[sdiy] Simple newbie: reading schematics

[harry]

The dashed lines mean that those parts are off the board (panel mount?) and connect

to the board at the numbered pads.

H^) harry

Drew Smith wrote:

>         Heya folks,
>
>         Quick one.  In the schematic I'm trying to decipher (and in others I've
> seen), there's a layout bit that's puzzling me some.  If you hit
> http://eastvan.bc.ca/~drew/stories/boss_PC-2.gif (warning, only 80k, but
> large!), you'll see that different sections are joined together with a
> dotted line, which has a numbered circle for each of the places where it
> crosses a circuit.
>
>         What does this line represent?  What are the connections?  For example,
> in the upper-left of the image, you'll see the "SENS" pot represented, a
> 100K Audio pot - this I can wrap my head around easily - but the dotted
> line with connections at 18 and 3 confuses me - I mean, I see where it
> gets chassis ground, so that isn't what it represents - is it?
>
>         Heh, nothing about this kind of schematic symbolism in any of my
> beginners' books. :)
>
>         Thanks in advance for the help...
>
>         Cheers,
>         - Drew.
>
> --
> Drew Smith, UNIX Network Administrator
> Pacific Corporate Trust Company, Vancouver