The Design Engineering Studio Skills' Series: 2015/2016 PCB Club (P. Bagga, A. Elder, M. Kingsley, R. Kurdyak)

Day 1 (October 30, 2015)

  1. Download and install CADSoft EAGLE
  2. Let's get started...
    1. Lesson 1. Create a Project
    2. Lesson 2. Common Tools
    3. Lesson 3. Schematic
  3. EAGLE Alternative: KiCAD

Day 2 (November 6, 2015)

  1. Common EAGLE Parts
  2. Arduino's 5V Regulator...
  3. Sparkfun's 3.3V/5V Breadboard Power Supply
  4. Sample 78L05 5V Regulation from Embedded ATmega328P Project:

  5. Your First Project: +5V Regulator
    1. Lesson 4. Schematic Finished
    2. Lesson 5. Adding a Diode and Switch
    3. Lesson 6. Creating the Board

Day 3 (November 20, 2015)

  1. 2008 ACES: In the Beginning...
  2. +5V Regulator
    1. Lesson 7. Show Tool and Changing Grid Alignment
    2. Lesson 8. Ratsnet and Shortest Runs
  3. Adding Text

Day 4 (November 27, 2015)

  1. +5V Regulator
    1. Lesson 9. Copper Pour and Ground Plane
  2. An Inspiring DIY PCB tutorial
  3. The Voltera
  4. AAC: Practical PCB Layout Tips
  5. Printing your Circuit to Acetate

Day 5 (December 4, 2015)

  1. In the Chem lab (2 hours): Printing & Etching

Day 6 (December 11, 2015)

  1. Painting, Drilling, Populating, and Testing

Day 7 (January 8, 2016)

  1. Bittele: The PCB Service we use
  2. R. Saunders (ACES' 15) Guide to PCB Fabrication
  3. +5V Regulator
    1. Lesson 11. CAM Scripts and Gerber Files
    2. Lesson 12. Q&A Summary

 

 

RSGC ACES Astable Multivibrator AAC: Data Acquistion Project (click image to link)