Awareness | Diamond Component Pin Information

Understand the important features and specifications of diamond component pins with this comprehensive guide.

Updated at December 4th, 2023

Information


The unidentified pin type will be present on both the signal snake and on the container component, shown as a diamond shape.  Once a connection is made the pin type will change to the shape of the pin needed for the application. More detailed information about the different pin types can be found here.

Example 1 - No Connection

Container Component with unidentified pin type.
Signal Snake with unidentified pin type.
 
 

Example 2 - Connected

An audio signal pin it will be represented as a circle and a control signal pin will be represented by a square.  The amplifier and loudspeaker signal pins are shown as left-pointing triangle. The Container is useful when the need to group and organize related components in a signal path.

Container Component with both Audio and Amplifier/Loudspeaker signal pins.
Container Component with Control pin type.