Hi.
I have some Footprints which habe more Pads with the same pad number.
They are internally connected and they are meant to be used alternatively.
But I get a lot of there "Missing connection between items in the DRC. Because some of the Pads are not connected. How can I get rid of this message ? In a way the Error ist not generated anymore. I know how to exclude.
Thanks!
Pins connected internally in a component are shown as unconnected (ratsnest lines) in the board all right. That’s by design. There have been discussion about this, but IIRC the reasoning was that KiCad cannot known the quality of the internal connection as e.g. for current capability.
If you look at for example: Button_Switch_THT / SW_PUSH_6mm then you have an example with pads with the same number which do have an internal connection by design. These are explicitly designed to be able to wire a keyboard matrix on single side FR2.
In KiCad, you have to connect pads with the same pad numbers, and this is by design. Ofthen this rul works, but not for buttons such as these. The easiest way to fix it is to load such a footprint in the footprint editor, and then give some of the pads another pad number. And if you have multiple such footprints, it’s also a good idea to put them in a personal (either project specific or global) library.
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