I would Hope for Altium to automatically have net ties' footprint a single pad (even if under the hood they are two in orden to play nice with schematics). Currently what you do on the PCB to "hide" the net tie is a workaround. If the net tie was just 1 pad (or multiple pads overlapping at the same point) then you would not have to care about avoiding restrictions and such.
According to Altium documentation: "Make sure that the copper region just extends to the sides of the pad but not to the snap point in the middle of the pad itself. Otherwise, connecting tracks won't connect to the snap point of the pads later in the design."
A big fan here. Thank you for sharing your knowledge it really help me out to achieve my goals. As a suggestion, would it be possible to release a video about best practices and components to use. For example a recommended LDO to use for battery applications or converters. I usually see a resistor before the EN pins for most of the chip. What is the purpose behind it?What components to use to avoid EDS, TVS? In general a list of components/part numbers that every PCB designer should use. Again thank you for your time.
Thank you! Yes, definitely - that's a great suggestion and someting I'd like to cover in future videos. In the coming month I wanted to go over, for example, part selection/component sizing for a switching regulator.
Hi Phil. Do you prefer to make a component library per project or one library for all your projects? Can you make a tutorial to make library components and best practices.
Hi Phil, Great video. I needed a nettie thanks to you, I know the right way to do it. I created the SCH symbol and PCB footprint as you do. But I can not connect the pins of the nettie as you do. What am I missing?
When I place the nettie pad in a polygon pour repouring results in the polygon not pouring over the pad even though that is the pour option I have selected. The nettie pad is isolated from the polygone. Any Idea?
I'll be posting about a video a week on this channel - so thing's won't change here. However, the additional Altium videos will be purely on their channel/site.
One of the most useful tricks i have seen in Altium :) Cheers Phil
Thanks, Bart :)
Thanks Phil 🏴👏 Now understand the importance of Net Ties. I will be using these.
I've just used this technique recently to separate AGND and GND. But l haven't thought that it can be used to "split" nets for clarity. Thank you.
I would Hope for Altium to automatically have net ties' footprint a single pad (even if under the hood they are two in orden to play nice with schematics).
Currently what you do on the PCB to "hide" the net tie is a workaround. If the net tie was just 1 pad (or multiple pads overlapping at the same point) then you would not have to care about avoiding restrictions and such.
I have also used this technique in the past for star grounds which only tie together at one point under the power supply.
Yeah, that's another great use for net ties.
Why does one not want the fill to snap to the center.?
According to Altium documentation: "Make sure that the copper region just extends to the sides of the pad but not to the snap point in the middle of the pad itself. Otherwise, connecting tracks won't connect to the snap point of the pads later in the design."
A big fan here. Thank you for sharing your knowledge it really help me out to achieve my goals.
As a suggestion, would it be possible to release a video about best practices and components to use. For example a recommended LDO to use for battery applications or converters. I usually see a resistor before the EN pins for most of the chip. What is the purpose behind it?What components to use to avoid EDS, TVS? In general a list of components/part numbers that every PCB designer should use.
Again thank you for your time.
Thank you! Yes, definitely - that's a great suggestion and someting I'd like to cover in future videos. In the coming month I wanted to go over, for example, part selection/component sizing for a switching regulator.
Very very useful video. It was my question all time and now I have the answer. Thank you🥇
Thanks, Farhad!
These have saved me when doing Kelvin connections. Otherwise too easy to have one end tied to ground.
Great video. Whats the copy command you are using in the PCB design?
Hi Phil. Do you prefer to make a component library per project or one library for all your projects? Can you make a tutorial to make library components and best practices.
I’d love a video on this
I am also in need of that
Thank you for that explaination was really helpful!!!!
Hi Phil, Great video.
I needed a nettie thanks to you, I know the right way to do it.
I created the SCH symbol and PCB footprint as you do. But I can not connect the pins of the nettie as you do. What am I missing?
Why didn't you add a manual expansion for the paste layer on the pads to remove that as well as the solder mask?
Very handy...cheers,
Lab 69... Nice
Brilliant
Surprised that the two nodes can be shorted in the layout. Would have thought this throws an LVS error.
Hi Phill when you are going to publish your high speed design course??
So this workaround exists because pins are not labeled but only nets?
When I place the nettie pad in a polygon pour repouring results in the polygon not pouring over the pad even though that is the pour option I have selected. The nettie pad is isolated from the polygone.
Any Idea?
Very nice about the Altium plans. Will this be posted on your channel too or strictly on Altium’s forums?
Thanks
I'll be posting about a video a week on this channel - so thing's won't change here. However, the additional Altium videos will be purely on their channel/site.
before "NT" we used ZERO Ohm resistors
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Your voice is so close to that robot male voice it's scary