Is there any way to detect error in the port connections on multiple-sheet schematics ?
Abd ul-Rahman Lomax on 2001-03-15 03:05:40 PM To: “Protel EDA Forum” Subject: Re: [PEDA] Protel Port/Hierarchy Checker Program Available At 12:39 PM 3/12/01 -0800, Mike Coward wrote: > > We had lots of problems here in our hierarchical designs with having our >ports not match on sheets and their sheet symbol. The Protel ERC couldn’t >seem to detect the two most important cases: ports with no matching sheet >symbol entry, and a sheet symbol entry with no matching port. (If the ERC >can be configured to do this, please let me know – I tried for days). I put >together a Perl program to scan the design and find the errors, and I’d be >happy to make it available to anyone who wants it. This program has been uploaded to the filespace for protel-users@yahoogroups.com, zipped with documentation as portcheck.zip. It is written in Perl; a URL for obtaining a Perl interpreter is given in the readme file. Thanks to Mr. Coward for providing this utility. Abd ul-Rahman Lomax LOMAX DESIGN ASSOCIATES
