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PCB stands for Printed circuit board. On this board all the
components are soldered and interlinked by the copper tracks. The
PCB can be a single layer and can go up to many layers as a person
want, but most of the software support up to 14 layers.
Most commonly used PCB is a single sided PCB and the components
and conductors on different layers of PCB are connected with
plated-through holes called vias. PCB is designed in the software and
then software file is given to the manufacturer and the rest of the
work is all practical and not in the scope of this article. This article
just covers how to design a PCB of a specific electronic circuit in
software.
This black screen is the work place. All your PCB work will come here
and the blue dot which appear in the center of the black gridded
screen is the center of the work place.
Step 2.
Make a list of the components and devices according to your
schematic / electronic circuit.
Note: it is considered that you have already drawn an error free
schematic diagram of the circuit and you want to make the PCB
Design of that schematic circuit.
In this simple example of PCB designing, we are using the below
schematic. This is the basic Electronics LED flasher circuit with one
LED by using 555 Timer and other basic electronic
components.( Detail of the parts can be found in Step 3 ).
Step 3.
Now we have to find the parts. As you can see we need the following
basic electronic components for LED Flasher Circuit where flasher
means continuously ON & OFF.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Power connector.
6.
9V DC Battery.
Each of these parts can be searched by the category in which they fall.
Step 4.
Now click on this button on the left side vertical bar. When you scroll
over it shows package mode.
And when you click on the package mode on the white area you will
see two buttons on which P and L is written.
Step 5.
Now Click on P. When you click on P, New window will appear
and on that window you will find all the part.
As you can see there are categories and types. Selected the desired
category and then select the appropriate type and all the components
matching the above criteria is will show up in the white space as
shown in the above window.
Suppose, we want to search for the resistor of watt. We search that
part like this.
Step 6.
For connecting all the components, you have to use the wire tool
which is
available on the left side of the window in the vertical bar.
Step 9.
After selecting the track mode, now you can start routing. As you can
see the default pads are very narrow you have to choose the
appropriate pads for the components whom pads are narrow.
Choose pad Mode (As shown below).
Step 10.
After that, put the appropriate pad on all the narrow pad and then
start routing.
Step 11.
Connect the components according to the schematic.In process
Completed PCB Design of LED Flasher Circuit.
Step 12.
Now select the board Edge layer form the left bottom layer selecting
Drop down menu.
Step 13.
After selecting the board edge layer, draw a rectangle around your
PCB art work. This will be your PCB Board dimensions.
Select the rectangle from the left side menu.
This is all about the basic and simple PCB designing, more technical
details will be posted in the further post. Stay tuned.
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