[feature] shield: true for connectors

[RobEnduro]

At this time, it doesn't seem like its possible to define a shield for connectors, only for cables. Take Demo 01 for an example, where X1 is a 9-pin D-sub. It has pin 5 connected to the cable shield. Generally, D-Sub connectors have a metal housing which could of course form electrical connection. Outside of defining a "9-pin" connector with an explicit 10th pin for this purpose, is this something that can be done, or a possible feature that could be added?

[kvid]

Thank you for your suggestion. What would you expect the connector should look like in the output diagram if implementing such a feature? Should it just be added as pin with a special name, or is that not enough?

Currently, there is no shield specifier for connectors, but you can specify custom pin names, e.g. like this if you want a pin named s:

connectors:
  X1:
    type: D-Sub
    subtype: female
    pinlabels: [DCD, RX, TX, DTR, GND, DSR, RTS, CTS, RI, SHIELD]
    pins: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, s]

Does this create the diagram you want, or would you like something different?

[RobEnduro]

As a workaround, I probably would do something just like this. The only thing that seems off in this case is that the info given in the header box is "10-pin" on what is known as a 9-pin connector. I feel like what happens in the wire bundles would work fine in this kind of case, where only the explicit wires are counted and +S gets appended.

[formatc1702]

The only thing that seems off in this case is that the info given in the header box is "10-pin" on what is known as a 9-pin connector.

You can specify pincount: 9 in addition to the pins and pinlabels lists. This way, the explicit pincout will drive what is shown in the top row of the connector node.