Fritzing Issues with Raspberry Pi 3B: Unconnected Net Labels and Cross-Connections
As a user of Fritzing, I have been using version 0.9.3b to design my Arduino Nano projects. However, I recently encountered some issues that prevented me from creating the desired PCB layout. The problem was related to net labels on my Raspberry Pi 3B project.
Initially, I noticed that uniquely named net labels were not functioning as expected. They were not behaving like separate nets, resulting in cross-connections between labels of different names. To fix this issue, I deleted the faulty net labels and created new ones. This seemed to resolve the problem at first, but soon I found another issue - several nets with different names were being treated as the same net on the PCB layout.
I attempted to create an Arduino Nano project using Fritzing's Raspberry Pi 3B board. To do this, I created net labels for most of the pins and matching net labels for several screw terminals and male connection points. Unfortunately, this resulted in the problem mentioned above.
To resolve the issue, I had to delete the faulty net labels again and recreate new ones. This process continued until I was able to identify and correct all cross-connected nets. While fixing one issue, I encountered another, making it challenging to create a reliable PCB layout for my Arduino Nano project.
I understand that Fritzing is still in its beta phase (0.9.3b), but this problem seemed significant enough to warrant reporting. I hope that the development team will address this issue and provide a more seamless experience for users of the Raspberry Pi 3B board in future updates.