5.2. General considerations

5.2. General considerations

A schematic designed with Eeschema is more than a simple graphic representation of an electronic device. It is normally the entry point of a development chain that allows for:

• Validating against a set of rules (Electrical Rules Check) to detect errors and omissions.
• Automatically generating a bill of materials (BOM).
• Generating a netlist for simulation software such as SPICE.
• Generating a netlist for transferring to PCB layout.

A schematic mainly consists of components, wires, labels, junctions, buses and power ports. For clarity in the schematic, you can place purely graphical elements like bus entries, comments, and polylines.