The industry does not seem to agree on terms for this, I have seen all kinds of terms in the datasheets. Fundamentally, the distinction in KiCad is between pins that the manufacturer says you must not connect to anything, and pins the manufacturer says can be connected to anything (such as route-through pads on large BGAs)
Thanks for your reply.
My reaction to first trying to understand the Kicad pin descriptions was: “What, new names, here we go again”, meaning, as you so diplomatically phrased it “The industry does not seem to agree on terms for this”.
I went looking for the Kicad definition for these names and found nothing.
All is well now after @Jonathan_Haas ’ comment.
Search “pin electrical types”
Thanks, those descriptions are mentioned in a post of yours I quoted earlier in this thread.
I don’t like some of the descriptions. I have plenty of time, you haven’t. I’ll give it some thought and PM you. 
Better to open an issue on the docs repository, it will probably be someone else who edits that documentation
1 Like
Will do, thankyou.
Yes, it will be me 
This topic was automatically closed 90 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.