Weston, My personal preference is to use T & C to easily distinguish diff pairs from single-ended signals that are active low (negated, usually with the _N suffix). Most important though: establish the rules early in the project, communicate the rules to all project members, and get the buy-in of each project member. -Bill ===================== Jon Powell wrote: >Weston, >One problem I ran into when trying to solve this problem was that many >routes don't have the signals named, so they revert to default >router/netlist names, which have no pattern what-so-ever. I finally had to >rely on a library that mapped differential driver and receivers through pin >number and part number. > >regards, >jon > > >-----Original Message----- >From: si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >[mailto:si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Beal, Weston >Sent: Friday, September 10, 2004 12:54 PM >To: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [SI-LIST] diff pair names > > >Hi all, > >I'm working on small utility that needs to find differential pairs in PCB >designs. One of the criteria that it uses is the net name. What are the >common net naming conventions that you use or have seen used? These are the >ones I am familiar with: > >AAA_P AAA_N >AAA_P23 AAA_N23 >AAA23_P AAA23_N >AAA AAA_L > >where "AAA" is any string of letters that is common to the two net names and >"23" is any numeric string common to the two net names. > >Does anyone use T and C to represent TRUE and COMPLIMENT nets? > >Thanks for your help. > >Regards, >Weston > > >------------------------------------------------------------------ >To unsubscribe from si-list: >si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field > >or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: >//www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list > >For help: >si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field > >List FAQ wiki page is located at: > http://si-list.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Si-List_FAQ > >List technical documents are available at: > http://www.si-list.org > >List archives are viewable at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list >or at our remote archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages >Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: > http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu > > >--- >Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >Version: 6.0.744 / Virus Database: 496 - Release Date: 8/24/2004 > >--- >Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >Version: 6.0.744 / Virus Database: 496 - Release Date: 8/24/2004 > >------------------------------------------------------------------ >To unsubscribe from si-list: >si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field > >or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: >//www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list > >For help: >si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field > >List FAQ wiki page is located at: > http://si-list.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Si-List_FAQ > >List technical documents are available at: > http://www.si-list.org > >List archives are viewable at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list >or at our remote archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages >Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: > http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu > > > > > -- -Bill billw@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:billw@xxxxxxxxxxx> */Advanced Electronic Concepts, LLC/* _www.aec-lab.com_ <http://www.aec-lab.com/> Office: 603-672-4400 Cell: 603-305-3525 ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List FAQ wiki page is located at: http://si-list.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Si-List_FAQ List technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.org List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu