up for us on this?
You can test wires in eeschema by grabbing them at obvious points (edges, joints, devices) with the [G] button and your mouse. Just hover over there, press [G] and move a bit… anything correctly attached with rubber-band. Use [ESC] to abort the modification.
