Kicad lm386 shematic errors

bertus

Joined Apr 5, 2008
22,885
Hello,

You have pin 8 on ground. It should be pin 4 that should go to ground !

LM386_gain_20.png

You also are missing the resistor and capacitor on the output.
It is the zobel network.

Bertus
 

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Adam Monarch

Joined Mar 17, 2019
68
It works..

When I was running the bug option.. I would click on the blue link of the error message in the
bug analyzer option. Pin one showed up with an error " not being driven or not flagged"
I then clicked on the blue link which was part of the error message.

After clicking on that message Kicad generated a flag on top and a no connection on the bottom
of the flag... PWRflag-----X.. X=no connection. This was the final correction which rendered
a fully functional circuit as well as not having any bugs and confirming that bug editor was "finished"
 

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MaxHeadRoom

Joined Jul 18, 2013
30,562
Whats with the top end of C2, you have a junction and an open end wire?
Why two ground power symbols (GND/GND_PWR) on the same common?
Max..
 

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Adam Monarch

Joined Mar 17, 2019
68
Whats with the top end of C2, you have a junction and an open end wire?
Why two ground power symbols (GND/GND_PWR) on the same common?
Max..
Trial and error.. eventually I achieved creating a schematic that does not have any errors when
running the "erc" red bug checker
 

Audioguru

Joined Dec 20, 2007
11,248
Your simulator program and you both did not read the datasheet for the LM386. It has graphs that show it works poorly with a 12V supply and an 8 ohm speaker. Because then most of its output power is heat, not sound. It works well with a 9V supply when it has an 8 ohm speaker.
 
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