Timeline for Correct way to label +5V and GND in KiCad
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| Jun 1, 2022 at 4:09 | vote | accept | James Izzard | ||
| May 31, 2022 at 10:09 | answer | added | Lorenzo Marcantonio | timeline score: 0 | |
| May 31, 2022 at 8:41 | history | edited | JRE | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 31, 2022 at 8:13 | answer | added | Andy aka | timeline score: 1 | |
| May 31, 2022 at 5:25 | comment | added | user57037 | All schematic tools create a "netlist." A netlist is a list of nodes. Each node is a list of pins or pads which belong to the node and must be connected together electrically. Each node may have a name assigned by the person who draws the schematic (you). If no name is assigned to a node, then the schematic tool will probably assign one sequentially or randomly or some such. When you put the +5V label on there, you are naming the node. It seems that Kicad supports node properties such as PWR_FLAG also. Without a label, Kicad wouldn't know that the node has any special name or properties. | |
| May 31, 2022 at 5:12 | comment | added | user57037 | This is the correct approach. However, a style issue: GND should point downward and be below all positive voltages. NOTE: I don't use kicad but all schematic tools work the same, more or less. | |
| May 31, 2022 at 4:19 | history | asked | James Izzard | CC BY-SA 4.0 |