On Fri, Nov 4, 2022 at 4:42 AM Jorge Ferreira <jorgef.tech@...> wrote:
Hi
A "net-tie" is not a Kicad feature!
Its a PCB design feature/technique to be used when one needs to tie 2
nets in a specific point of the board.
It's more common and easy to understand usage is to connect different
ground nets in a single point of the board. Like an analog ground and a
digital ground, thus reducing the propagation of high frequency noise
from the digital systems to the analog part of the circuit.
Best regards
Jorge
On 04/11/22 04:50, NeonJohn wrote:
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> On 11/3/22 23:21, John Stoffel wrote:
>>>>>>> "NeonJohn" == NeonJohn <jgd@...> writes:
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>>> On 11/3/22 16:36, russ95462 wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> ?? ? I need a ground strap so I can connect the signal and power
>>>> planes
>>>> at a point of my choosing. In the past it was possible with a bit of
>>>> messing about to create a component that did this, however I have just
>>>> had a board come back from manufacture and this time it has failed
>>>> because the latest kicad 6.0 will not allow GND and GNDA to be
>>>> connected
>>>> even with a frigged component, see below.. Can someone please tell me
>>>> how to do this in Kicad, its a real nuisance not being able to do this
>>>> easily as its a feature all other CAD systems have.
>>
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>> Isn't this what a Net-Tie is used for in KiCad?
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> I'm not yet skilled enough in KiCad to know of that feature. Thanks
> for the tip.
>
> John
>
