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|| <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Welcome to the </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''spoken tutorial '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">on “</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Laying Tracks on Printed Circuit Board'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">”</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">.</span>
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* Generate '''Gerber files '''and '''view''' them.
  
 
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* <div style="color:#000000;"><span style="background-color:transparent;">'''eSim '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;">version </span><span style="background-color:transparent;">'''1.1.2'''</span></div>
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Prerequisites
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* Draw '''outline''' and setup '''design parameters''' for a '''board'''.
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* <div style="color:#000000;"><span style="background-color:transparent;">Draw </span><span style="background-color:transparent;">'''outline'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;"> and setup </span><span style="background-color:transparent;">'''design parameters'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;"> for a </span><span style="background-color:transparent;">'''board'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;">.</span></div>
 
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I have saved this on my '''Desktop'''.
 
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Revision as of 18:05, 11 June 2019


Visual cue Narration
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Opening Slide

Welcome to the spoken tutorial on “Laying Tracks on Printed Circuit Board”.
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Learning Objectives

In this tutorial, we will learn to -
  • Place tracks on printed circuit board.
  • Add dimension and text on Silkscreens.
  • Generate Gerber files and view them.
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Systems Requirements

This tutorial is recorded using -
  • Ubuntu Linux OS version 16.04
  • eSim version 1.1.2
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Prerequisites

To practice this tutorial, you should know to:
  • Read a PCB netlist.
  • Draw outline and setup design parameters for a board.
  • Move and orient footprints.


If not, see the prerequisite eSim tutorials on this website.

eSim main window: I have already opened eSimon my machine.
eSim main window.


Let us open example 7805VoltageRegulator.


I have saved this on my Desktop.

I have already read the netlist, created an outline and set the design parameters.
Click on Open Project


Navigate to Desktop location


Click on7805VoltageRegulator


Click Open

Click on Open Project from the left toolbar.


And navigate to the location where you have saved this.

I will browse to Desktop.


Click on 7805VoltageRegulator.


Click on the Open button at the bottom right corner of this window.

eSim main window :

Click on Open Schematic

Click on Open Schematic button on the left toolbar,to open the schematic.
eSim Schematic window:

Press F1

Click on Tools >> select Layout Printed Circuit Board

Using F1 I will zoom into the schematic.


Click on Tools button at the top toolbar, and select Layout Printed Circuit Board.


Let me resize this window.

Pcbnew window:


Hover cursor over airwires

I have moved and oriented the footprints, such that there is minimum intersection between airwires.


Let us see how to convert the </span>airwires into tracks.

Pcbnew window:

Hover mouse over B.Cu text

>> Click on B.Cu text


Hover mouse over blue arrow next to B.Cu

Under the Layer tab on the right side of the Pcbnew window, click on B.Cu once.


Layer selected will be indicated by a blue arrow on the left side of B.Cu.

Pcbnew window:

Click on Place >> select Track

Click on Place button in the top toolbar, and select Track from the menu.
Pcbnew window:


Use scroll keys to zoom in
Let us place tracks for connecting the capacitor C2 to the output terminal J2.


I will zoom into the layout screen.

Pcbnew window:

Click on node 1 of C2

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Drag the cursor till node 1 of J2

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Double click on node 1 of J2

Click on node 1 of C2.


Let us drag this track from node 1 of C2 to node 1 of J2, by dragging the cursor till node 1 of J2.


Double-click on node 1 of J2 to complete the track.

Pcbnew window:


Press esc key


Hover cursor over GND label


Similarly connect all the other nodes except the Ground nodes.


Press Esc button to exit the Place Track tool.


Ground nodes are denoted by GND designation.

Let us place a ground plane to connect all the ground nodes.
Pcbnew window:

Click on Add filled zones.

Click on Add filled zones button located at the right side of the Pcbnew window.
Pcbnew window:

Click once, slightly above the top-left corner of the board outline.

Click once, slightly above the top-left corner of the board outline.
Copper Zone Properties window:


Click on B.Cu under Layer column


Click on GND under Net column

Let us place the ground plane on Bottom Copper layer.


To do so, click on B.Cu under Layer column.


Click on GND under Net column.

Click on OK Click on OK button at the bottom right corner of the Copper Zone Properties window.
Pcbnew window:
Drag the cursor towards right, horizontally


Click once slightly above top-right vertex of the outline.
Drag the cursor with the pencil icon horizontally towards the right.


Click once, slightly above the top-right vertex of the outline.

Pcbnew window:
Move the cursor vertically towards the bottom-left vertex of the board
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Click once on the editor after crossing the bottom-left vertex.
 Let us move this cursor vertically, towards the bottom-right vertex of the board.


Click once slightly below bottom-right vertex.


Pcbnew window:


Hover cursor over board outline >> Hover cursor over ground plane outline.

Similarly, we will draw a rectangular ground plane outline around board outline.


Please do not confuse board outline with ground plane outline.

Pcbnew window:

Hover cursor over ground plane outline

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Hover cursor over ground plane outline and board outline.

I have completed the ground plane outline.


Note that the ground plane outline should lie outside the board outline.

Pcbnew window :

Right-click inside the board outline.


Click on Fill or Refill all zones


Hover cursor over ground plane


Right-click inside the board outline.


Click on Fill or Refill all zones button from the menu.


We have added a ground plane to the board.

Press esc key Press Esc key to exit the Add filled zones tool.
Let us now perform Design Rule Check i.e DRC, for the layout we created.


It checks whether the design created is compliant with the Design Rules set earlier.

Pcbnew window:

Click on Perform design rules check

Click on Perform Design Rules check present at the top of the Pcbnew toolbar.
DRC Control window:

Click on Start DRC


Hover mouse over Error Messages:


Click on Start DRC.


This checks if any design element violates the design parameters set earlier.


If there are any design errors, they will be displayed in Error Messages window.

In my case, there are no errors.
DRC Control window:

Click OK

Click OK button at the bottom right corner to exit the DRC Control window.
Now let us see how to add text on our board.
Pcbnew window:

Click on F.Silks from the right toolbar


Click on Place from the top toolbar and select Text from the dropdown menu


Click once on Pcbnew window

Let us click on F.Silks layer to place text on the Front Silk Layer.


Click on Place button from top toolbar and select Text option from the dropdown menu.


Click once on the Pcbnew window.

Text Properties window:

Type 7805VoltageRegulator in the Text window.


Click on OK

I will type 7805VoltageRegulator in the Text window.


click on OK button at the bottom right corner of the Text Properties window.

Pcbnew window:


Click once at the bottom right corner of layout screen.


Press F2 or use scroll keys to zoom out and hover cursor over the text.

The typed text will be tied to the cursor.


Drag cursor to bottom right corner of the layout screen and click once.


We can see the text is placed in light blue color.

Please make sure to click inside the board outline.


Now let us see how to add dimensions to our board design.

Pcbnew window:

Click on Margin layer from the right toolbar


Click on Place from the top toolbar and select Dimension from the menu

Click on Margin layer.


Click on Place at top toolbar and select Dimension option.

Pcbnew window:
Click once the top-right vertex of the board layout


Drag the cursor towards the bottom right vertex in a straight line.


Press Enter key twice

Click once on either vertex of the board layout.
I have chosen the top-right vertex.


Let us drag the cursor towards the bottom right vertex in a straight line.


Press Enter key twice.


The dimension will be placed for the vertical edge of the board.

Pcbnew window:
Hover cursor over horizontal dimension
 We will perform similar steps for placing horizontal dimension of the layout.
Pcbnew window:

Press Ctrl and S key together

Let us press Ctrl and S keys together to save the work.


Let us now create gerber files for this board.

Pcbnew window:

Click on Plot(HPGL, PostScript or Gerber format) icon

Click on Plot button at the top of the Pcbnew toolbar.
Plot window:

Click on the tab below : Plot format.

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select Gerber.

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Hover mouse over Layers tab

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Click on boxes to the left of F.Cu, B.Cu, Margin, F.Silks and Edge.Cuts layers from the provided layer options.

Click on the tab below Plot format.


Select Gerber out of the 6 options.


Let us select the layers for which we want the gerber files.


I will select F.Cu, B.Cu, Margin, F.Silks and Edge.Cuts by clicking on the boxes to the left.

Plot window:

Click on Browse button

Click on Browse button at the top right of Plot window.
Select Output Directory window:
Browse to desired directory
>>

Click on Desktop>>double click on 7805VoltageRegulator


Click on Open.


Click on No


Let us navigate to the desired directory where we want to save the gerber files.


Click on Desktop, double click on 7805VoltageRegulator.


Click on Open button at bottom right corner of Select Output Directory window.


Click on No button of Plot Output Directory window.

Plot window:

Click on Plot button located at the bottom of Plot window.

Click on Plot button at the bottom of the Plot window.

Messages window:

Hover cursor over the messages appeared in the Messages window

Acknowledgement messages will appear in the Messages window.

Let us generate the drill file in gerber format for our designed board.
Plot window:

Click on Generate Drill File

Click on Generate Drill File at the bottom of the Plot window.

Drill Files Generation window:

Click on Browse


Browse to the desired directory location


Click Open

Click on Browse button at top right corner of Drill Files Generation window.


I will navigate to Desktop/7805VoltageRegulator


Click on Open button at the bottom right corner of Drill Files Generation window.

Plot Output Directory window:

Click on No

If  Plot Output Directory window appears,

click on No button in the middle of Plot Output Directory window.

Plot window:

Click on Gerber option at middle of Drill Files Generation window

Click on Gerber option placed in the middle of Drill Files Generation window if not selected.

We will leave the rest of the settings as they are.
Drill Files Generation window:

Click on Drill File

Click on Drill File option present at the right side of Drill Files Generation window.
Drill Files Generation window:

Hover mouse over Messages window

An acknowledgement message will appear in the Messages window.
Drill Files Generation window:

Click on Close

Click on Close button at the bottom right corner of Drill Files Generation window.
Plot window:

Click on Close

Click on Close button at the bottom right corner of Plot window.
Pcbnew window:

Press Ctrl and S key at the same time.

Let us save our work by pressing Ctrl and S keys simultaneously.
System Computer:


Press Ctrl, Alt and T keys together

Now we will view the gerbers created.


Open the terminal by pressing Ctrl, Alt and T keys together.

Terminal :

Type gerbview >> Press Enter

Type gerbview and press Enter key.

Gerbview window :

Click on File>> select Load Gerber File

Click on File from the top left corner, and select Load Gerber File option.
Open Gerber File window :


Browse to the directory where you saved your gerber files earlier.
 Let us browse to directory where we have saved the gerber files.

I will click on Desktop, and then

double-click on 7805VoltageRegulator.

Press Ctrl and A keys at the same time.


Click on Open

Press Ctrl and A keys at the same time to select all the gerber files.


Click on Open button at the bottom right corner of the Open Gerber file window.

Gerbview window :
Hover mouse over the PCB layout in Gerber Format

We can see the PCB Layout we created in Gerber format.

Let us see how the board we designed looks like in real.
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Image1.jpg
 This is the FR4 grade copper cladded sheet on which we will transfer our design to.
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Image2.jpg
 After etching and drilling appropriate holes, this is how the board will look.


Components can now be mounted and soldered on this board.

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Image3.jpg
 This is how the board looks after components are soldered on it.
With this, we come to the end of this tutorial.
Let us summarize.
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Summary
 In this tutorial, we learnt to :*
Place tracks on printed circuit board.
  • Add dimension and text on Silkscreens.
  • Generate Gerber files and view them.       


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Acknowledgment

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Thank you Slide This is Saurabh from IIT Bombay, signing off.
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