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  • Author Author: shabaz
  • Date Created: 29 Jul 2023 1:49 AM Date Created
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Using Buses in Circuits with KiCad 7

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29 Jul 2023
Using Buses in Circuits with KiCad 7

This topic is a bit fiddly to describe in words, so I hope the video will suffice. This blog won't have much text : ( I feel like a Ronin when I'm not having to type though! : (

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  • shabaz
    shabaz over 2 years ago in reply to Andrew J +1
    Hi Andrew, The layout looks great, even without buses! Really nicely organized! It's possible to have the same bus name drawn as a separate segment, e.g. if you need to reuse the bus on different locations…
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    Andrew J over 2 years ago

    Great video Shabaz, good tips.  I presume the bus has to be continuous, i.e. I couldn't draw a bus around my driver and then a bus elsewhere on the schematic by the LCD - the buses have to be joined?

    I'm sure a bus or two would help declutter this:

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    Andrew J over 2 years ago

    Great video Shabaz, good tips.  I presume the bus has to be continuous, i.e. I couldn't draw a bus around my driver and then a bus elsewhere on the schematic by the LCD - the buses have to be joined?

    I'm sure a bus or two would help declutter this:

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    shabaz over 2 years ago in reply to Andrew J

    Hi Andrew,

    The layout looks great, even without buses! Really nicely organized!

    It's possible to have the same bus name drawn as a separate segment, e.g. if you need to reuse the bus on different locations of the sheet, and it will still connect the signals.

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    Andrew J over 2 years ago in reply to shabaz

    That's handy to know.  There's been a few occasions where I think a bus would have worked well but I couldn't work out how I could do that with two distinct parts so assumed it had to be continuous and that really screwed up the schematic.

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    shabaz over 2 years ago in reply to Andrew J

    Decided to create a quick video showing the proposal for the "Unfold from Bus" feature request. I've added it to the feature request. 

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    shabaz over 2 years ago in reply to shabaz

    (can't edit; sorry that was supposed to be a reply to baldengineer )

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