Library · Catch mismatches early
Pin ↔ Pad Mapping
For every component, Sideband checks the symbol's pins against the footprint's pads. Most rows come back a green tick; that's the product doing its job. The one that turns amber is the pin you caught before tape-out.
SidebandPins
2| Pin | Name | Description | Electrical |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | — | — | PASSIVE |
| 2 | — | — | PASSIVE |
Pads
2| Pad | Shape | Layer | X (mil) | Y (mil) | W × H (mil) | Hole (mil) | Plated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ● CIRCLE | MULTILAYER | -98.43 | 0 | 59.06 × 78.74 | 31.50 | Yes |
| 2 | ● CIRCLE | MULTILAYER | 98.43 | 0 | 59.06 × 78.74 | 31.50 | Yes |
The check
Both halves of the part, one table
Each row pairs a symbol pin with the footprint pad that shares its designator. Pin name and electrical name sit on one side, pad shape and pad layer on the other, with a status at the end. Rows sort numerically, then alphabetically, so pin 2 sits before pin 10 and A1 stays with its bank.
| Designator | Pin | Electrical | Pad | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | — | PASSIVE | RECTANGLE · TOP | |
| 2 | — | PASSIVE | RECTANGLE · TOP |
Mismatches
The amber row you want to meet early
A pin with no pad to land on, or a pad no pin drives, gets an amber warning instead of a green tick, and the summary spells it out: 3 pins without matching pads. A truncated land pattern shows up as a row in the table while the part is still in the library, hours before it reaches the assembled board.
Checking U12 · 8 pins ↔ 5 pads
- 1 VDD ROUNDED_RECTANGLE · TOP
- 2 SDA ROUNDED_RECTANGLE · TOP
- 3 SCL ROUNDED_RECTANGLE · TOP
- 4 INT ROUNDED_RECTANGLE · TOP
- 5 GND ROUNDED_RECTANGLE · TOP
- 6 ADDR0 no pad
- 7 ADDR1 no pad
- 8 NC no pad
3 pins without matching pads
Multi-footprint
Each footprint answers for itself
A component with several footprints checks each one on its own. The hand-solder variant can pass clean while the reflow variant flags a missing pad, so you know exactly which land pattern needs the fix.
U7 · two footprints, checked separately
SOIC-8-HS
Hand solder
8 of 8 pins matched
SOIC-8
Reflow
1 pin without a matching pad
5 · GND: no pad
Read-only by design
It checks and leaves your library untouched
The table never writes to your library. Fix the symbol or footprint in the editor and the table re-checks. The same check sits inside the component editor as its own tab (Mod+2), so the part is verified in the window you build it in.
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