Thanks for your great reference.
Unfortunately, while it explained to me a lot of what is really “going on,” it did not solve my basic problem.
A little further looking revealed to me a part of the problem - but still not the solution!
The ERC error report is this:
ERC report (5/22/2020 10:32:45 PM, Encoding UTF8 )
***** Sheet /
ErrType(5): Conflict problem between pins. Severity: error
@(2.750 in, 5.900 in): Pin 3 (Power output) of component PS1 is connected to
@(6.500 in, 3.400 in): pin 8 (Power output) of component N1 (net 12).
ErrType(5): Conflict problem between pins. Severity: error
@(6.500 in, 3.400 in): Pin 8 (Power output) of component N1 is connected to
@(6.500 in, 3.600 in): pin 10 (Power output) of component N1 (net 12).
ErrType(5): Conflict problem between pins. Severity: error
@(6.500 in, 3.600 in): Pin 10 (Power output) of component N1 is connected to
@(7.500 in, 4.000 in): pin 17 (Power output) of component N1 (net 12).
** ERC messages: 3 Errors 3 Warnings 0
I can understand having a problem with two “outputs” connected together.
However, when I made up the component “N1” I specified that pins 8, 10, 17 and 24 were all to be of type “Power Input.” All these are connected to ground. I checked with the “pin table” and all are still called “power input.”
The netlist says (for net 12) that pins 8, 10, 14, 17, 24 are all a part of net 12. All show up on the “pin table” as “power input,” and all seem to be identical. The only ones that the ERC complains about are 8, 10 and 17. (Incidentally, there is a part on the net 12 that IS a power output. Adding a “Power Flag” creates an additional error.)
I still have no answer, but now I see that while the pin table shows the five pins 8, 10, 14, 17, 24) all to be “power input,” somehow the ERC seems to think that 8, 10, and 17 are actually outputs.
I can’t think of what I may be doing wrong - but I’d like to know!
Any further ideas??