Handling of "Off-Board" Parts

Question

How do I handle parts like a power switch or a meter which is on the drawing but not on the board? Do I need to draw two different drawings?

autodeskguest · Accepted Answer

Gunther Hartung wrote:

How do I handle parts like a power switch or a meter which is on the
drawing but not on the board? Do I need to draw two different drawings?

If you want to do it properly, yes. Because these parts are system

components and not part of the PCB assembly. So they should not be on

the schematic as components. If they are needed to understand the

schematic you could draw them on another layer maybe.

However, if they will be soldered to the board in the production process

and then the boards with the external parts are one common assembly and

stored in the warehouse as such then they should be drawn on the

schematic. Like the OLED display on this board, it's flopping about but

soldered to the board and thus part of board:

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Regards, Joerg