Module 0229: PCB Design Basics
Tak Auyeung, Ph.D.
October 3, 2010
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About this module
2
Printed Circuit Board (PCB)
2.1
Why bother?
2.2
Is it expensive?
2.3
Is it hard?
3
Getting started
3.1
What is the PCB used for?
3.2
The interfaces
3.3
Other requirements
4
The work flow
4.1
Symbol libraries
4.2
Schematic Capture
4.3
Footprints
4.4
Drill sizes
4.5
PCB layout
4.6
Trace routing
4.7
Rule check
4.8
Output file generation