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PCB Designing in Altium Designer

Name: PCB Designing in Altium Designer
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Learn the basics of Printed Circuit Boards and how to design them using Altium Designer

Created bySujithkumar MA

Last updated 5/2021

English

English [Auto],

What you'll learn

Designing Printed Circuit Boards
Altium Designer

Course content

5 sections • 22 lectures • 2h 35m total length

1. Introduction to Printed Circuit Boards4:15
Discover the basics of printed circuit boards. See how copper conductor tracks on an insulating substrate carry electrical signals between components.
2. Evolution of PCB4:10
Explore the evolution of printed circuit boards from manual wiring in the 1950s–80s to modern PCB design, including insulating bases, copper traces, and soldered components that form reliable electronic circuits.
3. The need for PCB5:25
Discover why printed circuit boards replace breadboards for permanent, manufacturable hardware. Understand how pcb design enables rapid validation and commercial productization from prototype to production.
4. Steps involved in fabrication of a PCB8:11
Discover the basic steps of PCB fabrication, from Altium Designer schematic capture and CAD design to manufacturing handoff, copper traces, drilling, masking, silk screening, routing, and testing.
5. The First Step in PCB Design - Sketching the circuit7:43
Begin pcb design by sketching a schematic of component connections, then define footprints based on each component’s data sheet morphology and pin spacing in Altium Designer.

6. CAD Tools for PCB Design2:48
design a pcb by drawing the schematic with cad tools, then import the schematic to the pcb and craft a single-layer board with accurate footprints, holes, pads, and masking.
7. Understanding all the basic elements of a PCB10:35
Explore the basic elements of a pcb, including the substrate for mechanical support and insulation, copper traces for signals, and the solder mask and silkscreen for protection and labeling.
8. Types of PCB and Mounting Technologies4:50
Explore the types of PCB, including single-layer and multilayer boards, and compare mounting techniques such as through-hole technology and surface mount technology, with notes on gold-plated through-hole components.
9. Terminologies involved in a PCB Design7:03
Explore PCB design terminology in Altium Designer, including symbols, footprints, overlays, copper traces on top and bottom layers, drilling holes, and units like millimeters or inches.

10. Introduction to Altium Designer - Creating the files9:38
Download the altium designer 21 trial, open the program, and create a new project named my first pcb in a chosen folder, then add a schematic and save.
11. Understanding the properties of the schematic layout9:24
Explore the properties of the schematic layout in Altium Designer, including grids, selection filters, units, fonts, borders, and page options, to control design precision.
12. Making the schematic of an Half Wave Rectifier9:22
Learn to design a half-wave rectifier schematic in Altium Designer by selecting devices and footprints, placing a diode and battery, and wiring the circuit with ground.
13. Understanding Designation and Selection Filters7:34
Designate components in the schematic, assign signatures and footprints, and name parts like batteries before exporting to the pcb. Use the selection filter to isolate wires or components.

14. Importing the footprints9:59
Import footprints from your schematic into the PCB layout in Altium Designer, manage grid and room settings, align components, and prepare footprints for routing.
15. Manual Routing3:31
Learn to create copper traces between footprints using top or bottom layers, and perform manual interactive routing (Ctrl+W) to route within a single layer, with color cues indicating layers.
16. Auto Routing2:08
Enable auto routing in PCB designing in Altium Designer by selecting top or bottom copper layer settings, then review routing and adjust hole width and hole radius as needed.
17. Adjusting the dimensions of Holes and Solder Pads4:26
Modify hole properties and solder pad dimensions in Altium by adjusting radius, shape, and solder mask expansion to prevent short circuits and ensure copper trace connections.
18. Polygon Pour6:54
Learn how to create and manage polygon pours in Altium Designer, perform polygon actions to report all, and merge the ground across top and bottom layers for a common ground.
19. Printing Texts in Top Overlay3:43
Design and position texts on the PCB top overlay in Altium Designer by editing top-layer properties, setting the company name and font size, and preparing files for the manufacturer.
20. Synthesing the Gerber X2 Files for our PCB4:48
Learn to generate and export Gerber X2 files from Altium Designer by configuring fabrication options and selecting top and bottom layers for manufacturing.

21. Making our own symbol and footprint for LM7805 (20 min)19:18
Design a custom symbol and footprint for LM7805 in Altium Designer using the data sheet; configure three pins and 2.5 mm spacing, then attach to the schematic library.
22. Creating a library for NE555 Timer and closing remarks9:34
Design the schematic symbol and footprint for an eight-pin NE555 timer in Altium Designer, then link the footprint and compile the integrated library.

Requirements

Yes, A basic knowledge in Electrical Circuits

Description

In this course, you will learn

1. The basic elements of a Printed Circuit Board.

2. The need for PCB and evolution of the same.

3. Steps involved in fabrication of a PCB

4. Steps involved in the design of a PCB

5. Types of PCB

6. Mounting Technologies - PTH, SMT

We will understand that PCB is a circuit board that connects all the electrical and electronic components through copper conductive tracks. The copper conductive tracks are embedded on a substrate which is basically a fiber.

After that, we will get into the Altium Designer Software in order to learn how to design a Printed Circuit Board.

1. Learning how to create a schematic and a PCB in the Altium Designer.

2. Understanding all the widgets and tools in the software.

3. Understanding how to route the footprints in a PCB - Both Manual and Auto Routing.

4. Analyzing the morphology of holes and solder pads.

5. Printing the texts in Top Overlay.

6. Creating libraries for two or three terminal components.

7. Creating libraries for some standard IC's.

8. Getting the 2D and 3D Layouts of the PCB.

At the end of this course, you will be able to design a PCB in Altium Designer for your circuit knowing all the fundamentals of a Printed Circuit Board.

Who this course is for:

Beginner Electrical and Electronics Aspirants

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Course content

Fundamentals of Printed Circuit Boards5 lectures • 30min

Terminologies and Types involved in PCB Design4 lectures • 25min

Working with Altium Designer - Creating a schematic4 lectures • 36min

Making the PCB from the Schematic in Altium Designer7 lectures • 35min

Creating our own component libraries in Altium Designer2 lectures • 29min

Requirements

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