KiCAD 8: alternative pin functions

I tried KiCAD's (not so) new alternative pin functions option in the library editor.

I'm designing a project with a Renesas controller. There wasn't a symbol yet, so I started to create one. The majority of the mcu's pins have more than 5 functions. I figured this would be a good candidate to test the new option.

Here's the definition in the editor:

And a schematic with 3 symbols placed, with a few pins showing different functions.

I've attached the symbols: MCU_RENESAS_R_20240323_3.zip

It's a bit of work to get this set up, but it works well. Thoughts?

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Jan Cumps over 1 year ago

shabaz said:
Maybe this is unorthodox, but I took to creating an arrow symbol, and sometimes add it to schematics to remind myself of the direction of a few interesting signals.

The library allows for different pin styles. For the default function, and a different one for each of the alternatives. Not a simple I, O or IO option though.
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Jan Cumps over 1 year ago

shabaz said:
Maybe this is unorthodox, but I took to creating an arrow symbol, and sometimes add it to schematics to remind myself of the direction of a few interesting signals.

The library allows for different pin styles. For the default function, and a different one for each of the alternatives. Not a simple I, O or IO option though.
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