Hello,
i am making a LED display consisting of 10 7x5 dotmatrix displays. I have to connect all anodes together. To save some time i did it with a bus. But unfortnately when i copy the part with the bus connections, it renames all the connectors. So in the end i would have to rename all of the 70 connections by hand .
Also selecting all the "A1" pins and changing it with the bus connection selection window to "anode1" changes only the first connector.
And as far as i know, there are also no bus connectors for hierachy blocks.
So how do you do this whithout renaming everything by hand?
How to copy bus-connected components?
Re: How to copy bus-connected components?
"...So how do you do this whithout renaming everything by hand?..."
Try this...
1) Connect a Bus Connector to the original bus and give it a name. The connection is confirmed when the Bus Connector's circle turns green.
2) Select/highlight the new Bus Connector, its bus, the component and all of the connecting wires between the component and the bus. (Left-dragging a selection box around all of these elements is the quickest way to do this.)
3) Copy (Ctrl + C) and paste (Ctrl + V).
4) Using the arrow keys, move the new copy (it should already be selected/highlighted) to the desired location.
5) If needed, paste another copy (Ctrl + V) and move it to the desired location using the arrow keys.
6) To make another copy, repeat step 5 above.
"...And as far as i know, there are also no bus connectors for hierachy blocks..."
See this related thread - viewtopic.php?f=3&t=10725&p=20951#p20951
Try this...
1) Connect a Bus Connector to the original bus and give it a name. The connection is confirmed when the Bus Connector's circle turns green.
2) Select/highlight the new Bus Connector, its bus, the component and all of the connecting wires between the component and the bus. (Left-dragging a selection box around all of these elements is the quickest way to do this.)
3) Copy (Ctrl + C) and paste (Ctrl + V).
4) Using the arrow keys, move the new copy (it should already be selected/highlighted) to the desired location.
5) If needed, paste another copy (Ctrl + V) and move it to the desired location using the arrow keys.
6) To make another copy, repeat step 5 above.
"...And as far as i know, there are also no bus connectors for hierachy blocks..."
See this related thread - viewtopic.php?f=3&t=10725&p=20951#p20951
Tom
Re: How to copy bus-connected components?
Thank you for the quick reply.
The bus connector method works fine!
Another method i figured out, is using net ports as they can be copied just fine:
The bus connector method works fine!
Another method i figured out, is using net ports as they can be copied just fine:
Re: How to copy bus-connected components?
A third method involves assigning Nets to each pin without connecting to wires. After that, all you have to do to make copies is to select/highlight the component and then use copy (Ctrl + C) and paste (Ctrl + V)...
Tom