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'''Visual cue'''
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Opening Slide
 
Opening Slide
| style="background-color:#ffffff;border:1pt solid #000001;padding-top:0cm;padding-bottom:0cm;padding-left:0.206cm;padding-right:0.191cm;" | Welcome to the spoken tutorial on “'''PCB Layout for Astable Multivibrator'''”.
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|| Welcome to the spoken tutorial on “'''PCB Layout for Astable Multivibrator'''”.
 
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Learning Objectives
 
Learning Objectives
| style="background-color:#ffffff;border:1pt solid #000001;padding-top:0cm;padding-bottom:0cm;padding-left:0.206cm;padding-right:0.191cm;" | In this tutorial, we will learn to -* <div style="margin-left:1.27cm;margin-right:0cm;">Create a '''PCB layout''' for an '''Astable Multivibrator''' and</div>
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|| In this tutorial, we will learn to -
* <div style="margin-left:1.27cm;margin-right:0cm;">Generate '''Gerber files'''.</div>
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* Create a '''PCB layout''' for an '''Astable Multivibrator''' and
 
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* Generate '''Gerber files'''.
 
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Systems Requirements
 
Systems Requirements
  
 
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|| To record this tutorial, we will use-
 
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* '''Ubuntu Linux OS '''16.04
| style="background-color:#ffffff;border:1pt solid #000001;padding-top:0cm;padding-bottom:0cm;padding-left:0.206cm;padding-right:0.191cm;" | To record this tutorial, we will use-* <div style="margin-left:1.27cm;margin-right:0cm;">'''Ubuntu Linux OS '''16.04</div>
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* '''eSim '''version 1.1.2
* <div style="margin-left:1.27cm;margin-right:0cm;">'''eSim '''version 1.1.2</div>
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Prerequisites
 
Prerequisites
| style="background-color:#ffffff;border:1pt solid #000001;padding-top:0cm;padding-bottom:0cm;padding-left:0.206cm;padding-right:0.191cm;" | To practice this tutorial, you should know to:* <div style="margin-left:1.27cm;margin-right:0cm;">Create a '''Schematic''' in '''eSim'''.</div>
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|| To practice this tutorial, you should know to:
* <div style="margin-left:1.27cm;margin-right:0cm;">Assign '''components''' to '''footprints''' and</div>
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* Create a '''Schematic''' in '''eSim'''.
* <div style="margin-left:1.27cm;margin-right:0cm;">Set '''design parameters''' for '''PCB layout'''.</div>
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* Assign '''components''' to '''footprints''' and
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* Set '''design parameters''' for '''PCB layout'''.
  
  
 
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If not, please see the prerequisite '''eSim''' tutorials on this website.
If not, please see the prerequisite tutorials on this website.
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Earlier in this series
 
Earlier in this series
| style="background-color:#ffffff;border:1pt solid #000001;padding-top:0cm;padding-bottom:0cm;padding-left:0.206cm;padding-right:0.191cm;" | Earlier in this series, we learnt how to* <div style="margin-left:1.27cm;margin-right:0cm;">Create a '''Schematic'''</div>
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|| Earlier in this series, we learnt how to
* <div style="margin-left:1.27cm;margin-right:0cm;">Map '''footprints'''</div>
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* Create a '''Schematic''' in '''eSim'''
* <div style="margin-left:1.27cm;margin-right:0cm;">Set '''design parameters''' for a '''PCB '''layout.</div>
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* Map '''footprints'''
 
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* Set '''design parameters''' for a '''PCB '''layout.
 
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Now watch me for the next one minute.
 
Now watch me for the next one minute.
 
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|| A considerable part of this activity has been fast forwarded.
  
  
 
I am adding '''connectors''' and mapping the '''components''' with their '''footprints'''.
 
I am adding '''connectors''' and mapping the '''components''' with their '''footprints'''.
  
 
I have set the '''design rules''', drawn the '''board''' outline and placed a few''' tracks'''.
 
 
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||After demo....
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||I have set the '''design rules''', drawn the '''board outline''' and placed a few''' tracks'''.
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'''Download Code Files'''
 
'''Download Code Files'''
| style="background-color:#ffffff;border:1pt solid #000001;padding-top:0cm;padding-bottom:0cm;padding-left:0.206cm;padding-right:0.191cm;" | The partially made '''layout''' is available in the '''Code files''' link.
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|| The partially made '''layout''' is available in the '''Code files''' link.
  
  
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We will use the downloaded code file to practice the rest of the tutorial.
 
We will use the downloaded code file to practice the rest of the tutorial.
 
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|| '''eSim Main Window:'''
  
  
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Click on '''ASM_PCB'''
 
Click on '''ASM_PCB'''
| style="background-color:#ffffff;border:1pt solid #000001;padding-top:0cm;padding-bottom:0cm;padding-left:0.206cm;padding-right:0.191cm;" | Now launch '''eSim'''.
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|| Now launch '''eSim'''.
  
  
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Browse to '''Desktop''', click on '''ASM_PCB '''and then''' '''click on the '''Open button.'''
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Browse to '''Desktop''', click on '''ASM underscore PCB'''.  
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Click on Open Schematic button from left toolbar.
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Then click on the '''Open''' button at the bottom right corner.
| style="background-color:#ffffff;border:1pt solid #000001;padding-top:0cm;padding-bottom:0cm;padding-left:0.206cm;padding-right:0.191cm;" | Click on '''Open Schematic''' button on the left toolbar.
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|| '''eSim Main Window:'''
  
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Click on '''ASM_PCB''' >> click on '''Open Schematic''' button from left toolbar.
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|| Double-click on '''ASM underscore PCB'''. 
  
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Click on '''Open Schematic''' button on the left toolbar.
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|| '''Schematic editor window:'''
  
  
Click on '''Pcbnew''' shortcut >>
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Click on '''Pcbnew''' shortcut
| style="background-color:#ffffff;border:1pt solid #000001;padding-top:0cm;padding-bottom:0cm;padding-left:0.206cm;padding-right:0.191cm;" | The '''schematic''' for '''Astable Multivibrator''' opens up.
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|| The '''schematic''' for '''Astable Multivibrator''' opens up.
  
  
Click on '''Tools '''from the top toolbar and select''' Layout Printed Circuit Board.'''
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Click on '''PCB new Tool '''in the top toolbar.
 
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| style="background-color:#ffffff;border:1pt solid #000001;padding-top:0cm;padding-bottom:0cm;padding-left:0.206cm;padding-right:0.191cm;" | '''Pcbnew Layout Editor''' window opens up.
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|| '''Pcbnew Layout Editor''' window opens up.
 
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| style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000001;border-bottom:1pt solid #000001;border-left:1pt solid #000001;border-right:1pt solid #000000;padding-top:0cm;padding-bottom:0cm;padding-left:0.206cm;padding-right:0.191cm;" | '''Pcbnew '''window:
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|| '''Pcbnew '''window:
  
 
Hover cursor over '''tracks '''placed
 
Hover cursor over '''tracks '''placed
| style="background-color:#ffffff;border:1pt solid #000001;padding-top:0cm;padding-bottom:0cm;padding-left:0.206cm;padding-right:0.191cm;" | I have already placed '''tracks''' for most of the '''airwires'''.
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|| I have already placed '''tracks''' for most of the '''airwires'''.
  
  
Let us now see how to convert the remaining '''airwires''' into '''tracks.'''
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Now, let us see how to convert the remaining '''airwires''' into '''tracks.'''
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|| '''Pcbnew '''window''':'''
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|| '''Pcbnew '''window:
  
 
Hover mouse over '''B.Cu '''text
 
Hover mouse over '''B.Cu '''text
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>> Click on''' B.Cu '''text
 
>> Click on''' B.Cu '''text
 
|| Under the '''Layer''' tab on the right side of the '''Pcbnew window, '''click once on''' B.Cu'''.
 
|| Under the '''Layer''' tab on the right side of the '''Pcbnew window, '''click once on''' B.Cu'''.
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|| '''Pcbnew '''window''':'''
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|| '''Pcbnew '''window:
  
 
Click on '''Place >> '''select''' Track '''
 
Click on '''Place >> '''select''' Track '''
 
|| Click on '''Place '''button in the top toolbar and then select '''Track '''from the menu.
 
|| Click on '''Place '''button in the top toolbar and then select '''Track '''from the menu.
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|| '''Pcbnew '''window''':'''
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|| '''Pcbnew '''window:
  
Zoom into the Layout editor using F1 key or using your scroll key of the mouse.
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Zoom into the '''Layout''' editor using '''F1''' key or using your scroll key of the mouse.
  
  
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Now let us place '''tracks''' for connecting '''capacitor''' '''C1''' to '''LED1.'''
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Now let us place '''tracks''' for connecting '''capacitor C1''' to '''LED1.'''
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|| '''Pcbnew '''window''':'''
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|| '''Pcbnew '''window:
  
 
Click on '''node 1''' of '''C1'''
 
Click on '''node 1''' of '''C1'''
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Drag the cursor till''' node 2 of LED1'''>>
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Drag the cursor till''' node 2''' of '''LED1'''>>
  
 
Double click on''' node 2 of LED1'''
 
Double click on''' node 2 of LED1'''
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Double-click on''' node 2 of LED1 '''to complete the '''track'''.
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Double-click on''' node 2''' of '''LED1 '''to complete the '''track'''.
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|| Press '''ESC'''
|| Now let us place a '''ground plane''' to connect all the '''ground nodes'''.  
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| | Press '''ESC''' key.  Now let us place a '''ground plane''' to connect all the '''ground nodes'''.  
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|| '''Pcbnew '''window''':'''
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|| '''Pcbnew '''window:
  
 
Click on''' Add filled zones.'''
 
Click on''' Add filled zones.'''
|| Click on the''' Add filled zones''' button''' '''on the right of the '''Pcbnew window.'''
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| | Click on the''' Add filled zones''' button on the right of the '''Pcbnew window.'''
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|| '''Pcbnew '''window''':'''
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|| '''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'''.
|| Click once, slightly above the top-left corner of the '''board outline'''.
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| | Click once, slightly above the top-left corner of the '''board outline'''.
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|| '''Copper Zone Properties''' window:
 
|| '''Copper Zone Properties''' window:
  
  
Click on '''B.Cu''' under''' Layer '''column
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Click on '''B.Cu''' under''' Layer '''column.
  
  
Click on '''GND''' under''' Net '''column
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Click on '''GND''' under''' Net '''column.
|| Now, let’s place the '''ground plane''' on the '''Bottom Copper''' '''layer'''.
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| | Now, let’s place the '''ground plane''' on the '''Bottom Copper layer'''.
  
  
To do so, click on '''B.Cu''' below''' Layer '''column.
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To do so, click on '''B.Cu''' under''' Layer '''column.
  
  
 
Then click on '''GND''' under''' Net '''column.
 
Then click on '''GND''' under''' Net '''column.
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|| Click on '''OK'''
 
|| Click on '''OK'''
|| Click on the '''OK '''button at the bottom right corner of the '''Copper Zone Properties '''window.
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| | Click on the '''OK '''button at the bottom right corner of the '''Copper Zone Properties '''window.
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|| '''Pcbnew '''window''':'''
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|| '''Pcbnew '''window:
  
Drag the cursor towards right, horizontally
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Drag the cursor towards right, horizontally.
  
  
 
Click once slightly above top-right vertex of the outline.
 
Click once slightly above top-right vertex of the outline.
|| Drag the cursor with the pencil icon horizontally towards the right.  
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| | Drag the cursor with the pencil icon horizontally towards the right.  
  
  
 
Click once, slightly above the top-right vertex of the '''outline'''.
 
Click once, slightly above the top-right vertex of the '''outline'''.
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|| '''Pcbnew '''window''':'''
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|| '''Pcbnew '''window:
 
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Move the cursor vertically towards the bottom-right vertex of the board
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Click once on the editor after crossing the bottom-left vertex.
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|| Let us move this cursor vertically, towards the bottom-right vertex of the '''board'''.
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Move the cursor vertically towards the bottom-right vertex of the '''board'''
  
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>>Click once on the editor after crossing the bottom-left vertex.
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|  | Let us move this cursor vertically, towards the bottom-right vertex of the '''board'''.
  
  
 
Click once slightly below the bottom-right vertex.
 
Click once slightly below the bottom-right vertex.
 
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|| '''Pcbnew '''window:
 
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|| '''Pcbnew '''window''':'''
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Press '''esc '''key
 
Press '''esc '''key
|| We shall now finish drawing a rectangular '''ground plane outline'''.
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| | We shall now finish drawing a rectangular '''ground plane outline'''.
  
  
 
Note that we have to double-click to finish the rectangular '''ground plane outline'''.
 
Note that we have to double-click to finish the rectangular '''ground plane outline'''.
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|| '''Pcbnew '''window''':'''
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|| '''Pcbnew '''window:
  
 
Hover cursor over '''ground plane outline '''
 
Hover cursor over '''ground plane outline '''
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>>
  
Hover cursor over '''ground plane outline''' and '''board''' '''outline'''.
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Hover cursor over '''ground plane outline''' and '''board outline'''.
|| I have finished the '''ground plane outline.'''
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| | I have finished the '''ground plane outline.'''
  
  
Note that we have to ensure that the''' ground plane''' '''outline''' lies outside the''' board''' '''outline'''.
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Note that we have to ensure that the''' ground plane outline''' lies outside the''' board outline'''.
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|| '''Pcbnew window :'''
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|| '''Pcbnew''' window :
  
Right-click inside the '''board''' '''outline'''.
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Right-click inside the '''board outline'''.
  
  
Click on '''Fill or Refill all zones'''
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Click on '''Fill or Refill all zones'''.
  
  
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Hover cursor over '''ground plane'''.
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Right-click inside the '''board outline'''.
Hover cursor over '''ground plane'''
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Right-click inside the '''board''' '''outline'''.
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Click on '''Fill or Refill all zones '''button from the drop-down menu'''.'''
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Click on '''Fill or Refill all zones '''button from the drop-down menu.
  
  
 
We have successfully added a '''ground plane''' to the '''board'''.
 
We have successfully added a '''ground plane''' to the '''board'''.
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|| Press '''Esc''' key
 
|| Press '''Esc''' key
|| Press '''Esc''' key to exit the '''Add filled zones '''tool.
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| | Press '''Esc''' key to exit the '''Add filled zones '''tool.
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|| Let us now perform '''Design Rule Check''' i.e '''DRC''', for the '''layout''' we created.  
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| | Let us now perform '''Design Rule Check''' i.e '''DRC''', for the '''layout''' we created.  
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|| '''Pcbnew window:'''
 
|| '''Pcbnew window:'''
  
 
Click on '''Perform design rules check'''
 
Click on '''Perform design rules check'''
|| Click on '''Perform Design Rules check '''present''' '''at the top of the '''Pcbnew''' toolbar.
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| | Click on '''Perform Design Rules check '''present at the top of the '''Pcbnew''' toolbar.
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|| '''DRC Control '''window:
 
|| '''DRC Control '''window:
  
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>>Highlight the messages window
 
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'''>>'''
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Highlight the messages window
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Click on '''Start DRC. '''
 
Click on '''Start DRC. '''
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I have no errors in my design.
 
I have no errors in my design.
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|| '''DRC Control '''window:
 
|| '''DRC Control '''window:
  
 
Click '''OK'''
 
Click '''OK'''
|| Click the '''OK''' button at the bottom right corner,''' '''to exit the '''DRC''' '''Control '''window.
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| | Click the '''OK''' button at the bottom right corner, to exit the '''DRC Control '''window.
 
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| style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000001;border-bottom:1pt solid #000001;border-left:1pt solid #000001;border-right:1pt solid #000000;padding-top:0cm;padding-bottom:0cm;padding-left:0.206cm;padding-right:0.191cm;" | '''Pcbnew '''window''':'''
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|| '''Pcbnew '''window:
  
 
Press '''Ctrl''' and '''S''' key together
 
Press '''Ctrl''' and '''S''' key together
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| | Let us press '''Ctrl '''and '''S '''keys together to save our work.
  
  
We will now create '''gerber file'''s for this '''board'''.
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We will now create '''gerber files''' for this '''board'''.
 
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| style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000001;border-bottom:1pt solid #000001;border-left:1pt solid #000001;border-right:1pt solid #000000;padding-top:0cm;padding-bottom:0cm;padding-left:0.206cm;padding-right:0.191cm;" | '''Pcbnew '''window''':'''
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|| '''Pcbnew '''window''':'''
  
 
Click on '''Plot(HPGL, PostScript or Gerber format) '''icon
 
Click on '''Plot(HPGL, PostScript or Gerber format) '''icon
| style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | Click on the '''Plot '''button at the top of the '''Pcbnew''' toolbar.
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| | Click on the '''Plot '''button at the top of the '''Pcbnew''' toolbar.
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|| '''Plot '''window''':'''
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|| '''Plot '''window:
  
 
Click on the tab below : '''Plot format'''.
 
Click on the tab below : '''Plot format'''.
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select '''Gerber'''.
 
select '''Gerber'''.
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|| Let us select the '''layers'''. 
  
>>
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Click on the tab below '''Plot format''' and select '''Gerber '''out of the 6 options.
 
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Hover mouse over '''Layers tab '''
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>>
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Click on boxes to the left of '''B.Cu, F.Silks '''and''' Edge.Cuts '''layers''' '''from the provided layer options.
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|| Click on the tab below '''Plot format''' and select '''Gerber '''out of the 6 options.
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|| Hover mouse over '''Layers tab '''
  
Let us select the''' layer'''s for which we want the '''gerber file'''s.
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>> Click on boxes to the left of '''B.Cu, F.Silks '''and''' Edge.Cuts layers''' from the provided '''layer''' options.
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|| Let us select the''' layers''' for which we want the '''gerber files'''.
  
  
 
I will select '''B.Cu, F.Silks '''and''' Edge.Cuts '''by clicking on the boxes to the left.
 
I will select '''B.Cu, F.Silks '''and''' Edge.Cuts '''by clicking on the boxes to the left.
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|| '''Plot window:'''
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|| '''Plot''' window:
  
 
Click on the '''Browse '''button
 
Click on the '''Browse '''button
|| Click on the '''Browse '''button at the top right of '''Plot '''window.
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|| Click on the '''Browse '''button at the top right corner of '''Plot '''window.
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|| '''Select Output Directory '''window''':'''
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|| '''Select Output Directory '''window:
  
 
Browse to desired directory  
 
Browse to desired directory  
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Click on '''Open.'''
 
Click on '''Open.'''
  
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|| Let us navigate to the desired '''directory''' where we wish to save the '''gerber files'''.
  
  
 
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Click on the '''Desktop'''. Double-click on '''ASM underscore PCB.'''
Click on '''No'''
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|| Let us navigate to the desired directory where we wish to save''' '''the '''gerber file'''s.  
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Click on the '''Desktop''', and double-click on '''ASM_PCB.'''
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Now click on the '''Open '''button at the bottom right of the '''Select Output Directory '''window.
 
Now click on the '''Open '''button at the bottom right of the '''Select Output Directory '''window.
  
 
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Click on '''No '''button in the '''Plot Output Directory '''window'''.'''
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||Click on '''No '''button in the '''Plot Output Directory '''window.
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|| '''Text box '''on the''' Plot''' Window:
 
|| '''Text box '''on the''' Plot''' Window:
  
 
Select the other options as shown here
 
Select the other options as shown here
 
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||  
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|| '''Plot '''window''':'''
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|| '''Plot '''window:
  
Click on '''Plot button''' at the bottom
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Click on '''Plot button''' at the bottom of the '''Plot''' window.
 
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||  
  
Now click on the '''Plot '''button''' '''at the bottom of the '''Plot '''window.
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Now click on the '''Plot '''button at the bottom of the '''Plot '''window.
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|| '''Messages''' '''window''':  
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Hover cursor over the messages in the '''Messages''' window
 
Hover cursor over the messages in the '''Messages''' window
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Acknowledgement messages will appear in the '''Messages''' window.
 
Acknowledgement messages will appear in the '''Messages''' window.
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||  
 
|| Next, let us generate the '''drill file''' in '''gerber format''' for our designed '''board'''.
 
|| Next, let us generate the '''drill file''' in '''gerber format''' for our designed '''board'''.
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|| '''Plot '''window''':'''
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|| '''Plot '''window:
  
 
Click on '''Generate Drill File'''
 
Click on '''Generate Drill File'''
 
|| Click on '''Generate Drill File '''at the bottom of the '''Plot '''window.
 
|| Click on '''Generate Drill File '''at the bottom of the '''Plot '''window.
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|| '''Drill File Generation window:'''
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|| '''Drill File Generation''' window:
  
 
Select the '''Millimeters '''option from the '''Drill Units''' section.
 
Select the '''Millimeters '''option from the '''Drill Units''' section.
 
 
Select the '''Gerber '''option under the '''Drill Map File Format''' section, if not selected.
 
 
 
Select the '''Absolute '''option from the Drill Origin section, if not selected.
 
 
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||  
  
 
Select the '''Millimeters '''option from the '''Drill Units''' section.
 
Select the '''Millimeters '''option from the '''Drill Units''' section.
  
 
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Select the '''Gerber '''option under the '''Drill Map File Format''' section, if not selected.
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|| Select the '''Gerber '''option under the '''Drill Map File Format''' section, if not selected.
 
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||Select the '''Gerber '''option under the '''Drill Map File Format''' section, if not selected.
 
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|| Select the '''Absolute '''option from the '''Drill Origin''' section, if not selected.
 
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||Select the '''Absolute '''option from the '''Drill Origin''' section, if not selected.
Select the '''Absolute '''option from the '''Drill Origin''' section, if not selected.
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|- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;"
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|| '''Text box '''on the''' Drill Files Generation '''Window:
 
|| '''Text box '''on the''' Drill Files Generation '''Window:
  
 
Select the other options as shown here
 
Select the other options as shown here
 
|| We will leave the rest of the settings as they are.
 
|| We will leave the rest of the settings as they are.
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|| '''Drill Files Generation window''':
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|| '''Drill Files Generation''' window:
  
 
Click on''' Drill File'''
 
Click on''' Drill File'''
 
|| Click the '''Drill File '''option at the right of the '''Drill Files Generation '''window.
 
|| Click the '''Drill File '''option at the right of the '''Drill Files Generation '''window.
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|| '''Drill Files Generation window''':
 
|| '''Drill Files Generation window''':
  
 
Hover mouse over '''Messages '''window
 
Hover mouse over '''Messages '''window
 
|| An acknowledgement message will appear in the '''Messages '''window.
 
|| An acknowledgement message will appear in the '''Messages '''window.
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|-  
|| '''Drill Files Generation window''':
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|| '''Drill Files Generation''' window:
  
 
Click on '''Close'''
 
Click on '''Close'''
|| Click the '''Close '''button at the bottom right corner of '''Drill Files Generation '''window'''.'''
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|| Click on the '''Close '''button of the '''Drill Files Generation '''window.
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|| '''Plot window''':
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|| '''Plot''' window:
  
 
Click on''' Close'''
 
Click on''' Close'''
|| Click the''' Close '''button at the bottom right corner of the '''Plot '''window'''.'''
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|| Click the''' Close '''button at the bottom right corner of the '''Plot '''window.
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|-  
 
|| '''Pcbnew window''':
 
|| '''Pcbnew window''':
  
 
Press '''Ctrl''' and '''S''' key at the same time.
 
Press '''Ctrl''' and '''S''' key at the same time.
|| Let us''' '''save''' '''our work by pressing '''Ctrl''' and '''S''' keys simultaneously.
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|| Let us save our work by pressing '''Ctrl''' and '''S''' keys simultaneously.
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|| '''System Computer:'''
 
|| '''System Computer:'''
  
  
 
Press''' Ctrl, Alt '''and''' T '''keys together
 
Press''' Ctrl, Alt '''and''' T '''keys together
 
 
  
  
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|| '''Terminal :'''
 
|| '''Terminal :'''
  
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Type '''gerbview''' and press the '''Enter '''key'''.'''
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Type '''gerbview''' and press the '''Enter '''key.
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|| '''Gerbview '''window :''' '''
 
|| '''Gerbview '''window :''' '''
  
 
Click on '''File>> '''select '''Load Gerber File'''
 
Click on '''File>> '''select '''Load Gerber File'''
|| Click on '''File '''at the top left corner, and select '''Load Gerber File '''option'''. '''
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|| Click on '''File '''at the top left corner, and select '''Load Gerber File '''option.
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|| '''Open Gerber File '''window :
 
|| '''Open Gerber File '''window :
  
  
 
Browse to the directory where you saved your gerber files earlier.
 
Browse to the directory where you saved your gerber files earlier.
|| Let us browse to the directory where we had saved our '''gerber''' files.  
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|| Let us browse to the '''directory''' where we had saved our '''gerber files'''.  
  
  
I will click on '''Desktop,''' then
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I will click on '''Desktop'''.
  
double-click on''' ASM_PCB.'''
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Then double-click on''' ASM underscore PCB.'''
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|| Press '''Ctrl '''and '''A '''keys at the same time.
 
|| Press '''Ctrl '''and '''A '''keys at the same time.
 
 
  
  
 
Click on '''Open'''
 
Click on '''Open'''
|| Press '''Ctrl '''and '''A '''simultaneously to select all the '''gerber''' files.
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|| Press '''Ctrl '''and '''A '''keys simultaneously to select all the '''gerber files'''.
  
  
Click on the '''Open '''button at the bottom right of the '''Open Gerber file '''window'''.'''
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Click on the '''Open '''button at the bottom right corner of the '''Open Gerber file '''window.
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|-  
|| '''Gerbview '''window''' :'''
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|| '''Gerbview '''window:
  
 
Hover mouse over the PCB layout in Gerber Format
 
Hover mouse over the PCB layout in Gerber Format
 
|| We can see the '''PCB Layout '''that we created in '''Gerber format'''.
 
|| We can see the '''PCB Layout '''that we created in '''Gerber format'''.
 
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Summary
 
Summary
| style="background-color:#ffffff;border:1pt solid #000001;padding-top:0cm;padding-bottom:0cm;padding-left:0.206cm;padding-right:0.191cm;" | * <div style="margin-left:1.27cm;margin-right:0cm;">Create a '''PCB layout''' for an '''Astable Multivibrator'''.</div>
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|| In this tutorial, we learnt to-
* <div style="margin-left:1.27cm;margin-right:0cm;">Generate '''Gerber files'''.</div>
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* Create a '''PCB layout''' for an '''Astable Multivibrator'''.
 
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* Generate '''Gerber files'''.
  
 
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Forum
 
Forum
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|| Please post your timed queries in this forum.
 
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FOSSEE Forum
 
FOSSEE Forum
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|| Please post your general queries on eSim in this forum.
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|| '''Show Slide:'''
 
|| '''Show Slide:'''
  
 
'''Lab Migration'''
 
'''Lab Migration'''
 
|| '''FOSSEE''' team coordinates the '''Lab Migration''' project.
 
|| '''FOSSEE''' team coordinates the '''Lab Migration''' project.
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|| '''FOSSEE''' team coordinates the '''Circuit Simulation Project'''.
 
|| '''FOSSEE''' team coordinates the '''Circuit Simulation Project'''.
 
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Acknowledgment
 
Acknowledgment
  
 
http://spoken-tutorial.org
 
http://spoken-tutorial.org
 
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For more details, visit this website.
 
For more details, visit this website.
 
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Previous slide
 
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Latest revision as of 14:22, 12 September 2019

PCB Layout for Astable Multivibrator

Author: Saurabh Bansode

Keywords: video tutorial, eSim, EDA, schematic, footprints, Design, ngspice, kicad, analysis, PCB, Gerber


Visual cue Narration
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Opening Slide

Welcome to the spoken tutorial on “PCB Layout for Astable Multivibrator”.
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Learning Objectives

In this tutorial, we will learn to -
  • Create a PCB layout for an Astable Multivibrator and
  • Generate Gerber files.
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Systems Requirements

To record this tutorial, we will use-
  • Ubuntu Linux OS 16.04
  • eSim version 1.1.2
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Prerequisites

To practice this tutorial, you should know to:
  • Create a Schematic in eSim.
  • Assign components to footprints and
  • Set design parameters for PCB layout.


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

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Earlier in this series

Earlier in this series, we learnt how to
  • Create a Schematic in eSim
  • Map footprints
  • Set design parameters for a PCB layout.


I am going to reinforce the idea with the example of an Astable Multivibrator.


Now watch me for the next one minute.

<<FAST-FORWARD>> A considerable part of this activity has been fast forwarded.


I am adding connectors and mapping the components with their footprints.

After demo.... I have set the design rules, drawn the board outline and placed a few tracks.
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Download Code Files

The partially made layout is available in the Code files link.


Pause the video to download and extract the code files to your Desktop.


We will use the downloaded code file to practice the rest of the tutorial.

eSim Main Window:




Click on Open Project >>Browse To Desktop >>


Click on ASM_PCB

Now launch eSim.


I have already opened eSim.


Click on Open Project on the left toolbar.


Browse to Desktop, click on ASM underscore PCB.

Then click on the Open button at the bottom right corner.

eSim Main Window:

Click on ASM_PCB >> click on Open Schematic button from left toolbar.

Double-click on ASM underscore PCB.

Click on Open Schematic button on the left toolbar.

Schematic editor window:


Click on Pcbnew shortcut

The schematic for Astable Multivibrator opens up.


Click on PCB new Tool in the top toolbar.

Pcbnew Layout Editor window opens up.
Pcbnew window:

Hover cursor over tracks placed

I have already placed tracks for most of the airwires.


Now, let us see how to convert the remaining airwires into tracks.

Pcbnew window:

Hover mouse over B.Cu text

>> Click on B.Cu text

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

Click on Place >> select Track

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

Zoom into the Layout editor using F1 key or using your scroll key of the mouse.


Hover Cursor over C1, LED1 and Q1.

Zoom into the Layout editor using the F1 key.


This can also be done using the scroll key of the mouse.


Now let us place tracks for connecting capacitor C1 to LED1.

Pcbnew window:

Click on node 1 of C1

>>

Drag the cursor till node 2 of LED1>>

Double click on node 2 of LED1

Click on node 1 of C1.


And drag the cursor to node 2 of LED1.


Double-click on node 2 of LED1 to complete the track.

Press ESC Press ESC key. Now let us place a ground plane to connect all the ground nodes.
Pcbnew window:

Click on Add filled zones.

Click on the Add filled zones button on the right 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.

Now, let’s place the ground plane on the Bottom Copper layer.


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


Then click on GND under Net column.

Click on OK Click on the 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-right vertex of the board

>>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 the bottom-right vertex.

Pcbnew window:


Press esc key

We shall now finish drawing a rectangular ground plane outline.


Note that we have to double-click to finish the rectangular ground plane outline.

Pcbnew window:

Hover cursor over ground plane outline

>>

Hover cursor over ground plane outline and board outline.

I have finished the ground plane outline.


Note that we have to ensure that the ground plane outline lies 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 drop-down menu.


We have successfully 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.
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


>>Highlight the messages window

Click on Start DRC.


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


I have no errors in my design.

DRC Control window:

Click OK

Click the OK button at the bottom right corner, to exit the DRC Control window.
Pcbnew window:

Press Ctrl and S key together

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


We will now create gerber files for this board.

Pcbnew window:

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

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

Click on the tab below : Plot format.

>>

select Gerber.

Let us select the layers.

Click on the tab below Plot format and select Gerber out of the 6 options.

Hover mouse over Layers tab

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

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


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

Plot window:

Click on the Browse button

Click on the Browse button at the top right corner of Plot window.
Select Output Directory window:

Browse to desired directory

>>

Click on Desktop>>double click on ASM_PCB


Click on Open.

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


Click on the Desktop. Double-click on ASM underscore PCB.


Now click on the Open button at the bottom right of the Select Output Directory window.

Click on No Click on No button in the Plot Output Directory window.
Text box on the Plot Window:

Select the other options as shown here

Plot window:

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

Now click on the Plot button at the bottom of the Plot window.

Messages window:

Hover cursor over the messages in the Messages window

Acknowledgement messages will appear in the Messages window.

Next, 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 File Generation window:

Select the Millimeters option from the Drill Units section.

Select the Millimeters option from the Drill Units section.

Select the Gerber option under the Drill Map File Format section, if not selected. Select the Gerber option under the Drill Map File Format section, if not selected.
Select the Absolute option from the Drill Origin section, if not selected. Select the Absolute option from the Drill Origin section, if not selected.
Text box on the Drill Files Generation Window:

Select the other options as shown here

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

Click on Drill File

Click the Drill File option at the right of the 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 the Close button of the Drill Files Generation window.
Plot window:

Click on Close

Click the Close button at the bottom right corner of the 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


Textbox on the Terminal:

Windows OS users, click on start -> type “Gerbview” in the search bar and open the Gerbview application

Now we will view the gerber files created.


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




Terminal :

Type gerbview >> Press Enter

Type gerbview and press the Enter key.

Gerbview window :

Click on File>> select Load Gerber File

Click on File at 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 the directory where we had saved our gerber files.


I will click on Desktop.

Then double-click on ASM underscore PCB.

Press Ctrl and A keys at the same time.


Click on Open

Press Ctrl and A keys simultaneously to select all the gerber files.


Click on the 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 that we created in Gerber format.
Let us summarize.
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Summary

In this tutorial, we learnt to-
  • Create a PCB layout for an Astable Multivibrator.
  • Generate Gerber files.
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Forum

Please post your timed queries in this forum.
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FOSSEE Forum

Please post your general queries on eSim in this forum.
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Lab Migration

FOSSEE team coordinates the Lab Migration project.
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Circuit Simulation Project

FOSSEE team coordinates the Circuit Simulation Project.
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Acknowledgment

http://spoken-tutorial.org

Spoken Tutorial Project is funded by NMEICT, MHRD, Govt. of India.


For more details, visit this website.

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This is Saurabh from IIT Bombay, signing off.

Thank you.

Contributors and Content Editors

Nancyvarkey, Saurabhbansode