PCB Design Course
PCB Design Course
DESIGN
COURSE
Sadaf Saeed
www.envisionpath.net (Electrical Engineer, Co-
Instructor Email: [email protected] Founder - EnvisionPath)
Instructor: Sadaf Seed
Provided by EnvisionPath
• Class 1: Introduction to PCB Design
• What is PCB, types of PCBs and its application in electronics.
• Overview of design flow from concept to manufacturing.
• PCB Design software tools (Altium, KiCAD, EasyEDA)
• Installation and setting up software.
• Introduction to schematic captures.
Week 1:
• Class 2: Schematic Capture and Component Placement
• Theoretical understanding of electronics.
Introduction
• How to create a schematic.
• Understanding and adding electronic components.
• Net labeling, Net classing, Wiring in schematic.
• Class 3: PCB layout designing
• Converting schematic to PCB
• Component placement and arrangement
• Layer management: Signal, Power and Ground
• Setting up design rules (trace width, clearance, via size)
• Routing strategies and best practices (design rules,
Week 2:
theoretical calculations)
• Class 4: PCB layout manufacturing
Designing a
• Polygon placement
• Checking and debugging DRCs
PCB
• Introduction to signal integrity concepts
• Generating Bill of Materials (BOM)
• Verifying design for manufacturability (DFM)
• Class 5: Project (Schematic day 1)
Week 3:
• Introduction to the scope of the project
• Theoretical understanding and choosing components
• Symbols and footprint assignment
• Starting the schematic Project
• Class 6: Project (Schematic day 2)
• Net labeling, net classing, and wiring management (Hearing aid add on for
• Integrating schematic sheets Bluetooth earbuds)
• Finalizing the schematic
• Class 7: Project (PCB 1)
• Converting multiple schematic to one PCB
• Layer stack manager for 4 to 6 layer PCBs
• Setting up design rules
• Component placement
• Design considerations and calculations
• Starting with the routing
Week 4:
• Class 8: Project (PCB 2)
• Signal integrity and impedance control
Project
• Differential pair routing (Hearing aid add on for
• Crosstalk and EMI consideration
Bluetooth earbuds)
• Finishing PCB routing
• Checking and eliminating DRCs
• Production of BOM
• Verifying DFM and PCB assembly for production
• Concluding remarks
CONTACT US
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