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    This document provides an overview of printed circuit board (PCB) design. It discusses the importance of PCBs and standards for design. It also covers different software packages for PCB design at both professional and hobbyist levels. The document outlines best practices for PCB design including using grids for placement, working from the top view, appropriate track widths, pad sizes and shapes, using vias, clearances, component placement, and routing. It provides guidance on finishing touches like chamfers and teardrops.

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    This document provides an overview of printed circuit board (PCB) design. It discusses the importance of PCBs and standards for design. It also covers different software packages for PCB design at both professional and hobbyist levels. The document outlines best practices for PCB design including using grids for placement, working from the top view, appropriate track widths, pad sizes and shapes, using vias, clearances, component placement, and routing. It provides guidance on finishing touches like chamfers and teardrops.

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    PCB Design

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    This document provides an overview of printed circuit board (PCB) design. It discusses the importance of PCBs and standards for design. It also covers different software packages for PCB design at both professional and hobbyist levels. The document outlines best practices for PCB design including using grids for placement, working from the top view, appropriate track widths, pad sizes and shapes, using vias, clearances, component placement, and routing. It provides guidance on finishing touches like chamfers and teardrops.

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    The key takeaways are that PCB design involves laying out components and connecting them using tracks on insulating layers, with important considerations like standards compliance, grid alignment, clearances and routing order.

    Some PCB packages mentioned are students freeware, shareware, full professional versions, and hobbyist packages like Eagle.

    Important requirements for PCB design include working on grids, clearances between components and tracks, and following standards like IPC 2221.

    PCB Design

    by: David L. Jones (revision B 06.28.08)


    ALVIN S. CERDAN, CpE
    College of Engineering
    St. Paul University Surigao

    OBJECTIVES:
    Importance

    Standards

    Learn


    PCB (Printed Circuit Board) is a
    component made of one or more layers of
    insulating material with electrical conductors.
    The insulator is typically made of the base of
    fiber reinforced resins, ceramics, plastics or
    some other dielectric materials.
    The Old Days:
    Back in the pre-computer CAD
    days, PCBs were designed and
    laid out by hand using
    adhesive tapes and pads
    on clear drafting film

    PCB Packages:
    Students
    Freeware
    Shareware
    Full version (limited components)

    Professionals
    Protel
    Mentor
    OrCAD

    Hobbyists
    Eagles CADsoft low costs

    expensive
    Standards:
    IPC 2221 Generic Standard
    on Printed Circuit Boards
    www.ipc.org
    The Schematic
    complete and accurate
    neat
    logical
    clearly laid out
    Good practice will have signals flowing
    from inputs at the left to outputs on the right
    Imperial or Metric
    Imperial - (i.e. inches)
    Metric - (i.e. millimeter)
    thou shall use thous

    As a general rule, use thous for tracks, pads,
    spacings and grids, which are most of your
    basic design and layout requirements. Only
    use mm for mechanical and manufacturing
    type requirements like hole sizes and board
    dimensions.
    Working to Grids
    2
    nd
    Major Rule in PCB Design

    This is called a snap grid,
    as your cursor, components
    and tracks will snap into
    fixed grid positions.
    Working from the Top
    PCB design is always done looking
    from the top of your board, looking
    through the various layers as if they
    were transparent. This is how all
    the PCB packages work.
    Tracks
    As a general rule, the bigger the
    track width, the better.
    Because:
    have lower DC resistance,
    lower inductance,
    can be easier and cheaper for
    the manufacturer to etch, and
    are easier to inspect and rework.
    Tracks
    Necking or Necking Down
    Changing your track from large to
    small and then back to large again
    Tracks
    As a rule of thumb, a 10degC temperature rise in
    your track is a nice safe limit to design around.
    Pads
    Pad sizes
    shapes and
    Dimensions

    Rule of thumb - the pad should
    be at least 1.8 times the diameter of
    the hole, or at least 0.5mm larger.

    Pads
    Round resistors, capacitors & diodes

    Oval IC, SIP resistors packs.
    (Pin 1 of the chip should always be a
    different pad shape, usually
    rectangular, and with the same
    dimensions as the other pins)

    Vias
    Vias connect the tracks from one side
    of your board to another, by way of a
    hole in your board.

    PTH (Plated Through Holes) allow
    electrical connection between different
    layers on your board.
    Vias
    What is the difference between a via
    and a pad?
    Holes in vias are usually a fair bit
    smaller than component pads, with
    0.5-0.7mm being typical.
    Stitching - using a via to connect two
    layers
    Polygons
    An example
    of a Solid
    Polygon Fill
    (Left), and a
    Hatched
    Polygon Fill
    (Right)
    Clearances
    - An important requirements for all
    boards.
    Clearances
    - An important requirements for all
    boards.
    Component Placement & Design
    An old saying is that PCB design is
    90% placement and 10% routing.
    Basic Steps
    Set your snap grid, visible grid, and
    default track/pad sizes.
    Throw down all the components
    onto the board.
    Divide and place your components
    into functional building blocks where
    possible.
    Identify layout critical tracks on
    your circuit and route them first.

    Basic Steps
    Place and route each building
    block separately, off the board.
    Move completed building blocks
    into position on your main board.
    Route the remaining signal and
    power connections between blocks.
    Do a general tidy up of the
    board.
    Do a Design Rule Check.
    Get someone to check it
    Basic Routing
    Routing is also known as tracking.
    Basic Routing
    Finishing Touches
    If you have thin tracks (<25 thou) then
    its nice to add a chamfer to any T
    junctions, thus eliminating any 90
    degree angles.
    Finishing Touches
    A teardrop is a nice smoothing
    out of the junction between the
    track and the pad, not
    surprisingly, shaped like a
    teardrop.
    Thank You!!!

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