9v Battery - VDD and Ground Nets not connecting to battery

Matt Horner wrote:

As the subject describes, I am having trouble connecting my +VDD and

-Ground nets to the 9v battery on my current board.

 

I am new to eagle software and am using some Sparkfun libraries. Can

anybody provide any insight?

 

I have fully designed the schematic with great success. When switching

to board view, to begin tracing out the components - I wanted to start

with the source: a 9v battery (thank you sparkfun for the cradle

footprint). I have the 9v going to a 5v regulator. The input of the

regulator I have connected to the net labeled "VDD" and the output is

connected to the net labeled "VCC."

 

The issue is that in schematic view, the battery's + and - terminals

clearly are connected to the VDD and Ground nets going to the 5v

regulator inputs. When switching to the board view, the battery's

terminals will not accept placing a trace to connect to the regulators

footprint.

 

What am I doing wrong? The cradle has 2 pins providing a direct

connection to the board from the battery. The footprint for these pins,

or the two pads, will not accept a trace being placed to make the

connection to the regulator.

 

Can anybody identify where my mistake lies?

 

I think you (mis-)used the bus command to draw part of your

connections.

That won't work. The purpose of a bus is to bundle multiply signals.

It never connects directly to a pin. A netstub is allways needed to

determine which signal (from the bus) is connected to the pin.

--

Lorenz

Matt Horner wrote:

As the subject describes, I am having trouble connecting my +VDD and

-Ground nets to the 9v battery on my current board.

 

I am new to eagle software and am using some Sparkfun libraries. Can

anybody provide any insight?

 

I have fully designed the schematic with great success. When switching

to board view, to begin tracing out the components - I wanted to start

with the source: a 9v battery (thank you sparkfun for the cradle

footprint). I have the 9v going to a 5v regulator. The input of the

regulator I have connected to the net labeled "VDD" and the output is

connected to the net labeled "VCC."

 

The issue is that in schematic view, the battery's + and - terminals

clearly are connected to the VDD and Ground nets going to the 5v

regulator inputs. When switching to the board view, the battery's

terminals will not accept placing a trace to connect to the regulators

footprint.

 

What am I doing wrong? The cradle has 2 pins providing a direct

connection to the board from the battery. The footprint for these pins,

or the two pads, will not accept a trace being placed to make the

connection to the regulator.

 

Can anybody identify where my mistake lies?

 

I think you (mis-)used the bus command to draw part of your

connections.

That won't work. The purpose of a bus is to bundle multiply signals.

It never connects directly to a pin. A netstub is allways needed to

determine which signal (from the bus) is connected to the pin.

--

Lorenz