PCB design - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / beginners

author: Oslaw
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: August 30, 2018, 11:13:21 am
content: Hello, I am trying to get up my skills in electronics by learning PCB design. I don't know where to start, Textbook, Tutorial, etc. Please can anyone point me in the right direction.Thank you.

author: Pirateguy
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: August 30, 2018, 11:49:20 am
content: if u know the electronics, what u need to do, i think, is choose a cad program tobuild the circuits in, and find tutorials for that.

author: Sudo_apt-get_install_yum
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: August 30, 2018, 12:16:23 pm
content: If you know electronics it’s just to learn how to use a cad program. I would go for eagle since it’s free, easy to use and has a lot of documentation.Once you know how to use the program, then it’s time to learn how to make the design reliable.Anybody can draw a few lines between resistors and caps and make a PCB but not everyone can design a reliable circuit with lite interference. You can read books/ appnotes about PCB layout but if you understand the circuit and the physics behind it, then you should be set.Draw the circuit in Eagle and make a PCB, read appnotes and layout guides. Make some power supply circuit, RF circuits with µC's and read the datasheet of the components used. Most questions can be answered by reading through the datasheet a few time, they even have example/ recommended circuits in them (I’m looking at you Linear) It takes time but if you practice then you can become a pro in no time!Use JLCPCB.com for cheap PCB’s, it will be a life saver!

author: tautech
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 30, 2018, 12:21:14 pm
content: Quote from: Oslaw on August 30, 2018, 11:13:21 amDaves Wiki:https://www.eevblog.com/wiki/index.php?title=Online_Electronics_Tutorials_and_Books#PCB_layout_and_CADHis PCB layout tutorial is definitely worth a read. Keep it handy for further study/guidance.

author: kjr18
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: August 30, 2018, 12:47:03 pm
content: You can try using EasyEda, it's free, easy to use, and you can easily order some pcb's from jlcpcb, and parts from lcsc. They can even send pcb's and parts in one package, saving on cost.

author: t1d
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 31, 2018, 08:48:59 am
content: I like KiCad. I switched from Eagle. I do not know what they are like, now that they switched to subscription based marketing. And, the on line vendor sites seem a little sketchy, to me. Who knows who is looking at your million dollar electronic idea.KiCad as a new version out, that's much improved. Free and Open Source. Check it out. Oh, KiCad is a serious tool, therefore the download is rather big, I hear...http://kicad-pcb.org/download/

author: Oslaw
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: August 31, 2018, 12:48:31 pm
content: Thanks, I will check it out.

author: perieanuo
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 04, 2018, 03:57:25 pm
content: Eagle is free and ok and simple.you find libraries for footprints everywhere.Diptrace is between eagle and pro solutions like Altium designer and can import eagle libs.My idea, try diptrace seems good or stay with eagle for hobby purposes.Get pro with Altium later (start diptrace, you get semi-pro then migrate).Kicad, allready been there, full of bugs with pages of explanation why this happened...That's your choices.If I were you, I'll go diptraceRegards,pierreEnvoyé de mon iPad en utilisant Tapatalk