Connect two different NETs

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This isn't that simple as it first sounds. Assume the following scenario. Fullscreen contentimage_30700.html Download Jive SBS Error
An general error occurred while processing your request. The red signal, LOAD+ is dimensioned for 10A but the green signal, Feed back, is going to an OP-AMP and only needs a few mA. Is there any way I can connect these two nets without automatically rename one of them? Do I really have to put in a 0 resistor because of limitations in EAGLE?

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On 26/03/14 22:59, Warren Brayshaw wrote: Max Kielland wrote on Thu, 27 March 2014 09:00 This isn't that simple as it first sounds. Assume the following scenario. The red signal, LOAD+ is dimensioned for 10A but the green signal, Feed back, is going to an OP-AMP and only needs a few mA. Is there any way I can connect these two nets without automatically rename one of them? Do I really have to put in a 0 resistor because of limitations in EAGLE? A net is a net. When you connect two wires they are the same net, by definition. It cannot have two names. Simply use the TEXT tool to write 'Feedback' if you desire those words at that point. Alternatively, if you want to explicitly show on the schematic that the feedback net is only a low-current sense trace that should be connected locally to a particular point in the LOAD+ trace (e.g. to account for any losses in the copper) then you can create a virtual component with two (SMD) pads overlapping. Look for answers to how to connect analogue and digital ground planes at one point - it's the same basic problem of two nets connected.