Activity 4: Adding power

The components on the board are wired together on the schematic, but there is no power. To add the power, the voltage, ground, and terminal pins are added. Power from a battery is supplied to the board by the terminal pins.

Steps

1. Add the battery connector, JSTPH2 to the schematic.

   1. Click Design > Place > Place Component

   2. In the Tutorial - Fusion library, double-click the JSTPH2 component and move the cursor into the canvas.

   3. Position the battery connector in the location shown in the figure below.

   

   1. Click OK or press Esc to exit placement mode and return to the Place Components panel.

2. Add 5 grounds to the schematic.

   1. Scroll to the Tutorial - Fusion library.

   2. Double-click GND and move the cursor into the canvas.

   3. Position the 5 grounds in the locations shown in the figure below. Rotate the symbol as necessary with a right mouse click.

      

   4. Click OK or press Esc to exit placement mode and return to the Place Components panel.

3. Add 5 voltage symbols to the schematic.

   1. Scroll to the Tutorial - Fusion library.

   2. Double-click +V and move the cursor into the canvas.

   3. Position the 5 voltage symbols in the locations shown in the figure below. Rotate the symbol as necessary with a right mouse click. NOTE: When prompted to change the name of a net, accept the name change.

      

   4. Click OK or press Esc to exit placement mode and return to the Place Components panel.

4. Add 2 light pipes to the schematic.

   1. Scroll to the Tutorial - Fusion library.

   2. Drag and drop VLP-300-R/F into the canvas.

   3. Position the 2 light pipes in the locations shown in the figure below.

      

   4. Click OK or press Esc to exit placement mode and return to the Place Components panel.

      Note:

      The light pipes are on the schematic but are not connected to anything. They are a mechanical component that is needed on the component when circuit board data is transferred to the PCB editor. The PCB editor is beyond the scope of this tutorial.

5. Add the nets between the pinhead, ground and voltage symbol.

   1. Click Net .

   2. Click Terminal 1 to the V+ symbol.

   3. Click Terminal 2 to the GND symbol.

      

Activity 4 summary

In this activity, you defined how the circuit is going to get power, and where the voltage and grounds are.