Beginner suggestions for PCB design

[Dylan Distasio]

Hi all-

I am interested in ultimately getting my own PCBs manufactured, but am still learning the ropes in terms of circuit design.  Does anyone have any recommendations on how to get started?  I'm open to any and all suggestions on reading materials, PCB design programs like Eagle, and any other tips / tricks that would be useful for a beginner.  I was considering doing a DTF104B single digit clock as a starter project to keep things relatively simple, and plan to eventually design a case also.

Thanks,
Dylan

[Bill van Dijk]

Dylan,

 

A good start for Eagle designs is the Sparkfun toturial:

http://www.sparkfun.com/tutorials/115

 

Bill

 

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[Nick]

Have a look at  http://alternatezone.com/electronics/files/PCBDesignTutorialRevA.pdf  - its a good tutorial regarding techniques and very practical. The author also runs the EEVblog and produces videos at  http://alternatezone.com/electronics/ which are hugely entertaining in a very Aussie-sort-of-way....

Some of the chip manufacturers (e.e. TI) have good tutorial too, but they are more advanced and tend to be focussed on specific areas (SMPS, low-noise op-amps, ground planes etc.)

Nick

[Ron Schuster]

Check out the DesignSpark PCB program.
http://www.designspark.com/theme/designspark-pcb
It does schematic and PCB layout and includes an auto-router, a 3D
view feature, and a very large library of components. It seems very
professional and full-featured. It's free and it doesn't have any
limitations on board size like the free version of Eagle.

[Nick]

On Wednesday, 21 March 2012 18:17:44 UTC, Ron Schuster wrote:

Check out the DesignSpark PCB program.
http://www.designspark.com/theme/designspark-pcb  

 

It's a version of Easy-PC from Number One Systems... 

Nick

[Cobra007]

Seems quite advanced for something that is completely free..... Does
anyone know how this compares to Multisim / Ultiboard? What I
specifically like about Multisim / Ultiboard is that it stores the
information of the parts in the design files. So even if you open the
files on another computer that has a different component library, it
still has all the information there. It also has an in-circuit part
editor which is sometimes also very handy (move / change sizes of pads
while not having to make a new footprint). The simulator (Electronic
Work Bench) works also quite well although it may run quickly into
errors on more complicated circuits.

Michel




On Mar 22, 5:17 am, Ron Schuster <schuster....@gmail.com> wrote:
> Check out the DesignSpark PCB program.http://www.designspark.com/theme/designspark-pcb