Workshop: circuit design for fabrication

[wm]

Workshop: circuit design for fabrication

At PNCA 29 Nov 09 1-5pm
or TechShop 6 Dec 09 1-5pm
Taught by Don Davis - ddelma...@gmail.com
$35

As some of you may be aware Laen at Dorkbot has been putting together
a group ordering process for circuit board fabrications somewhat like
sparkfuns batchpcb service except with less time lag and the
fabrication is not offshored.

To introduce you to the tools needed to create circuit boards for
this
service (and most other circuit board services) we are presenting a
workshop teaching you how to design a circuit board using Eagle PCB
with an emphasis on getting designs that can be fabricated.

Workshop Time and Location
The workshop will be given twice: once at PNCA room #205 on the 29th
of
November, and again at TechShop in Beaverton on the 6th of December.
Both sessions will be from 1-5 pm.

Fabrication Included
Signing up for the class gets you three copies of your design in the
December order (up to 2 square inches of board space). Designs
completed by the 10th of December will be included in this months PCB
run and can be picked up at the meeting on the 21st (or mailed).

Topics covered.
Creating schematics
Organizing your files and libraries.
Laying out your parts effectively.
Routing your signals
Creating / finding parts that you need.
Documenting your board in the silkscreen
Using DRUs to design for a specific board fabricator
Using the ERC to check your designs for problems
The follow up session will focus on resolving issues with your
designs
and getting them ready to submit for fabrication.

What you will need
You should have some basic understanding of circuits but it is not
critical. You will need to bring a laptop which is capable of running
eagle (linux,windows or mac -- see http://www.cadsoft.de/info.htm).

The class is $35 and is limited to 30 so it is best to reserve a
space
in the class. Please rsvp at http://tempusdictum.com/tdproducts.html
(eagle for fabrication)

[wm]

oops, the workshop is on December 5, not 6.

http://www.dorkbotpdx.org/workshop/circuit_design_for_fabrication

On Nov 25, 5:32 pm, wm <wmle...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Workshop: circuit design for fabrication
>
> At PNCA 29 Nov 09 1-5pm
> or TechShop 6 Dec 09 1-5pm

> Taught by Don Davis - ddelmarda...@gmail.com
> $35
>

[wm]

Reminder that the PCB fabrication workshop is tomorrow (Saturday) at
TechShop from 1-5pm.

If you want to be able to design your own printed circuit boards and
get them fabricated, this is your big chance.

For more info, see http://www.dorkbotpdx.org/workshop/circuit_design_for_fabrication

--wm