invoke hidden reference pin?

Question

I'm having issues invoking a hidden reference pin on a shunt regulator in eagle. the case style is SOT-23-3.

Every time I try to invoke it I get the error that the "part has only 1 gate"

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

autodeskguest · Accepted Answer

On 15/02/14 19:28, Cass Todd wrote:

I'm having issues invoking a hidden reference pin on a shunt regulator
in eagle. the case style is SOT-23-3.

Every time I try to invoke it I get the error that the "part has only
1 gate"

On 16/02/14 15:20, ele_fox wrote:

Hi Warren it's in the Texas library part LM4041 package DBZ_R-PDSO-G3

Take a closer look at the library. It's not done like that.

The "hidden reference pin" is provided by using the LM4041*I component

instead of the LM4041. This is because the adjustable (3-pin) device is

a fundamentally different device from the fixed 1.2V (2-pin) one,

regardless of whether TI decided to give them suspiciously similar names.

Eagle does not support components with variable numbers of schematic

pins so they must be treated as different devices.