This is not a problem, but I'm curious how other people handle the naming of components.
Do you always rename and back-annotate (this is what I do), or do you make component naming flow at the schematic level and not worry about the physical location on the PCB?
Or do you do something more complicated like prefixes depending on the section of the circuit?
I do it your way Mike. That is the "normal" convention. This means that you can easily find a component position on the pcb very easily as you "read it like a book" if you renamed that way. I don't think it buys you anything doing it in the schematic editor.
Normally say if you are fault finding, you look at the component in the schematic and then try to find it on the pcb.
My approach is the same as yours, renumber the PCB and back-annotate the schematic. The end user has the PCB in their hand, not the schematic, and needs to be able to locate components easily. The most efficient way to achieve this is to have the components numbered in some logical way on the PCB. The numbering on the schematic is secondary.
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Component Naming
Posted - 13 Aug 2013 : 13:28:07
