Pin Function Grouping Help


I found the datasheet pin table and the current 38 terminal pins. I’m applying one primary functional group per pin now, with no duplicated pin assignments.
Done — I grouped all 38 ADS8688IDBTR pins by their primary datasheet function and verified each physical pin has exactly one Pin Group.
Groups applied:
  • Power: AVDD pins, DVDD
  • Ground: AGND pins, DGND
  • Reference: REFSEL, REFIO, REFGND, REFCAP
  • ADC: AUX and AIN0–AIN7 input/return pins
  • SPI: SDI, DAISY, SDO, SCLK, CS
  • Control Bus: RST/PD
  • Do Not Connect: DNC
I also added standard pin types and concise pin descriptions from the datasheet.
  • Make the functional group more general.
  • Add a Section property to all pins, and apply the same value used in the Pin Group property to each pin's Section property.
I’ll simplify the pin groups to broader categories, then copy each resulting Pin Group value into the pin’s Section property.
Done — I generalized the functional groups and added Section to all 38 pins with the same value as Pin Group.
Final groups are: Power, Ground, Reference, Analog, Digital, and Reserved. Verified that each pin has matching Pin Group and Section values.
Review symbol groups
Check datasheet mismatches
Organize symbol layout
Add documentation note

AIN_0P
~{REFSEL}
AGND
~{RST}/~{PD}
REFCAP
AUX_GND
AGND
DGND
AIN_3P
AGND
DAISY
AIN_6P
AIN_7P
AIN_2P
AIN_5P
AVDD
AUX_IN
AIN_4P
DNC
AIN_0GND
SDO
AVDD
AIN_4GND
AGND
AIN_3GND
AIN_6GND
AIN_7GND
AIN_5GND
SCLK
REFGND
AGND
REFIO
DVDD
AIN_1P
Name
Pin #
Type
Section
Pin Group
Orientation
Order
Sub-symbol
Terminal Type
SDI
1
Input
Digital
Digital
Right
2
unspecified
~{RST}/~{PD}
2
Input
Digital
Digital
Right
2
unspecified
DAISY
3
Input
Digital
Digital
Right
2
unspecified
~{REFSEL}
4
Input
Reference
Reference
Right
4
unspecified
REFIO
5
Bi-Directional
Reference
Reference
Right
4
unspecified
REFGND
6
Ground
Reference
Reference
Right
4
unspecified
REFCAP
7
Output
Reference
Reference
Right
4
unspecified
AGND
8
Ground
Ground
Ground
Bottom
6
unspecified
AVDD
9
Power In
Power
Power
Top
1
unspecified
AUX_IN
10
Input
Analog
Analog
Left
3
unspecified
AUX_GND
11
Input
Analog
Analog
Left
3
unspecified
AIN_6P
12
Input
Analog
Analog
Left
3
unspecified
AIN_6GND
13
Input
Analog
Analog
Left
3
unspecified
AIN_7P
14
Input
Analog
Analog
Left
3
unspecified
AIN_7GND
15
Input
Analog
Analog
Left
3
unspecified
AIN_0P
16
Input
Analog
Analog
Left
3
unspecified
AIN_0GND
17
Input
Analog
Analog
Left
3
unspecified
AIN_1P
18
Input
Analog
Analog
Left
3
unspecified
AIN_1GND
19
Input
Analog
Analog
Left
3
unspecified
AIN_2GND
20
Input
Analog
Analog
Left
3
unspecified
AIN_2P
21
Input
Analog
Analog
Left
3
unspecified
AIN_3GND
22
Input
Analog
Analog
Left
3
unspecified
AIN_3P
23
Input
Analog
Analog
Left
3
unspecified

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