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| | style="color:#000000;" | '''Narration''' | | | style="color:#000000;" | '''Narration''' |
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| Opening Slide | | Opening Slide |
− | || Welcome to the '''spoken tutorial '''on “'''Laying Tracks on Printed Circuit Board'''”. | + | ||Welcome to the '''spoken tutorial '''on “'''Laying Tracks on Printed Circuit Board'''”. |
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− | || '''Show Slide:''' | + | ||'''Show Slide:''' |
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| Learning Objectives | | Learning Objectives |
− | || In this tutorial, we will learn to - | + | ||In this tutorial, we will learn to - |
| * Place '''tracks''' on '''printed circuit board.''' | | * Place '''tracks''' on '''printed circuit board.''' |
| * Add dimension and text on '''Silkscreens.''' | | * Add dimension and text on '''Silkscreens.''' |
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− | || '''Show Slide:''' | + | ||'''Show Slide:''' |
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| Systems Requirements | | Systems Requirements |
− | || This tutorial is recorded using - | + | ||This tutorial is recorded using - |
| * '''Ubuntu Linux OS version 16.04''' | | * '''Ubuntu Linux OS version 16.04''' |
| * '''eSim ''' version '''1.1.2''' | | * '''eSim ''' version '''1.1.2''' |
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− | || '''Show Slide:''' | + | ||'''Show Slide:''' |
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| Prerequisites | | Prerequisites |
− | || To practice this tutorial, you should know to: | + | ||To practice this tutorial, you should know to: |
| * Read a '''PCB netlist.''' | | * Read a '''PCB netlist.''' |
| * Draw '''outline''' and setup '''design parameters''' for a '''board'''. | | * Draw '''outline''' and setup '''design parameters''' for a '''board'''. |
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− | If not, see the prerequisite eSim tutorials on this website. | + | If not, see the prerequisite '''eSim''' tutorials on this website. |
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− | || '''eSim main ''' window: | + | ||'''eSim main ''' window: |
− | || I have already opened '''eSim'''on my machine. | + | ||I have already opened '''eSim''' on my machine. |
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| || '''eSim main ''' window. | | || '''eSim main ''' window. |
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| || Let us open example '''7805VoltageRegulator.''' | | || Let us open example '''7805VoltageRegulator.''' |
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| I have saved this on my '''Desktop'''. | | I have saved this on my '''Desktop'''. |
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− | || I have already read the '''netlist''', created an '''outline''' and set the '''design parameters'''. | + | ||I have already read the '''netlist''', created an '''outline''' and set the '''design parameters'''. |
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− | || Click on '''Open Project ''' | + | ||Click on '''Open Project ''' |
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| Click '''Open''' | | Click '''Open''' |
− | || Click on '''Open Project '''from the left toolbar. | + | ||Click on '''Open Project '''from the left toolbar. |
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| Click on the '''Open '''button at the bottom right corner of this window. | | Click on the '''Open '''button at the bottom right corner of this window. |
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− | || '''eSim main''' window : | + | ||'''eSim main''' window : |
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| Click on '''Open Schematic''' | | Click on '''Open Schematic''' |
− | || Click on '''Open Schematic button ''' on the left toolbar,to open the '''schematic'''. | + | ||Click on '''Open Schematic button ''' on the left toolbar, to open the '''schematic'''. |
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− | || '''eSim Schematic window: ''' | + | ||'''eSim Schematic window: ''' |
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| Press '''F1''' | | Press '''F1''' |
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| Let me resize this window. | | Let me resize this window. |
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− | || '''Pcbnew '''window: | + | ||'''Pcbnew '''window: |
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| Hover cursor over '''airwires''' | | Hover cursor over '''airwires''' |
− | || I have moved and oriented the '''footprints''', such that there is minimum intersection between '''airwires'''. | + | ||I have moved and oriented the '''footprints''', such that there is minimum intersection between '''airwires'''. |
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− | Let us see how to convert the </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''airwires'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">into </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''tracks.'''</span> | + | Let us see how to convert the '''airwires''' into '''tracks.''' |
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− | || <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Pcbnew '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">window</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">''':'''</span> | + | ||'''Pcbnew ''' window. |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Hover mouse over </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''B.Cu '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">text</span>
| + | Hover mouse over '''B.Cu ''' text |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">>> Click on</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''B.Cu '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">text</span>
| + | >>Click on '''B.Cu ''' text |
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| + | 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. |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Hover mouse over </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''blue arrow '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">next to </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''B.Cu'''</span>
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Under the </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Layer'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">tab on the right side of the </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Pcbnew window, '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">click on</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''B.Cu '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">once.</span>
| + | '''Layer''' selected will be indicated by a blue arrow on the left side of '''B.Cu'''. |
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| + | ||'''Pcbnew ''' window. |
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| + | Click on '''Place >> ''' select '''Track ''' |
| + | ||Click on '''Place ''' button in the top toolbar, and select '''Track ''' from the menu. |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Layer'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">selected will be indicated by a </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''blue arrow'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">on the left side of </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''B.Cu'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">.</span>
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− | || <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Pcbnew '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">window</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">''':'''</span> | + | ||'''Pcbnew ''' window. |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Place >> '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">select</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Track '''</span>
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− | || <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Place '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">button in the top toolbar, and select </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Track '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">from the menu.</span>
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− | || <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Pcbnew '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">window</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">''':'''</span>
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| + | Use scroll keys to zoom in |
| + | ||Let us place '''tracks''' for connecting the '''capacitor''' '''C2''' to the '''output terminal J2.''' |
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− | <div style="color:#000000;">Use scroll keys to zoom in </div>
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− | || <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Let us place </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''tracks'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">for connecting the </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''capacitor'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''C2'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">to the </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''output terminal J2.'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span>
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− | | + | I will zoom into the '''layout screen.''' |
− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">I will zoom into the </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''layout screen.'''</span>
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− | || <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Pcbnew '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">window</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">''':'''</span> | + | ||'''Pcbnew ''' window. |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''node 1'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">of </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''C2'''</span>
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− | <div style="color:#000000;">>></div>
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Drag the cursor till</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''node 1 of J2'''</span>
| + | Click on '''node 1''' of '''C2''' |
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− | <div style="color:#000000;">>></div>
| + | >> Drag the cursor till '''node 1 of J2''' |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Double click on</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''node 1 of J2'''</span>
| + | >> Double click on '''node 1 of J2''' |
− | || <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''node 1 '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">of</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''C2.'''</span> | + | || Click on '''node 1 ''' of '''C2.''' |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Let us drag this </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''track'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">from </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''node 1'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">of </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''C2'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">to </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''node 1 '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">of</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''J2, '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">by dragging the cursor till </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''node 1 '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">of </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''J2.'''</span>
| + | Let us drag this '''track''' from '''node 1''' of '''C2''' to '''node 1 ''' of '''J2, ''' by dragging the cursor till '''node 1 ''' of '''J2.''' |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Double-click on</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''node 1 '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">of</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''J2 '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">to complete the </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''track'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">.</span>
| + | Double-click on '''node 1 ''' of '''J2 ''' to complete the '''track'''. |
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− | || <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Pcbnew '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">window</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">''':'''</span> | + | || '''Pcbnew ''' window. |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Press </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''esc '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">key</span>
| + | Press '''Esc ''' key |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Hover cursor over</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''GND label'''</span>
| + | Hover cursor over '''GND label''' |
| + | ||Similarly connect all the other '''nodes''' except the '''Ground nodes'''. |
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| + | Press '''Esc ''' button to exit the '''Place Track''' tool. |
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− | || <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Similarly connect all the other </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''nodes'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">except the </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Ground nodes'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">.</span>
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| + | '''Ground nodes ''' are denoted by '''GND ''' designation. |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Press </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Esc '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">button to exit the </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Place Track'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">tool.</span>
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Ground nodes '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">are denoted by </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''GND '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">designation.</span>
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− | || <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Let us place a </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''ground plane'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">to connect all the </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''ground nodes'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">. </span> | + | ||Let us place a '''ground plane''' to connect all the '''ground nodes'''. |
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− | || <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Pcbnew '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">window</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">''':'''</span> | + | ||'''Pcbnew ''' window. |
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| + | Click on '''Add filled zones.''' |
| + | || Click on '''Add filled zones''' button located at the right side of the '''Pcbnew window.''' |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Click on</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Add filled zones.'''</span>
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− | || <div style="color:#000000;">'''Pcbnew window:'''</div> | + | || '''Pcbnew window:''' |
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| + | 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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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Click once, slightly above the top-left corner of the </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''board outline'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">.</span>
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− | || <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Copper Zone Properties'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">window:</span> | + | ||'''Copper Zone Properties''' window: |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''B.Cu'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">under</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Layer '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">column</span>
| + | Click on '''B.Cu''' under '''Layer ''' column |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''GND'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">under</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Net '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">column</span>
| + | Click on '''GND''' under '''Net ''' column |
− | || <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Let us place the </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''ground plane'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">on </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Bottom Copper'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''layer'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">.</span> | + | ||Let us place the '''ground plane''' on '''Bottom Copper''' '''layer'''. |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">To do so, click on </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''B.Cu'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">under</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Layer '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">column.</span>
| + | To do so, click on '''B.Cu''' under '''Layer ''' column. |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''GND'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">under</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Net '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">column.</span>
| + | Click on '''GND''' under '''Net ''' column. |
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− | || <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''OK'''</span> | + | ||Click on '''OK''' |
− | || <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''OK '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">button at the bottom right corner of the </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Copper Zone Properties '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">window.</span> | + | ||Click on '''OK ''' button at the bottom right corner of the '''Copper Zone Properties ''' window. |
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− | || <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Pcbnew '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">window</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">''':'''</span> | + | ||'''Pcbnew ''' window. |
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− | <div style="color:#000000;">Drag the cursor towards right, horizontally</div>
| + | Drag the cursor towards right, horizontally |
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− | <div style="color:#000000;">Click once slightly above top-right vertex of the outline.</div>
| + | Click once slightly above top-right vertex of the outline. |
− | || <div style="color:#000000;">Drag the cursor with the pencil icon horizontally towards the right. </div> | + | ||Drag the cursor with the pencil icon horizontally towards the right. |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Click once, slightly above the top-right vertex of the </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''outline'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">.</span>
| + | Click once, slightly above the top-right vertex of the outline. |
| |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" |
− | || <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Pcbnew '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">window</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">''':'''</span> | + | ||'''Pcbnew ''' window. |
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− | <div style="color:#000000;">Move the cursor vertically towards the bottom-left vertex of the board</div>
| + | Move the cursor vertically towards the bottom-left vertex of the board |
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− | <div style="color:#000000;">>></div>
| + | >>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'''. |
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− | <div style="color:#000000;">Click once on the editor after crossing the bottom-left vertex.</div>
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− | || <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Let us move this cursor vertically, towards the bottom-right vertex of the </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''board'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">.</span>
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| + | Click once slightly below bottom-right vertex. |
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− | <div style="color:#000000;">Click once slightly below bottom-right vertex.</div>
| + | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" |
| + | ||'''Pcbnew ''' window. |
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| + | Hover cursor over '''board outline >> ''' Hover cursor over '''ground plane outline.''' |
| + | ||Similarly, we will draw a rectangular '''ground plane''' outline around '''board''' outline. |
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− | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;"
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− | || <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Pcbnew '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">window</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">''':'''</span>
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Hover cursor over </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''board outline >> '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Hover cursor over </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''ground plane outline.'''</span>
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− | || <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Similarly, we will draw a rectangular </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''ground plane outline '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">around </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''board outline.'''</span>
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| + | Please do not confuse '''board''' outline with '''ground plane''' outline. |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Please do not confuse</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''board outline '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">with</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''ground plane outline.'''</span>
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| |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" |
− | || <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Pcbnew '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">window</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">''':'''</span> | + | ||'''Pcbnew ''' window. |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Hover cursor over </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''ground plane outline '''</span>
| + | Hover cursor over '''ground plane ''' outline |
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− | <div style="color:#000000;">>></div>
| + | >>Hover cursor over '''ground plane ''' outline and '''board''' outline. |
| + | ||I have completed the '''ground plane ''' outline. |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Hover cursor over </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''ground plane outline'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">and </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''board'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''outline'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">.</span>
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− | || <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">I have completed the </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''ground plane outline.'''</span>
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− | | + | Note that the '''ground plane''' outline should lie outside the '''board''' outline. |
− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Note that the</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''ground plane'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''outline'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">should lie outside the</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''board'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''outline'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">.</span>
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− | || <div style="color:#000000;">'''Pcbnew window :'''</div> | + | ||'''Pcbnew window :''' |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Right-click inside the </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''board'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''outline'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">.</span>
| + | Right-click inside the '''board''' outline. |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Fill or Refill all zones'''</span>
| + | Click on '''Fill or Refill All Zones''' |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Hover cursor over </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''ground plane'''</span>
| + | Hover cursor over '''ground plane''' |
| + | ||Right-click inside the '''board''' outline. |
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| + | Click on '''Fill or Refill All Zones ''' button from the menu. |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Right-click inside the </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''board'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''outline'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">.</span>
| + | We have added a '''ground plane''' to the '''board'''. |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Fill or Refill all zones '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">button from the menu</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''.'''</span>
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| + | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" |
| + | ||Press '''esc''' key |
| + | ||Press '''Esc''' key to exit the '''Add filled zones ''' tool. |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">We have added a </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''ground plane'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">to the </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''board'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">.</span>
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− | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;"
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− | || <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Press </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''esc'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">key</span>
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− | || <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Press </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Esc'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">key to exit the </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Add filled zones '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">tool.</span>
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| |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" |
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− | || <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Let us now perform </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Design Rule Check'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">i.e </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''DRC'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">, for the </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''layout'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">we created. </span> | + | ||Let us now perform '''Design Rule Check''' i.e '''DRC''', for the '''layout''' we created. |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">It checks whether the </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''design'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">created is compliant with the </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Design Rules'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">set earlier.</span>
| + | It checks whether the '''design''' created is compliant with the '''Design Rules''' set earlier. |
− | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;"
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− | || <div style="color:#000000;">'''Pcbnew window:'''</div>
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Perform design rules check'''</span>
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− | || <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Perform Design Rules check '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">present</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">at the top of the </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Pcbnew'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">toolbar.</span>
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| |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" |
− | || <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''DRC Control '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">window:</span> | + | ||'''Pcbnew''' window: |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Start DRC'''</span>
| + | Click on '''Perform design rules check''' |
| + | ||Click on '''Perform Design Rules check ''' present at the top of the '''Pcbnew''' toolbar. |
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| + | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" |
| + | ||'''DRC Control ''' window: |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Hover mouse over </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Error Messages:'''</span>
| + | Click on '''Start DRC''' |
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| + | Hover mouse over '''Error Messages:''' |
| + | ||Click on '''Start DRC. ''' |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Start DRC. '''</span>
| + | This checks if any '''design element''' violates the '''design parameters ''' set earlier. |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">This checks if any </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''design element'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">violates the </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''design parameters '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">set earlier.</span>
| + | If there are any '''design''' errors, they will be displayed in '''Error Messages''' window. |
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| + | In my case, there are no errors. |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">If there are any </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''design'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">errors, they will be displayed in </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Error Messages'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">window.</span>
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− | <div style="color:#000000;">In my case, there are no errors.</div>
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| |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" |
− | || <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''DRC Control '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">window:</span> | + | ||'''DRC Control ''' window: |
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| + | Click '''OK''' |
| + | ||Click '''OK''' button at the bottom right corner to exit the '''DRC Control ''' window. |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Click </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''OK'''</span>
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− | || <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Click </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''OK'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">button at the bottom right corner</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">to exit the </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''DRC'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Control '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">window.</span>
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| |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" |
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− | || <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Now let us see how to add text on our </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''board'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">.</span> | + | ||Now let us see how to add text on our '''board'''. |
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| |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" |
− | || <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Pcbnew '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">window</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">''':'''</span> | + | ||'''Pcbnew ''' window. |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''F.Silks'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">from the right toolbar</span>
| + | Click on '''F.Silks''' from the right toolbar |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Place '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">from the top toolbar and select </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Text '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">from the dropdown menu </span>
| + | Click on '''Place ''' from the top toolbar and select '''Text ''' from the dropdown menu |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Click once on </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Pcbnew '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">window</span>
| + | Click once on '''Pcbnew ''' window |
− | || <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Let us click on </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''F.Silks layer '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">to place text on the </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Front Silk Layer'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">.</span> | + | ||Let us click on '''F.Silks layer ''' to place text on the '''Front Silk Layer'''. |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Place '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">button from top</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''toolbar '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">and select </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Text '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">option</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">from the dropdown menu.</span>
| + | Click on '''Place ''' button from top '''toolbar ''' and select '''Text ''' option from the dropdown menu. |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Click once on the </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Pcbnew '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">window</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''.'''</span>
| + | Click once on the '''Pcbnew ''' window. |
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− | || <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Text Properties '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">window</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">''': '''</span> | + | ||'''Text Properties ''' window ''': ''' |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Type </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''7805VoltageRegulator '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">in the </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Text'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">window.</span>
| + | Type '''7805VoltageRegulator ''' in the '''Text''' window. |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''OK'''</span>
| + | Click on '''OK''' |
− | || <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">I will type </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''7805VoltageRegulator '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">in the </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Text '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">window.</span> | + | || I will type '''7805VoltageRegulator ''' in the '''Text ''' window. |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">click on </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''OK '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">button at the bottom right corner of the </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Text Properties '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">window</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''.'''</span>
| + | Click on '''OK ''' button at the bottom right corner of the '''Text Properties ''' window. |
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− | || <div style="color:#000000;">'''Pcbnew window:'''</div> | + | ||'''Pcbnew''' window: |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Click once at the bottom right corner of </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''layout screen'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">.</span>
| + | Click once at the bottom right corner of '''layout screen'''. |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Press F2 or use scroll keys to zoom out and hover cursor over the </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''text'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">.</span>
| + | Press F2 or use scroll keys to zoom out and hover cursor over the '''text'''. |
− | || <div style="color:#000000;">The typed text will be tied to the cursor.</div> | + | || The typed text will be tied to the cursor. |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Drag cursor to bottom right corner of the </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''layout screen '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">and click once.</span>
| + | Drag cursor to bottom right corner of the '''layout screen''' and click once. |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">We can see the </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''text'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">is placed in light blue color.</span>
| + | We can see the text is placed in light blue color. |
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− | || <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Please make sure to click inside the </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''board outline.'''</span> | + | ||Please make sure to click inside the '''board outline.''' |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Now let us see how to add </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''dimensions'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">to our </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''board design.'''</span>
| + | Now let us see how to add '''dimensions''' to our '''board design.''' |
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| |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" |
− | || <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Pcbnew '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">window</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">''':'''</span> | + | ||'''Pcbnew ''' window. |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Margin'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">layer from the right toolbar</span>
| + | Click on '''Margin layer''' from the right toolbar |
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| + | Click on '''Place ''' from the top toolbar and select '''Dimension ''' from the menu |
| + | ||Click on '''Margin layer'''. |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Place '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">from the top toolbar and select </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Dimension '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">from the menu </span>
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Margin '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">layer</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''.'''</span>
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| + | Click on '''Place ''' at top toolbar and select '''Dimension ''' option. |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Place '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">at top toolbar and select </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Dimension '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">option.</span>
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− | || <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Pcbnew '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">window</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">''':'''</span> | + | ||'''Pcbnew ''' window. |
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− | <div style="color:#000000;">Click once the top-right vertex of the board layout</div>
| + | Click once the top-right vertex of the board layout |
| + | ||Click once on either vertex of the '''board layout. ''' |
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| + | I have chosen the top-right vertex. |
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− | <div style="color:#000000;">Drag the cursor towards the bottom right vertex in a straight line.</div>
| + | |- |
| + | ||Drag the cursor towards the bottom right vertex in a straight line. |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Press </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Enter'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">key twice</span>
| + | Press '''Enter''' key twice |
− | || <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Click once on either vertex of the</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''board layout. '''</span> | + | ||Let us drag the cursor towards the bottom right vertex in a straight line. |
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− | <div style="color:#000000;">I have chosen the top-right vertex.</div>
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| + | Press '''Enter''' key twice. |
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− | <div style="color:#000000;">Let us drag the cursor towards the bottom right vertex in a straight line.</div>
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| + | || |
| + | ||The dimension will be placed for the vertical edge of the '''board'''. |
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| + | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" |
| + | ||'''Pcbnew ''' window. |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Press </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Enter'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">key twice.</span>
| + | Hover cursor over horizontal dimension |
| + | ||We will perform similar steps for placing horizontal '''dimensions''' of the '''layout'''. |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">The dimension will be placed for the vertical edge of the </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''board'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">.</span>
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| |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" |
− | || <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Pcbnew '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">window</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">''':'''</span> | + | ||'''Pcbnew ''' window. |
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− | <div style="color:#000000;">Hover cursor over horizontal dimension</div>
| + | Press '''Ctrl''' and '''S''' key together |
− | || <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">We will perform similar steps for placing horizontal </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''dimension'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">of the </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''layout'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">.</span>
| + | || Let us press '''Ctrl ''' and '''S ''' keys together to save the work. |
− | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | + | |
− | || <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Pcbnew '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">window</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">''':'''</span> | + | |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Press </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Ctrl'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">and </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''S'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">key together</span>
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− | || <span style="color:#000000;">Let us press </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Ctrl '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">and </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''S '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">keys</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">together to </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''save'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">the work.</span>
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| + | Let us now create '''gerber file''' s for this '''board'''. |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Let us now create </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''gerber file'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">s for this </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''board'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">.</span>
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| |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" |
− | || <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Pcbnew '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">window</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">''':'''</span> | + | ||'''Pcbnew ''' window. |
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| + | Click on '''Plot(HPGL, PostScript or Gerber format) ''' icon |
| + | || Click on '''Plot ''' button at the top of the '''Pcbnew''' toolbar. |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Plot(HPGL, PostScript or Gerber format) '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">icon</span>
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− | || <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Plot '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">button at the top of the </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Pcbnew'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">toolbar.</span>
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| |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" |
− | || <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Plot '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">window</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">''':'''</span> | + | ||'''Plot ''' window. |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Click on the tab below : </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Plot format'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">.</span>
| + | Click on the tab below : '''Plot format'''. |
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− | <div style="color:#000000;">>></div>
| + | >> Select '''Gerber'''. |
| + | ||Click on the tab below '''Plot format'''. |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">select </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Gerber'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">.</span>
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− | <div style="color:#000000;">>></div>
| + | Select '''Gerber ''' out of the 6 options. |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Hover mouse over </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Layers tab '''</span>
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| + | ||>> Hover mouse over '''Layers tab ''' |
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− | <div style="color:#000000;">>></div>
| + | >> Click on boxes to the left of '''F.Cu, B.Cu,F.Silks, Edge.Cuts ''' and '''Margin layers''' from the provided layer options. |
| + | ||Let us select the '''layers''' for which we want the '''gerber files'''. |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Click on boxes to the left of </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''F.Cu, B.Cu, Margin, F.Silks and Edge.Cuts '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">layers</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">from the provided layer options.</span>
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− | || <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Click on the tab below </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Plot format'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">.</span>
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| + | I will select '''F.Cu, B.Cu, F.Silks, Edge.Cuts ''' and '''Margin layers''' by clicking on the boxes to the left. |
| + | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" |
| + | ||'''Plot window:''' |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Select </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Gerber '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">out of the 6 options.</span>
| + | Click on '''Browse ''' button |
| + | ||Click on '''Browse ''' button at the top right of '''Plot ''' window. |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Let us select the</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''layer'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">s for which we want the </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''gerber file'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">s.</span>
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">I will select </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''F.Cu, B.Cu, Margin, F.Silks '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">and</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Edge.Cuts '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">by clicking on the boxes to the left.</span>
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| |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" |
− | || <div style="color:#000000;">'''Plot window:'''</div> | + | ||'''Select Output Directory ''' window. |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Browse '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">button</span>
| + | Browse to desired directory |
− | || <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Browse '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">button at the top right of </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Plot '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">window.</span>
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− | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;"
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− | || <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Select Output Directory '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">window</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">''':'''</span>
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− | <div style="color:#000000;">Browse to desired directory </div>
| + | >>Click on '''Desktop''' >>double click on '''7805VoltageRegulator''' |
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− | <div style="color:#000000;">>></div>
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Desktop'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">>>double click on </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''7805VoltageRegulator'''</span>
| + | Click on '''Open.''' |
| + | ||Let us navigate to the desired directory where we want to save the '''gerber files'''. |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Open.'''</span>
| + | Click on '''Desktop''', double click on '''7805VoltageRegulator.''' |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''No'''</span>
| + | Click on '''Open ''' button at bottom right corner of '''Select Output Directory ''' window. |
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| + | |- |
| + | ||Click on '''No''' |
| + | ||Click on '''No ''' button of '''Plot Output Directory ''' window. |
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| + | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" |
| + | ||'''Plot ''' window. |
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− | || <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Let us navigate to the desired directory where we want to </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''save '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">the </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''gerber file'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">s. </span> | + | Click on '''Plot '''button located at the bottom of '''Plot''' window. |
| + | ||Click on '''Plot''' button at the bottom of the '''Plot''' window. |
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| + | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" |
| + | ||'''Messages''' '''window''' : |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Desktop'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">, double click on </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''7805VoltageRegulator.'''</span>
| + | Hover cursor over the messages appeared in the '''Messages''' window |
| + | ||Acknowledgement messages will appear in the '''Messages''' window. |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Open '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">button at bottom right corner of </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Select Output Directory '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">window.</span>
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''No '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">button of </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Plot Output Directory '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">window</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''.'''</span>
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| |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" |
− | || <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Plot '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">window</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">''':'''</span>
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− |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Plot button '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">located at the bottom of </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Plot '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">window.</span>
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| + | ||Let us generate the '''drill file''' in '''gerber format''' for our designed '''board'''. |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Plot '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">button</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">at the bottom of the </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Plot '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">window.</span>
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| |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" |
− | || <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Messages'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''window'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">: </span> | + | ||'''Plot ''' window. |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Hover cursor over the messages appeared in the </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Messages'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">window</span>
| + | Click on '''Generate Drill File''' |
− | || | + | ||Click on '''Generate Drill File ''' at the bottom of the '''Plot ''' window. |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Acknowledgement messages will appear in the </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Messages'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">window.</span>
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| |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" |
− | || | + | || '''Drill Files Generation ''' window: |
− | || <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Let us generate the </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''drill file'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">in </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''gerber format'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">for our designed </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''board'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">.</span>
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− | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;"
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− | || <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Plot '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">window</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">''':'''</span>
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Generate Drill File'''</span>
| + | Click on '''Browse''' |
− | ||
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Generate Drill File '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">at the bottom of the </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Plot '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">window.</span>
| + | Browse to the desired directory location |
− | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;"
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− | || <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Drill Files Generation '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">window:</span>
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Browse'''</span>
| + | Click '''Open''' |
| + | ||Click on '''Browse ''' button at top right corner of '''Drill Files Generation ''' window. |
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− | <div style="color:#000000;">Browse to the desired directory location</div>
| + | I will navigate to '''Desktop/7805VoltageRegulator''' |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Click </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Open'''</span>
| + | Click on '''Open''' button at the bottom right corner of '''Drill Files Generation ''' window. |
− | ||
| + | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" |
| + | ||'''Plot Output Directory''' window: |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Browse '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">button</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">at top right corner of</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Drill Files Generation '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">window</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''.'''</span>
| + | Click on '''No''' |
| + | || If '''Plot Output Directory''' window appears, click on '''No''' button in the middle of '''Plot Output Directory ''' window. |
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| + | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" |
| + | || '''Plot window:''' |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">I will navigate to </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Desktop/7805VoltageRegulator'''</span>
| + | 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. |
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| + | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" |
| + | || |
| + | ||We will leave the rest of the settings as they are. |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Open'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">button at the bottom right corner of </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Drill Files Generation '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">window.</span>
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| |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" |
− | || <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Plot Output Directory'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">window:</span> | + | ||'''Drill Files Generation''' window: |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''No'''</span>
| + | Click on '''Drill File''' |
− | || <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">If </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Plot Output Directory'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">window appears,</span> | + | ||Click on '''Drill File ''' option present at the right side of '''Drill Files Generation ''' window. |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">click on </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''No'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">button in the middle of </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Plot Output'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Directory '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">window.</span>
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| |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" |
− | || <div style="color:#000000;">'''Plot window:'''</div> | + | ||'''Drill Files Generation window''' : |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Gerber '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">option at middle of </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Drill Files Generation '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">window</span>
| + | Hover mouse over '''Messages ''' window |
− | ||
| + | ||An acknowledgement message will appear in the '''Messages ''' window. |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Gerber '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">option placed in the middle of </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Drill Files Generation '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">window if not selected.</span>
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| |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" |
− | || | + | ||'''Drill Files Generation''' window: |
− | | style="color:#000000;" | We will leave the rest of the settings as they are.
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− | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;"
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− | || <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Drill Files Generation window'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">:</span>
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Click on</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Drill File'''</span>
| + | Click on '''Close''' |
− | || <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Drill File '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">option present at the right side of </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Drill Files Generation '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">window.</span> | + | ||Click on '''Close ''' button at the bottom right corner of '''Drill Files Generation ''' window. |
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| |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" |
− | || <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Drill Files Generation window'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">:</span> | + | ||'''Plot''' window : |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Hover mouse over </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Messages '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">window</span>
| + | Click on '''Close''' |
− | || <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">An acknowledgement message will appear in the </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Messages '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">window.</span> | + | || Click on '''Close ''' button at the bottom right corner of '''Plot ''' window. |
| |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" |
− | || <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Drill Files Generation window'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">:</span> | + | ||'''Pcbnew''' window : |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Close'''</span>
| + | Press '''Ctrl''' and '''S''' key at the same time. |
− | || <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Close '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">button at the bottom right corner of </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Drill Files Generation '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">window</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''.'''</span>
| + | ||Let us '''save ''' our work by pressing '''Ctrl''' and '''S''' keys simultaneously. |
− | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;"
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− | || <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Plot window'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">:</span>
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Click on</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Close'''</span>
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− | || <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Click on</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Close '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">button at the bottom right corner of </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Plot '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">window</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''.'''</span>
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− | || <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Pcbnew window'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">:</span> | + | ||'''System Computer:''' |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Press </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Ctrl'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">and </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''S'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">key at the same time.</span>
| + | Press '''Ctrl, Alt ''' and '''T ''' keys together |
− | || <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Let us</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''save '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">our work by pressing </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Ctrl'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">and </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''S'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">keys simultaneously.</span> | + | ||Now we will view the '''gerbers ''' created. |
− | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;"
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− | || <div style="color:#000000;">'''System Computer:'''</div>
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| + | Open the '''terminal''' by pressing '''Ctrl, Alt ''' and '''T ''' keys together. |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Press</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Ctrl, Alt '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">and</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''T '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">keys together</span>
| + | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" |
− | || <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Now we will view the </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''gerbers '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">created.</span> | + | ||'''Terminal :''' |
| + | Type '''gerbview''' >> Press '''Enter''' |
| + | ||Type '''gerbview''' and press '''Enter ''' key. |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Open the </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''terminal'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">by pressing </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Ctrl, Alt '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">and</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''T '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">keys together.</span>
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| |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" |
− | || <div style="color:#000000;">'''Terminal :'''</div> | + | ||'''Gerbview ''' window : |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Type </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''gerbview'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">>> Press </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Enter'''</span>
| + | Click on '''File>> ''' select '''Load Gerber File''' |
− | || | + | || Click on '''File ''' from the top left corner, and select '''Load Gerber File ''' option. |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Type </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''gerbview'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">and press </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Enter '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">key</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''.'''</span>
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| |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" |
− | || <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Gerbview '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">window :</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span> | + | ||'''Open Gerber File ''' window : |
− | | + | |
− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''File>> '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">select </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Load Gerber File'''</span>
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− | || <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''File '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">from the top left corner, and select </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Load Gerber File '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">option</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''. '''</span>
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− | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;"
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− | || <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Open Gerber File '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">window :</span>
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− | <div style="color:#000000;">Browse to the directory where you saved your gerber files earlier.</div>
| + | Browse to the directory where you saved your gerber files earlier. |
− | || <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Let us browse to directory where we have saved the </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''gerber'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">files. </span> | + | ||Let us browse to directory where we have saved the '''gerber''' files. |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">I will click on </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Desktop,'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">and then </span>
| + | I will click on '''Desktop,''' and then double-click on '''7805VoltageRegulator.''' |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">double-click on</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''7805VoltageRegulator.'''</span>
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| |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" |
− | || <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Press </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Ctrl '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">and </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''A '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">keys at the same time.</span> | + | ||Press '''Ctrl ''' and '''A ''' keys at the same time. |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Open'''</span>
| + | Click on '''Open''' |
− | || <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Press </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Ctrl '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">and </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''A '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">keys at the same time to select all the </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''gerber'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">files.</span> | + | ||Press '''Ctrl ''' and '''A ''' keys at the same time to select all the '''gerber''' files. |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Open '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">button at the bottom right corner of the </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Open Gerber file '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">window</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''.'''</span>
| + | Click on '''Open ''' button at the bottom right corner of the '''Open Gerber file ''' window. |
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| |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" |
− | || <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Gerbview '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">window</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">''':'''</span> | + | ||'''Gerbview ''' window. |
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− | <div style="color:#000000;">Hover mouse over the PCB layout in Gerber Format</div>
| + | Hover mouse over the PCB layout in Gerber Format |
− | || | + | ||We can see the '''PCB Layout''' we created in '''Gerber format'''. |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">We can see the </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''PCB Layout'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">we created in </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Gerber format'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">.</span>
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| |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" |
− | || | + | ||'''Show''' image |
− | || <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Let us see how the </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''board'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">we designed looks like in real.</span>
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− | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;"
| + | Image1.jpg |
− | || <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Show'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">image</span> | + | ||This is the '''FR4 grade''' copper cladded '''sheet''' on which we will transfer our design to. |
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− | <div style="color:#000000;">Image1.jpg</div>
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− | || <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">This is the </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''FR4 grade'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">copper cladded </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''sheet'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">on which we will transfer our design to.</span>
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| |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" |
− | || <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Show '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">image</span> | + | ||Show image |
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− | <div style="color:#000000;">Image2.jpg</div>
| + | Image2.jpg |
− | || <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">After etching and drilling appropriate </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''holes'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">, this is how the </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''board'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">will look.</span> | + | ||After etching and drilling appropriate holes, this is how the '''board''' will look. |
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− | <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Components'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">can now be mounted and soldered on this </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''board'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">.</span>
| + | '''Components''' can now be mounted and soldered on this '''board'''. |
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| |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" |
− | || <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Show'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">image</span> | + | ||Show image |
| + | |
| + | Image3.jpg |
| + | ||This is how the '''board''' looks after components are soldered on it. |
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− | <div style="color:#000000;">Image3.jpg</div>
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− | || <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">This is how the </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''board'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">looks after components are soldered on it.</span>
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− | || <div style="color:#000000;">With this, we come to the end of this tutorial.</div> | + | ||With this, we come to the end of this tutorial. |
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− | <div style="color:#000000;">Let us summarize.</div>
| + | Let us summarize. |
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− | || <div style="color:#000000;">'''Show Slide:'''</div> | + | ||Show Slide: |
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− | <div style="color:#000000;">Summary</div>
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− | || <span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;">I</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">n this tutorial, we learnt to :</span>* <div style="color:#000000;"><span style="background-color:transparent;">Place </span><span style="background-color:transparent;">'''tracks'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;"> on </span><span style="background-color:transparent;">'''printed circuit board.'''</span></div>
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− | * <div style="color:#000000;"><span style="background-color:transparent;">Add dimension and text on </span><span style="background-color:transparent;">'''Silkscreens.'''</span></div>
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− | * <div style="color:#000000;"><span style="background-color:transparent;">Generate </span><span style="background-color:transparent;">'''Gerber files '''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;">and </span><span style="background-color:transparent;">'''view'''</span><span style="background-color:transparent;"> them.</span><span style="background-color:#ffffff;"> </span></div>
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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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− | || | + | ||Show Slide: |
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− | <div style="color:#000000;">'''Show Slide:'''</div>
| + | '''Forum''' |
| + | ||Please post your timed queries in this forum. |
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− | <div style="color:#000000;">'''Forum'''</div>
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− | | style="color:#000000;" | Please post your timed queries in this forum.
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− | || <div style="color:#000000;">'''Show Slide:'''</div> | + | ||Show Slide: |
| + | |
| + | '''FOSSEE Forum''' |
| + | ||Please post your general queries on eSim in this forum. |
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− | <div style="color:#000000;">'''FOSSEE Forum'''</div>
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− | | style="color:#000000;" | Please post your general queries on eSim in this forum.
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− | || <div style="color:#000000;">'''Show Slide:'''</div> | + | ||Show Slide: |
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− | <div style="color:#000000;">'''Textbook Companion'''</div>
| + | '''Textbook Companion''' |
− | || <span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;">'''FOSSEE'''</span><span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;">team coordinates the </span><span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;">'''TBC'''</span><span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;">project. </span> | + | ||'''FOSSEE''' team coordinates the '''TBC''' project. |
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− | || <div style="color:#000000;">'''Show Slide:'''</div> | + | ||Show Slide: |
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− | <div style="color:#000000;">'''Acknowledgment'''</div>
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− | [http://spoken-tutorial.org/ http://spoken-tutorial.org]
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| + | '''Acknowledgment''' |
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| + | http://spoken-tutorial.org |
| + | ||'''Spoken Tutorial''' Project is funded by '''NMEICT, MHRD''', Govt. of India. |
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− | || <span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;">'''Spoken Tutorial'''</span><span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;">Project is funded by </span><span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;">'''NMEICT, MHRD'''</span><span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;">, Govt. of India.</span>
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| + | For more details, visit this website. |
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− | <div style="color:#000000;">For more details, visit this website.</div>
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− | | style="color:#000000;" | '''Thank you Slide''' | + | ||'''Thank you Slide''' |
− | || <span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;">This is Saurabh from </span><span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;">'''IIT Bombay'''</span><span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;">, signing off.</span> | + | || This is Saurabh from '''IIT Bombay''', signing off. |
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− | <div style="color:#000000;">Thank you.</div>
| + | Thank you. |
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