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| Have You Ever Changed a Circuit Only to Make the Schematic Look Better? |
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| niconiconi:
It happens to me as a hobbyist, that sometimes one piece of my circuit simply doesn't fit into a specific location of the schematic elegantly. Occasionally, instead of redrawing the whole schematic or the symbols, I find myself doing minor changes to the electrical design itself, not for any electrical/technical reason, but simply to make the schematic looks better. An example would be using an alternative pin on the microcontroller (despite the program is already written), changing the combination of some resistors or capacitor in an alternative way that still works, or even changing the topology if it's something non-critical. (*) :-+ I wonder if somebody here has done something similar, I'd like to hear your experience. (*) Unfortunately, when you move to the PCB routing stage, you'll often find yourself changing the schematics again for routing reasons, and this largely undo the improvements of your schematics you did previously, so two efforts cancels each other in terms of aesthetics :-DD On the other hand, the end outcome is still better than doing nothing. |
| tggzzz:
The PCB should be laid out in a way that allows the circuit to work correctly. The schematic should be laid out in a way that allows a reader to understand how the circuit is designed to work. That implies using standard conventions, not "random convenient" placement of symbols! Back annotation from PCB to schematic is normal. |
| Seekonk:
Yes. A manager once told me, The optics of a project are everything. |
| Bud:
I never change circuits (even never thought about that) but i make every effort to make schematics easily readable. |
| ConKbot:
I design open source hardware so all my a schematics are just a jumble of ICs with netlabels and a few resistor dividers with net labels anyway. /s |
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