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PCB Design Tips And Tricks Using Altium Designer -EsteemPCB
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PCB Design Tips And Tricks Using Altium Designer -EsteemPCB

A Two-hour Course To Learn How to Design PCBs like a PRO!! Using Different Tips, tools and shortcut with Altium Designer
Created byAviral Mishra
Last updated 2/2022
English

What you'll learn

  • In this course you will learn about creating your own design templated for Schematic, BOM, PCB, Assembly, Draftsman etc.
  • In this course you will learn about How to save days time by applying simple Altium Designer tools and shortcuts
  • In this course you will learn different sources of getting Free!!! Altium Libraries and setting up their plugin environment in AD tool itself
  • In this Course you will learn how to review schematic and layout by using AD tools which will save your time.... And lot more things

Course content

1 section27 lectures1h 56m total length
  • Course Introduction0:23
  • How to Create Assembly Drawing6:01
  • Add Folder Structure on Output Job files5:49
  • How to Use Footprint Manager2:07

    Master the footprint manager in Altium Designer to verify each component’s footprint, toggle between 3D views, browse and assign correct footprints, and accept changes to update your library.

  • How to Use Ports, Off Sheet connector, Power Ports4:54
  • How to Calculate Maximum PCB Trace Width and Current3:45
  • Add PCB Design Rules in Schematic3:01
  • How to Expose Tracks and Remove Solder Mask2:40
  • How to Measure Trace Length5:21

    Learn to measure trace length in Altium Designer using manual measurement and automatic net-based tools, estimate current capacity, and assess crosstalk, with panel-based total length view.

  • How to Set Net color in Altium3:08
  • How to use Test Point Manager5:11
  • Use Cross Probe in Altium2:47
  • Schematic Template Customization6:57
  • Tool for Schematic Verification (Navigator tool)4:36
  • Differential Pair Tool in just 4 Steps6:56
  • Different highlighting tools use for debugging schematic3:27

    Learn to debug schematics in Altium Designer by using net highlighting tools to trace connections, navigate between schematic pages, and verify net layout across layers.

  • Unlimited Free!!! Altium Libraries9:12
  • How to Route Multiple Tracks Together Active routing2:58

    Discover how to route multiple PCB tracks together with the active crowd tool in Altium Designer, using shift-click and shift-drag to select and group tracks, then optimize traces and angles.

  • Component Placement Tools Altium Designer4:23
  • Create Library from Existing Project Altium Designer1:27
  • Customize BOM Template Altium Designer3:20
  • Calculate Maximum PCB Size-Area Altium Designer5:05

    Estimate the maximum PCB size in Altium Designer by applying three steps to calculate footprint area, add 25% margins, and verify with diagonal measurements.

  • Component Aligning Tools Altium Designer3:09
  • Power Supply Protections Altium Designer5:44

    Explore practical power supply protections in Altium Designer: select and place bypass capacitors, minimize ESR, size input and output capacitors, and implement diodes and rectifiers to suppress transients.

  • How to Select Ferrite Bead Altium Designer3:29

    Discover how to select ferrite beads in Altium Designer by evaluating impedance versus frequency to choose a bead that reduces high-frequency noise and manages heat in circuits.

  • Number of Layers for PCB Altium Designer4:09
  • Splitting Planes Altium Designer6:06

Requirements

  • No experience needed you will learn every useful tips and tricks to design a PCB in Altium Designer in this course.
  • Student should have Altium Designer installed in their PC/Laptop

Description

In this course, I have published 26 different tips, tricks, and shortcuts a hardware design engineer should know before using Altium Designer to save days of time and effort.
Below I am sharing the list of content using it you can navigate throughout the course as per your requirements:

  1. How to Create Assembly Drawing.

  2. Add Folder Structure on Output Job files.

  3. How to Use Footprint Manager in Altium Designer.

  4. How to Use Ports, Off Sheet connector, Power Ports.

  5. How to Calculate Maximum PCB Trace Width and Current.

  6. Add PCB Design Rules in Schematic.

  7. How to Expose Tracks and Remove Solder Mask.

  8. How to Measure Trace Length.

  9. How to Set the Net color in Altium.

  10. How to use Test Point Manager.

  11. Use Cross Probe in Altium Designer.

  12. Schematic Template Customization.

  13. Tool for Schematic Verification (Navigator tool).

  14. Differential Pair Tool in just 4 Steps.

  15. Different highlighting tools used for debugging schematics.

  16. Unlimited Free!!! Altium Libraries.

  17. How to Route Multiple Tracks Together Active routing.

  18. Component Placement Tools  Altium Designer.

  19. Create Library from Existing Project  Altium Designer.

  20. Customize BOM Template  Altium Designer.

  21. Calculate Maximum PCB Size Area  Altium Designer.

  22. Component Aligning Tools  Altium Designer.

  23. Power Supply Protections  Altium Designer.

  24. How to Select Ferrite Bead  Altium Designer.

  25. Number of Layers for PCB  Altium Designer.

  26. Splitting Planes  Altium Designer.

Who this course is for:

  • People who have no experience with Altium Designer and want to learn it
  • People who want to learn PCB designing shortcuts in Altium tool
  • People Who wan to Learn How Create a Board with less manual effort on Altium Designer.
  • People who want to enhance their Electronic Hardware Designing Skills.