AVR-Chat

On Thu, 3 Feb 2005 18:27:29 +0100, Lasse Madsen  
<lasse.madsen@elektronik.dk> wrote:

> Just a few thoughts…. A schematic is (or can be) an art that reveals a  
> lot about the person who draws it, how organized the person is, if the  
> person is artistic etc. I always look at my schematics like artwork and  
> it’s up most important that not only I but also the persons that are to  
> review them later for possible repair or what ever can understand them  
> right away.

I agree that schematics are art, while layouts are much more so.
I presonally prefer it when there are not too many symbolic connections  
(arrows, names on wires).
They are good to use for global signals like power and GND, better than  
direct connection, but i hate them for signals.

It makes a schematic extremely difficult to read because you can never  
find all the connections to one point. One searches hours for the  
corresponding symbol, and you easily miss one.

Use them only when needed. (I understand that multiple page and complex  
schematics require them but the "invisible pins" schematic which caused  
the discussion had too many "loose" parts for my taste, i didn't want to  
bother reading it because it was so tedious.)

http://212.242.218.104/LDR.pdf

Well, art relies strongly on taste, De gustibus non est disputandum, no  
more comments ;-)

> It is possible to add power net’s without compromising the schematic  
> artwork as Bruce mentioned.

Of course.

ST