Topics included are circuit board fabrication processes, design factors, analog design, digital design, logic diagrams, detail and assembly drawings. A CAD laboratory course in which students design printed circuit boards using a schematic or a logic diagram as a starting point. Projects include single and double sided boards, analog and digital. Industry quality drawings are created for each project. This course deals with the principles and practices of printed circuit drafting and design, for both analog and digital circuits.
Students apply the theory of printed circuit design and commonly accepted industrial procedures.
The background for the course is learned by the students in course CADD250, a lecture course which must be taken concurrently. Students use the Eagle graphics software by Cadsoft for schematic capture and for printed circuit board design and autorouting. Electronics A survey course that introduces students to electronic components and digital logic circuits.