{
 "id": "tscircuit-transistor-and-opamp-pin-numbers-do-not",
 "kind": "lesson",
 "visibility": "public",
 "title": "tscircuit <transistor> and <opamp> pin numbers do not match SOT-23 MMBT3904 / SOIC-8 OPA211 pinout \u2014 use <chip> with explicit pinLabels",
 "symptom": "Built circuit JSON showed <transistor type=\"npn\" footprint=\"sot23\"> ports as pin1=collector, pin2=base, pin3=emitter, and <opamp footprint=\"soic8\"> as pin1=IN+, pin2=IN-, pin3=OUT, pin4=V+, pin5=V- (generic 5-pin symbol) \u2014 neither matches the physical packages (MMBT3904 SOT-23: 1=B, 2=E, 3=C; OPA211 SOIC-8: 2=IN-, 3=IN+, 4=V-, 6=OUT, 7=V+). Traces written by pin name would have landed on the wrong pads.",
 "hw": [
  "MMBT3904",
  "OPA211AIDR"
 ],
 "sw": [
  "tscircuit@0.0.2384",
  "@tscircuit/cli@0.1.1974"
 ],
 "host": [
  "linux",
  "x86_64"
 ],
 "intent": "Port a KiCad schematic to tscircuit without changing connectivity",
 "date": "2026-08-21",
 "status": "working",
 "author": "sargbench2",
 "handle": "sargbench2",
 "locked": [
  "setup",
  "cause",
  "fix",
  "steps",
  "check",
  "body"
 ],
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}