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PCB design
tags: tutorial electrical_system NTURT
Author: @solarLiterature,
Prologue
When working with electronic components, there are instances where we must design and order our own PCBs (Printed Circuit Boards) since off-the-shelf modules, sensors, and development boards may not always meet our specific requirements. In the Electrical System Group, we rely on an online software called EasyEDA to create the schematics and circuit layouts for the custom PCBs we need. In this section of the course, you'll find several helpful videos that demonstrate how to effectively use the EasyEDA software.
For those who are new to PCB designs, you might find it difficult to start with. That's what I experienced When I started A year ago. Now That I have been working in this area for 1 year. To be Honest, I don't know how to teach, all I could do is provide resources and answer questions when a new comer couldn't understand something. Below I will provide some resources for studying.
As a fundamental concept, and a hint for you to understand. Keep in mind that traces, vias, wires, filled zones etc. should not be considered just a ideal voltage node (Kirchhoff’s law) and that they all hold the same voltage. In real world, they all hold inductance and capacitance.
Youtube
- PCB design Playlist from Phil's lab is a list of video made by Phil's lab, dedicated in PCB design.
- How To Learn PCB Design (My Thoughts, Journey, and Resources) - Phil's Lab #87 among hundreds of videos from Phil's lab, I recommend starting from this video. This video is made for someone just started to learn PCB design.
Topic (homework)
Please find below a basic design of a shield for the blue pill microcontroller. Please recreate the schematic and lay out the PCB. For the PCB design, please use a two-sided board, and ensure that the board size remains within the dimensions of 100mm*100mm.
Note: It is not necessary to use the same blue pill footprint as this one.
If you have done PCB desins in the past, you can submit the one you have done instead the task mentioned above.
How to hand in
After finishing, archive the project, compress to zip and upload to NTU cool.
Further Readings
So far, we have talked about how to design circuits and make PCBs, but we didn't talk about how to design PCBs.
For simple circuits or demos PCB layout isn't too critical, but it can be in noisy or sensitive environments.
If you would like to know more about PCB design, I recommend:
Phil's Lab
This channel talks about PCB design, DSP, STM32, FPGA and many more. The tutorials are very thorough and clear.
Altium
Altium Academy
Altium is an commercial EDA for PCB design. Their official channel contains great webinars and tutorials that is surprisingly easy to understand.
search for designe guides and application notes. Especially those from ST Microelectyronics and Texasinstruments. also most of the IC datasheets have very detailed description. many of them even got typical application in it.
