Module 0229: PCB Design Basics

Tak Auyeung, Ph.D.

October 3, 2010
1 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