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12 years ago

What's SENSE_PAD SNS RSNS in DC-DC converter's Schematic in reference design

I looked some reference design of ALTERA , and in the Power supply part (DC-DC converter) appear a component SENSE_PAD , but when I checked the BOM file, It doesn't appear in the list of components, ...
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12 years ago

The sense pads will simply be easy to probe access points on the PCB. They are not components. They allow you to easily probe and measure the voltage drop across the sense resistor, R87.