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BUS


Function
Draws buses in a schematic.

Syntax
BUS •..
BUS bus_name •..

See also NET, NAME, SET

The command BUS is used to draw bus connections onto the Bus layer of a schematic diagram. Bus_name has the following form:

SYNONYM:partbus,partbus,..
where SYNONYM can be up to eight characters long. Partbus is either a name up to eight characters long or another bus name of the following form:
Name[LowestIndex..HighestIndex]
Name together with LowestIndex or HighestIndex must not exceed eight characters. A bus name can include up to 21 partbus names (including SYNONYM). Make sure that:

0 <= LowestIndex <= HighestIndex < 255

Bus name examples

A[0..15]
RESET
DB[0..7],A[3..4]
ATBUS:A[0..31],B[0..31],RESET,CLOCK,IOSEL[0..1]
If no bus name is used, a name of the form B$1 is automatically allocated. This name can be changed with the NAME command at any time.

The line width used by the bus can be defined for example with

SET Bus_Wire_Width 40;
to be 40 mil. (Default: 30 mil).
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