[PEDA] GND Net gone

[Peter Bennett]

Elby Designs wrote:
> I hardly ever use hidden pins for the obvious reason that you can't see 
> them. The only exceptions are pins that are not used by the device (say a 
> single diode in an SOT23 package, for example) in which case the hidden pin 
> is there to keep the pcb footprint happy (these are also the ones that I 
> would like not to have automatically imported to the pcb file as a net).

If a pin is not used at all in the component, there is no need to place it in 
the schematic symbol (hidden or otherwise).  PCB does not care if there are 
unused pins in a footprint, so it will not complain when you put a two-pin part 
in a 3 pin package.

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