
Explore the course curriculum for OrCAD PCB design with 17.2, highlighting basics of design, schematic detailing, and professional outcomes.
Learn how to install OrCAD 17.2 on Windows, navigate the official site, start a free trial, and complete the software download.
Set up a new pcb project in OrCAD 17.2, configure the pcb editor and schematic, and organize libraries, components, and design templates for efficient layout.
Navigate the OrCad Capture CIS environment, place and customize title blocks, manage templates, and build schematics with precise grid spacing, zoom controls, and component wiring.
Explore the OrCad toolbar and learn to navigate projects and open design files. Place schematic components, set properties, and use reference designators and values to build circuits.
Learn to place wires and power and ground symbols in OrCAD 17.2, use net alias to organize nets, and manage symbol libraries for reliable schematic connections.
Design a dynamic LED turn signal indicator schematic in OrCAD 17.2, applying PCB schematics, symbols, and library basics to build an automotive signaling circuit.
Design a 555 timer schematic in OrCad 17.2, placing capacitors and resistors, wiring ground symbols, and configuring component values to realize a clock frequency generator.
Place a 74164 shift register in an OrCAD schematic, copy and attach symbols correctly, connect ground and nets, assign designators, and manage net aliases for a coherent PCB design.
Finish up our first schematic by finalizing component placement, wiring, and symbol-to-footprint assignments, ensuring resistors and nets are correctly connected for a seamless transition to PCB layout in OrCad 17.2.
Explore how to assign connectors and resistor footprints to schematic symbols in OrCAD 17.2, annotate footprints, and manage DIP and other packages within the footprint library.
Design 555 timer footprint (DIP8) in OrCAD by aligning symbols, footprints, and library items, and optimize component placement, spacing, and properties for clear PCB layouts.
Learn to create and assign a dip14 footprint for the 74164 shift register in orcad 17.2, covering pin spacing and component properties.
Learn to design and edit capacitor and LED footprints in OrCAD 17.2, including naming footprints, adjusting spacing, and using right-click properties to manage component footprints.
Master transistor and pot footprints in OrCAD 17.2. Learn how to select and assign correct package footprints and verify artwork for PCB designs.
Learn to annotate the schematic in OrCAD 17.2 by applying reference designators, managing design hierarchy, and updating component annotations for clear PCB layouts.
Explore the design rule check in PCB design with OrCad 17.2, focusing on electrical rules. Understand the design hierarchy and key connections.
Learn to create a pcb board file in OrCad 17.2, starting from schematic and netlist, and navigate the editor workflow to finalize the board file.
Course No - 1 (Part -1) [Current Course]
Curriculum:
1. How to install OrCad 17.2
2. Introduction to OrCad Capture CIS
3. Learn to Design First schematic
4. How to assign Component Footprints
5. Annotation, DRC and Board File for PCB Editor
Course No - 1 (Part -2) [Next Part of Current Course]
Curriculum:
1. Introduction to PCB Editor
2. How to Load Board File
3. How to setup Environment for First PCB Design
4. How to setup Constraint Manager (PCB Rules)
5. How to Place Components on PCB Board
6. Reference Designator Setup
7. Routing Strategies
8. how to start Routing
9. Board Outline
10. Gerber Files and NC Drill Files
11. Introduction to Pad-Stack Editor
12. How to create own footprints
Course No 2 - (Advanced) [ Design Arduino UNO Schematic & PCB (with 3D Model) ]
Project 2: Learn to design Schematic & PCB for Arduino UNO (includes multiple schematic pages, Off page connectors, search parts from Digi-Key, Professional Bill of material, Smart PDF for Schematic, How to download custom footprints , How to create 3D Model etc )
This course is complete & detailed walk through of industry leading PCB Design software.This course will help to develop a fundamentals in OrCAD, leading to better PCB design practices and skills. After completion of this course you will have skill and useful resources to design your own custom PCB's.