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Physical / electrical concepts

NC / no-connect marker

A small X symbol on a pin telling KiCad "I'm intentionally leaving this disconnected." Used for pins the chip exposes but your design doesn't need, so ERC stops warning about them.

How it looks

Real image: the CORE3588 schematic, exported by KiCad (shown in greys)
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No-connect markers on the CORE3588 schematic: the small X shapes on unused pins. The schematic has 59 of them.

How it works

  1. Chips and connectors often have pins a design does not need.
  2. Left alone, ERC warns about each one: "pin not connected", in case it was forgotten.
  3. An X marker says "unconnected on purpose". ERC stays quiet, and anyone reading the schematic knows it was a decision.

Where it fits

Part of keeping ERC clean. On the layout, such pins get no track.

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