How to Design Printed

Circuits Boards
Overview
What is a Printed Circuit Board?
How do you design a PCB?
How do you order a custom PCB?

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What is a PCB?
A Mechanical Solution to an Electrical Problem

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What is a PCB?
Layers, Traces, Planes, and Vias ... oh my!

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What is a PCB?
Essentially, you’re job is this ...

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What is a PCB?
From Vision To Reality
Schematic
Capture

Place
Iteration
Components

Route Traces

Generate
Fab!
Gerbers
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CAD Tool “Eagle”
A CAD Tool For Designing a Board

Control Panel
Project

Schematic
Layout
Capture
Symbol Footprint

Library
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CAD Tool “Eagle”
Symbol + Footprint + Device = Component

Symbol Device Footprint

Sym Dev Pac
Schematic Capture
Adding Components
Schematic Capture
Adding Traces
Place Components
Creating a new board
design
Route Traces
Generating Gerbers
Fab
Fab
 Some General Tips
 Track width,
Every 0.1 mm  1 Amper at
0.1 track width

Photo from www.4pcb.com/trace-width-calculator.html

Place Components

Thru-Hole (TH) Surface Mount (SMT)

DIP LQFP, QFP, TQFP QFN BGA

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 Some General Tips
 Placing of Connectors
 Some useful component
Fab
 Some General Tips
 PCB holder
Fab
 Some General Tips
 LED indicator
Fab
 Some General Tips
 LED indicator and test point
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your attention!
Any Questions?

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 Contact Details
Eng.Mahmoud Tantawy.
Sr. Embedded Software Developer

Tel: 0106591108

Mahmoud.tantawy@embeddedfab.com

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