A reference designator unambiguously identifies a component in an electrical schematic or on a printed circuit board and usually consists of one or two letters followed by a number, for example R10. The number is sometimes followed by a letter, indicating that components are grouped or matched with each other, for example, R12A, R12B. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has a standard with a list of class designation letters to use for electrical and electronic assemblies. For example, the letter R is a reference prefix for the resistors of an assembly, C represents capacitors, and K represents relays.
Note
The hyphen ( – ) character will always try to call an expansion to the references. In this case, the only option is to change it to an underscore ( _ ) however, this also involves changing the references in the ECAD section of FactoryLogix. FactoryLogix only interprets data as a range if the data before the hyphen matches the data after the hyphen. For example, U1-C2, U2-C2 is interpreted as two references.
BOM Format (Consolidated) | Expanded | FactoryLogix (Consolidated) |
C1-C3 | C1, C2, C3 | C1-C3 |
C1_A-C3_A | C1_A, C2_A, C3_A | C1_A, C2_A, C3_A |
C4-6 | C4, C5, C6 | C4-C6 |
C7-9, 11-13 | C7, C8, C9, C11, C12, C13 | C7-C9, C11-C13 |
C10, C14-16, CR1-3 | C10, C14, C15, C16, CR1, CR2, CR3 | C10, C14-C16, CR1-CR3 |
C17A-C17D | C17A, C17B, C17C, C17D | C17A-C17D |
C18-21A | C18A, C19A, C20A, C21A | C18A, C19A, C20A, C21A |
C19A1-C19A3 | C19A1, C19A2, C19A3 | C19A1-C19A3 |
C0020-C0022 | C0020, C0021, C0022 | C0020-C0022 |
1R1-1R3, 2R1-2R3 | 1R1, 1R2, 1R3, 2R1, 2R2, 2R3 | 1R1-1R3, 2R1-2R3 |
1R4-6, 2R4-6 | 1R4, 1R5, 1R6, 2R4, 2R5, 2R6 | 1R4-1R6, 2R4-2R6 |
BOM Format (Consolidated) | Expanded | FactoryLogix (Consolidated) |
R7A1-R9A1 | R7A1, R8A1, R9A1 | R7A1, R8A1, R9A1 |
1R10-3R10 | 1R10, 2R10, 3R10 | 1R10, 2R10, 3R10 |
1R11A-3R11A | 1R11A, 2R11A, 3R11A | 1R11A, 2R11A, 3R11A |
HSNK, BRKT | HSNK, BRKT | HSNK, BRKT |
J1(1)-(4) | J1(1), J1(2), J1(3), J1(4) | J1(1)-J1(4) |
J1(5)-J1(8) | J1(5), J1(6), J1(7), J1(8) | J1(5)-J1(8) |
J1[9]-[12] | J1[9], J1[10], J1[11], J1[12] | J1[9]-J1[12] |
J1[13]-J1[16] | J1[13], J1[14], J1[15], J1[16] | J1[13]-J1[16] |
J1{17}-{20} | J1{17}, J1{18}, J1{19}, J1{20} | J1{17}-J1{20} |
J1{21}-J1{24} | J1{21}, J1{22}, J1{23}, J1{24} | J1{21}-J1{24} |
R159, R320, R321, R323, R486, R21.0-R21.15, R22.0-R22.15 | R159, R320, R321, R323, R486, R21.0, R21.1, R21.2, R21.3, R21.4, R21.5, R21.6, R21.7, R21.8, R21.9, R21.10, R21.11, R21.12, R21.13, R21.14, R21.15, R22.0, R22.1, R22.2, R22.3, R22.4, R22.5, R22.6, R22.7, R22.8, R22.9, R22.10, R22.11, R22.12, R22.13, R22.14, R22.15 | R159, R320, R321, R323, R486, R21.0-R21.15, R22.0-R22.15 |
C616.1-C616.5, C617.1-C617.5, C621.1-C621.5, C622.1-C622.5 | C616.1, C616.2, C616.3, C616.4, C616.5, C617.1, C617.2, C617.3, C617.4, C617.5, C621.1, C621.2, C621.3, C621.4, C621.5, C622.1, C622.2, C622.3, C622.4, C622.5 | C616.1-C616.5, C617.1-C617.5, C621.1-C621.5, C622.1-C622.5 |
C1-R4 | C1-R4 | C1-R4 |
BOM Format (Consolidated) | Expanded | FactoryLogix (Consolidated) |
A0-A3 | A0, A1, A2, A3 | A0-A3 |
DT04-3P-L011, DT04-3P-L012 | DT04-3P-L011, DT04-3P-L012 | DT04-3P-L011, DT04-3P-L012 |
C1-C3 | C1, C2, C3 | C1-C3 |
FIT, 33CBAM04, FIT, 33CBAM06, FIT, 33CBAM0G | FIT, 33CBAM04, FIT, 33CBAM06, FIT, 33CBAM0G | FIT, 33CBAM04, FIT, 33CBAM06, FIT, 33CBAM0G |
MECH_1-MECH_3 | MECH_1, MECH_2, MECH_3 | MECH_1-MECH_3 |