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| style="color:#000000;" | '''Visual cue''' | | style="color:#000000;" | '''Visual cue''' | ||
| style="color:#000000;" | '''Narration''' | | style="color:#000000;" | '''Narration''' | ||
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− | ||'''Show Slide:''' | + | || <div style="color:#000000;">'''Show Slide:'''</div> |
− | Opening Slide | + | <div style="color:#000000;">Opening Slide</div> |
− | ||Welcome to the '''spoken tutorial '''on “'''Laying Tracks on Printed Circuit Board'''”. | + | || <span style="color:#000000;">Welcome to the </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''spoken tutorial '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">on “</span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Laying Tracks on Printed Circuit Board'''</span><span style="color:#000000;">”</span><span style="color:#000000;">.</span> |
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− | ||'''Show Slide:''' | + | || <div style="color:#000000;">'''Show Slide:'''</div> |
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+ | <div style="color:#000000;">Learning Objectives</div> | ||
+ | || <span style="color:#000000;">In this tutorial, we will learn</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">to -</span>* <div style="color:#000000;">Place '''tracks''' on '''printed circuit board.'''</div> | ||
+ | * <div style="color:#000000;">Add dimension and text on '''Silkscreens.'''</div> | ||
+ | * <div style="color:#000000;">Generate '''Gerber files '''and '''view''' them.</div> | ||
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− | ||'''Show Slide:''' | + | || |
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+ | <div style="color:#000000;">'''Show Slide:'''</div> | ||
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+ | <div style="color:#000000;">Systems Requirements</div> | ||
+ | || This tutorial is recorded using -* <div style="color:#000000;">'''Ubuntu Linux OS version 16.04'''</div> | ||
+ | * <div style="color:#000000;">'''eSim '''version '''1.1.2'''</div> | ||
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− | + | <div style="color:#000000;">'''Show Slide:'''</div> | |
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+ | <div style="color:#000000;">Prerequisites</div> | ||
+ | || <div style="color:#000000;">To practice this tutorial, you should know to:</div>* <div style="color:#000000;">Read a '''PCB netlist.'''</div> | ||
+ | * <div style="color:#000000;">Draw '''outline''' and setup '''design parameters''' for a '''board'''.</div> | ||
+ | * <div style="color:#000000;">Move and orient '''footprint'''s.</div> | ||
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+ | <div style="color:#000000;">If not, see the prerequisite eSim tutorials on this website.</div> | ||
|- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | ||
− | || '''eSim main ''' window. | + | || <span style="color:#000000;">'''eSim main '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">window</span><span style="color:#000000;">''':'''</span> |
+ | || <span style="color:#000000;">I have already opened</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''eSim'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">on my machine</span><span style="color:#000000;">'''.'''</span> | ||
+ | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | ||
+ | || <span style="color:#000000;">'''eSim main '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">window</span><span style="color:#000000;">''':'''</span> | ||
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− | + | || <span style="color:#000000;">Let us open example </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''7805VoltageRegulator.'''</span> | |
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+ | <span style="color:#000000;">I have saved this on my </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Desktop'''</span><span style="color:#000000;">.</span> | ||
|- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | ||
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− | ||I have already read the '''netlist''', created an '''outline''' and set the '''design parameters'''. | + | || <span style="color:#000000;">I have already read the </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''netlist'''</span><span style="color:#000000;">, created an </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''outline'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">and</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">set the </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''design parameters'''</span><span style="color:#000000;">.</span> |
|- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | ||
− | ||Click on '''Open Project ''' | + | || <span style="color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Open Project '''</span> |
+ | <div style="color:#000000;">>></div> | ||
− | Navigate to '''Desktop '''location | + | <span style="color:#000000;">Navigate to </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Desktop '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">location</span> |
+ | <span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">>></span> | ||
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+ | <span style="color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''7805VoltageRegulator '''</span> | ||
− | + | <div style="color:#000000;">>></div> | |
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+ | <span style="color:#000000;">Click </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Open'''</span> | ||
+ | || <span style="color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Open Project '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">from the left toolbar.</span> | ||
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− | + | <span style="color:#000000;">And navigate to the location where you have saved this</span><span style="color:#000000;">'''.'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span> | |
+ | <span style="color:#000000;">I will browse to </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Desktop.'''</span> | ||
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+ | <span style="color:#000000;">Click on</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''7805VoltageRegulator.'''</span> | ||
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− | Click on '''Open | + | <span style="color:#000000;">Click on the </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Open '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">button at the bottom right corner of this window</span><span style="color:#000000;">'''.'''</span> |
− | + | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | |
+ | || <div style="color:#000000;">'''eSim main window : '''</div> | ||
+ | <span style="color:#000000;">Click on</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Open Schematic'''</span> | ||
+ | || <span style="color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Open Schematic button '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">on the left toolbar,</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">to open the </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''schematic'''</span><span style="color:#000000;">.</span> | ||
|- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | ||
− | ||'''eSim Schematic window: ''' | + | || <div style="color:#000000;">'''eSim Schematic window: '''</div> |
− | Press '''F1''' | + | <span style="color:#000000;">Press </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''F1'''</span> |
− | Click on '''Tools >> '''select '''Layout Printed Circuit Board''' | + | <span style="color:#000000;">>> Click on </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Tools >> '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">select </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Layout Printed Circuit Board'''</span> |
− | || Using '''F1 '''I will zoom into the '''schematic'''. | + | || <span style="color:#000000;">Using </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''F1 '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">I will zoom into the </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''schematic'''</span><span style="color:#000000;">.</span> |
− | Click on '''Tools''' button at the top toolbar, and select '''Layout Printed Circuit Board'''. | + | <span style="color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Tools'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">button at the top toolbar, and select </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Layout Printed Circuit Board'''</span><span style="color:#000000;">.</span> |
− | Let me resize this window. | + | <div style="color:#000000;">Let me resize this window.</div> |
|- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | ||
− | ||'''Pcbnew '''window: | + | || <span style="color:#000000;">'''Pcbnew '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">window:</span> |
− | Hover cursor over '''airwires''' | + | <span style="color:#000000;">Hover cursor over </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''airwires'''</span> |
− | ||I have moved and oriented the ''' | + | || <span style="color:#000000;">I have moved and oriented the </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''footprint'''</span><span style="color:#000000;">s, such that there is minimum intersection between </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''airwires'''</span><span style="color:#000000;">.</span> |
− | Let us see how to convert the | + | <span style="color:#000000;">Let us see how to convert the </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''airwires'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">into </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''tracks.'''</span> |
|- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | ||
− | ||'''Pcbnew ''' window | + | || <span style="color:#000000;">'''Pcbnew '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">window</span><span style="color:#000000;">''':'''</span> |
− | Hover mouse over | + | <span style="color:#000000;">Hover mouse over </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''B.Cu '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">text</span> |
− | >>Click on '''B.Cu ''' text | + | <span style="color:#000000;">>> Click on</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''B.Cu '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">text</span> |
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+ | <span style="color:#000000;">Hover mouse over </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''blue arrow '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">next to </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''B.Cu'''</span> | ||
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− | '''Layer''' | + | <span style="color:#000000;">Under the </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Layer'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">tab on the right side of the </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Pcbnew window, '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">click on</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''B.Cu '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">once.</span> |
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+ | <span style="color:#000000;">'''Layer'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">selected will be indicated by a </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''blue arrow'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">on the left side of </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''B.Cu'''</span><span style="color:#000000;">.</span> | ||
|- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | ||
− | ||'''Pcbnew ''' window | + | || <span style="color:#000000;">'''Pcbnew '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">window</span><span style="color:#000000;">''':'''</span> |
+ | <span style="color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Place >> '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">select</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Track '''</span> | ||
+ | || <span style="color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Place '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">button in the top toolbar, and select </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Track '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">from the menu.</span> | ||
+ | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | ||
+ | || <span style="color:#000000;">'''Pcbnew '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">window</span><span style="color:#000000;">''':'''</span> | ||
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+ | <div style="color:#000000;">Use scroll keys to zoom in </div> | ||
+ | || <span style="color:#000000;">Let us place </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''tracks'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">for connecting the </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''capacitor'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''C2'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">to the </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''output terminal J2.'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span> | ||
− | I will zoom into the | + | |
+ | <span style="color:#000000;">I will zoom into the </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''layout screen.'''</span> | ||
|- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | ||
− | ||'''Pcbnew ''' window | + | || <span style="color:#000000;">'''Pcbnew '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">window</span><span style="color:#000000;">''':'''</span> |
− | Click on | + | <span style="color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''node 1'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">of </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''C2'''</span> |
− | >> | + | <div style="color:#000000;">>></div> |
− | >> | + | <span style="color:#000000;">Drag the cursor till</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''node 1 of J2'''</span> |
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+ | <div style="color:#000000;">>></div> | ||
− | + | <span style="color:#000000;">Double click on</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''node 1 of J2'''</span> | |
+ | || <span style="color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''node 1 '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">of</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''C2.'''</span> | ||
− | Double-click on '''node 1 ''' of '''J2 ''' to complete the | + | <span style="color:#000000;">Let us drag this </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''track'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">from </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''node 1'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">of </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''C2'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">to </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''node 1 '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">of</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''J2, '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">by dragging the cursor till </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''node 1 '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">of </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''J2.'''</span> |
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+ | <span style="color:#000000;">Double-click on</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''node 1 '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">of</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''J2 '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">to complete the </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''track'''</span><span style="color:#000000;">.</span> | ||
|- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | ||
− | || '''Pcbnew ''' window | + | || <span style="color:#000000;">'''Pcbnew '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">window</span><span style="color:#000000;">''':'''</span> |
− | Press | + | <span style="color:#000000;">Press </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''esc '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">key</span> |
− | Hover cursor over '''GND label''' | + | <span style="color:#000000;">Hover cursor over</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''GND label'''</span> |
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+ | || <span style="color:#000000;">Similarly connect all the other </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''nodes'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">except the </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Ground nodes'''</span><span style="color:#000000;">.</span> | ||
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+ | <span style="color:#000000;">Press </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Esc '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">key to exit the </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Place Track'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">tool.</span> | ||
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+ | <span style="color:#000000;">'''Ground nodes '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">are denoted by </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''GND '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">designation.</span> | ||
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− | ||Let us place a | + | || <span style="color:#000000;">Let us place a </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''ground plane'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">to connect all the </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''ground nodes'''</span><span style="color:#000000;">. </span> |
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|- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | ||
− | ||'''Pcbnew ''' window | + | || <span style="color:#000000;">'''Pcbnew '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">window</span><span style="color:#000000;">''':'''</span> |
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+ | <span style="color:#000000;">Click on</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Add filled zones.'''</span> | ||
+ | || <span style="color:#000000;">Click on</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Add filled zones'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">button</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">located at the right side of the </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Pcbnew window.'''</span> | ||
|- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | ||
− | || '''Pcbnew | + | || <span style="color:#000000;">'''Pcbnew '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">window</span><span style="color:#000000;">''':'''</span> |
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+ | <span style="color:#000000;">Click once, slightly above the top-left corner of the </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''board outline'''</span><span style="color:#000000;">.</span> | ||
+ | || <span style="color:#000000;">Click once, slightly above the top-left corner of the </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''board outline'''</span><span style="color:#000000;">.</span> | ||
|- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | ||
− | ||'''Copper Zone Properties''' window: | + | || <span style="color:#000000;">'''Copper Zone Properties'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">window:</span> |
− | Click on | + | <span style="color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''B.Cu'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">under</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Layer '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">column</span> |
− | Click on | + | <span style="color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''GND'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">under</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Net '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">column</span> |
− | ||Let us place the | + | || <span style="color:#000000;">Let us place the </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''ground plane'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">on </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Bottom Copper'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''layer'''</span><span style="color:#000000;">.</span> |
− | To do so, click on | + | <span style="color:#000000;">To do so, click on </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''B.Cu'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">under</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Layer '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">column.</span> |
− | Click on | + | <span style="color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''GND'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">under</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Net '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">column.</span> |
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|- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | ||
− | ||Click on | + | || <span style="color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''OK'''</span> |
− | ||Click on | + | || <span style="color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''OK '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">button at the bottom right corner of the </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Copper Zone Properties '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">window.</span> |
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|- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | ||
− | ||'''Pcbnew ''' window | + | || <span style="color:#000000;">'''Pcbnew '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">window</span><span style="color:#000000;">''':'''</span> |
− | Drag the cursor towards right, horizontally | + | <div style="color:#000000;">Drag the cursor towards right, horizontally</div> |
− | Click once slightly above top-right vertex of the outline. | + | <div style="color:#000000;">Click once slightly above top-right vertex of the outline.</div> |
− | ||Drag the cursor with the pencil icon horizontally towards the right. | + | || <div style="color:#000000;">Drag the cursor with the pencil icon horizontally towards the right. </div> |
− | Click once, slightly above the top-right vertex of the | + | <span style="color:#000000;">Click once, slightly above the top-right vertex of the </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''outline'''</span><span style="color:#000000;">.</span> |
|- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | ||
− | ||'''Pcbnew ''' window | + | || <span style="color:#000000;">'''Pcbnew '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">window</span><span style="color:#000000;">''':'''</span> |
− | Move the cursor vertically towards the bottom-left vertex of the board | + | <div style="color:#000000;">Move the cursor vertically towards the bottom-left vertex of the board</div> |
− | >>Click once on the editor after crossing the bottom-left vertex. | + | <div style="color:#000000;">>></div> |
− | ||Let us move this cursor vertically, towards the bottom-right vertex of the | + | |
+ | <div style="color:#000000;">Click once on the editor after crossing the bottom-left vertex.</div> | ||
+ | || <span style="color:#000000;">Let us move this cursor vertically, towards the bottom-right vertex of the </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''board'''</span><span style="color:#000000;">.</span> | ||
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+ | <div style="color:#000000;">Click once slightly below bottom-right vertex.</div> | ||
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|- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | ||
− | ||'''Pcbnew ''' window | + | || <span style="color:#000000;">'''Pcbnew '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">window</span><span style="color:#000000;">''':'''</span> |
− | + | <span style="color:#000000;">Press </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''esc '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">key</span> | |
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− | + | <span style="color:#000000;">Hover cursor over </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''board outline >> '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">Hover cursor over </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''ground plane outline.'''</span> | |
+ | || <span style="color:#000000;">Similarly, we will draw a rectangular </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''ground plane outline '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">around </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''board outline.'''</span> | ||
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+ | <span style="color:#000000;">Press </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''esc '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">key to exit the </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''ground plane outline'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">tool</span> | ||
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+ | <span style="color:#000000;">Please do not confuse</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''board outline '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">with</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''ground plane outline.'''</span> | ||
|- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | ||
− | ||'''Pcbnew ''' window | + | || <span style="color:#000000;">'''Pcbnew '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">window</span><span style="color:#000000;">''':'''</span> |
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+ | <span style="color:#000000;">Hover cursor over </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''ground plane outline '''</span> | ||
− | + | <div style="color:#000000;">>></div> | |
− | + | <span style="color:#000000;">Hover cursor over </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''ground plane outline'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">and </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''board'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''outline'''</span><span style="color:#000000;">.</span> | |
− | ||I have completed the | + | || <span style="color:#000000;">I have completed the </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''ground plane outline.'''</span> |
− | Note that the '''ground plane''' | + | <span style="color:#000000;">Note that the</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''ground plane'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''outline'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">should lie outside the</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''board'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''outline'''</span><span style="color:#000000;">.</span> |
|- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | ||
− | ||'''Pcbnew window :''' | + | || <div style="color:#000000;">'''Pcbnew window :'''</div> |
− | Right-click inside the | + | <span style="color:#000000;">Right-click inside the </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''board'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''outline'''</span><span style="color:#000000;">.</span> |
− | Click on | + | <span style="color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Fill or Refill all zones'''</span> |
− | Hover cursor over | + | <span style="color:#000000;">Hover cursor over </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''ground plane'''</span> |
− | + | ||
− | |||
+ | || | ||
− | + | <span style="color:#000000;">Right-click inside the </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''board'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''outline'''</span><span style="color:#000000;">.</span> | |
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
+ | <span style="color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Fill or Refill all zones '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">button from the menu</span><span style="color:#000000;">'''.'''</span> | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | <span style="color:#000000;">We have added a </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''ground plane'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">to the </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''board'''</span><span style="color:#000000;">.</span> | ||
+ | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | ||
+ | || <span style="color:#000000;">Press </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''esc'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">key</span> | ||
+ | || <span style="color:#000000;">Press </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Esc'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">key to exit the </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Add filled zones '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">tool.</span> | ||
|- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | ||
|| | || | ||
− | ||Let us now perform | + | || <span style="color:#000000;">Let us now perform </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Design Rule Check'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">i.e </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''DRC'''</span><span style="color:#000000;">, for the </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''layout'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">we created. </span> |
− | It checks whether the | + | <span style="color:#000000;">It checks whether the </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''design'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">created is compliant with the </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Design Rules'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">set earlier.</span> |
+ | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | ||
+ | || <div style="color:#000000;">'''Pcbnew window:'''</div> | ||
+ | <span style="color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Perform design rules check'''</span> | ||
+ | || <span style="color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Perform Design Rules check '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">present</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">at the top of the </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Pcbnew'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">toolbar.</span> | ||
|- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | ||
− | ||''' | + | || <span style="color:#000000;">'''DRC Control '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">window:</span> |
− | Click on | + | <span style="color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Start DRC'''</span> |
− | + | ||
− | |||
− | |||
− | + | <span style="color:#000000;">Hover mouse over </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Error Messages:'''</span> | |
− | |||
− | |||
+ | || | ||
− | + | <span style="color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Start DRC. '''</span> | |
− | + | <span style="color:#000000;">This checks if any </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''design element'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">violates the </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''design parameters '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">set earlier.</span> | |
− | |||
− | + | <span style="color:#000000;">If there are any </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''design'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">errors, they will be displayed in </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Error Messages'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">window.</span> | |
− | + | ||
− | + | <div style="color:#000000;">In my case, there are no errors.</div> | |
− | || | + | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" |
+ | || <span style="color:#000000;">'''DRC Control '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">window:</span> | ||
+ | <span style="color:#000000;">Click </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''OK'''</span> | ||
+ | || <span style="color:#000000;">Click </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''OK'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">button at the bottom right corner</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">to exit the </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''DRC'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Control '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">window.</span> | ||
|- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | ||
|| | || | ||
− | ||Now let us see how to add text on our | + | || <span style="color:#000000;">Now let us see how to add text on our </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''board'''</span><span style="color:#000000;">.</span> |
− | + | ||
|- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | ||
− | ||'''Pcbnew ''' window | + | || <span style="color:#000000;">'''Pcbnew '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">window</span><span style="color:#000000;">''':'''</span> |
− | Click on | + | <span style="color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''F.Silks'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">from the right toolbar</span> |
− | Click on | + | <span style="color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Place '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">from the top toolbar and select </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Text '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">from the dropdown menu </span> |
− | Click once on | + | <span style="color:#000000;">Click once on </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Pcbnew '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">window</span> |
− | ||Let us click on | + | || <span style="color:#000000;">Let us click on </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''F.Silks layer '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">to place text on the </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Front Silk Layer'''</span><span style="color:#000000;">.</span> |
− | Click on | + | <span style="color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Place '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">button from top</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''toolbar '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">and select </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Text '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">option</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">from the dropdown menu.</span> |
− | Click once on the | + | <span style="color:#000000;">Click once on the </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Pcbnew '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">window</span><span style="color:#000000;">'''.'''</span> |
|- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | ||
− | ||'''Text Properties ''' window ''': ''' | + | || <span style="color:#000000;">'''Text Properties '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">window</span><span style="color:#000000;">''': '''</span> |
− | Type | + | <span style="color:#000000;">Type </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''7805VoltageRegulator '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">in the </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Text'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">window.</span> |
− | Click on | + | <span style="color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''OK'''</span> |
− | || I will type | + | || <span style="color:#000000;">I will type </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''7805VoltageRegulator '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">in the </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Text '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">window.</span> |
− | + | <span style="color:#000000;">click on </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''OK '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">button at the bottom right corner of the </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Text Properties '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">window</span><span style="color:#000000;">'''.'''</span> | |
− | + | ||
|- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | ||
− | ||'''Pcbnew''' | + | || <div style="color:#000000;">'''Pcbnew window:'''</div> |
− | Click once at the bottom right corner of '''layout screen'''. | + | <span style="color:#000000;">Click once at the bottom right corner of </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''layout screen'''</span><span style="color:#000000;">.</span> |
− | Press F2 or use scroll keys to zoom out and hover cursor over the | + | <span style="color:#000000;">Press F2 or use scroll keys to zoom out and hover cursor over the </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''text'''</span><span style="color:#000000;">.</span> |
− | || The typed text will be tied to the cursor. | + | || <div style="color:#000000;">The typed text will be tied to the cursor.</div> |
− | Drag cursor to bottom right corner of the '''layout screen''' and click once. | + | <span style="color:#000000;">Drag cursor to bottom right corner of the </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''layout screen '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">and click once.</span> |
− | We can see the text is placed in light blue color. | + | <span style="color:#000000;">We can see the </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''text'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">is placed in light blue color.</span> |
− | + | ||
|- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | ||
|| | || | ||
− | ||Please make sure to click inside the | + | || <span style="color:#000000;">Please make sure to click inside the </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''board outline.'''</span> |
− | Now let us see how to add | + | <span style="color:#000000;">Now let us see how to add </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''dimensions'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">to our </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''board design.'''</span> |
− | + | ||
|- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | ||
− | ||'''Pcbnew ''' window | + | || <span style="color:#000000;">'''Pcbnew '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">window</span><span style="color:#000000;">''':'''</span> |
− | Click on | + | <span style="color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Margin'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">layer from the right toolbar</span> |
− | |||
− | |||
+ | <span style="color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Place '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">from the top toolbar and select </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Dimension '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">from the menu </span> | ||
+ | || | ||
+ | |||
+ | <span style="color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Margin '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">layer</span><span style="color:#000000;">'''.'''</span> | ||
− | |||
+ | <span style="color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Place '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">at top toolbar and select </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Dimension '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">option.</span> | ||
|- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | ||
− | ||'''Pcbnew ''' window | + | || <span style="color:#000000;">'''Pcbnew '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">window</span><span style="color:#000000;">''':'''</span> |
− | Click once the top-right vertex of the board layout | + | <div style="color:#000000;">Click once the top-right vertex of the board layout</div> |
− | + | ||
− | |||
− | + | <div style="color:#000000;">Drag the cursor towards the bottom right vertex in a straight line.</div> | |
− | + | ||
− | Press | + | <span style="color:#000000;">Press </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Enter'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">key twice</span> |
− | || | + | || <span style="color:#000000;">Click once on either vertex of the</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''board layout. '''</span> |
+ | <div style="color:#000000;">I have chosen the top-right vertex.</div> | ||
− | |||
− | + | <div style="color:#000000;">Let us drag the cursor towards the bottom right vertex in a straight line.</div> | |
− | + | ||
− | + | ||
− | |||
− | |||
− | + | <span style="color:#000000;">Press </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Enter'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">key twice.</span> | |
− | + | ||
+ | |||
+ | <span style="color:#000000;">The dimension will be placed for the vertical edge of the </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''board'''</span><span style="color:#000000;">.</span> | ||
|- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | ||
− | ||'''Pcbnew ''' window | + | || <span style="color:#000000;">'''Pcbnew '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">window</span><span style="color:#000000;">''':'''</span> |
− | + | <div style="color:#000000;">Hover cursor over horizontal dimension</div> | |
− | || | + | || <span style="color:#000000;">We will perform similar steps for placing horizontal </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''dimension'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">of the </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''layout'''</span><span style="color:#000000;">.</span> |
+ | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | ||
+ | || <span style="color:#000000;">'''Pcbnew '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">window</span><span style="color:#000000;">''':'''</span> | ||
+ | <span style="color:#000000;">Press </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Ctrl'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">and </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''S'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">key together</span> | ||
+ | || <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> | ||
− | |||
+ | <span style="color:#000000;">Let us now create </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''gerber file'''</span><span style="color:#000000;">s for this </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''board'''</span><span style="color:#000000;">.</span> | ||
|- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | ||
− | ||'''Pcbnew ''' window | + | || <span style="color:#000000;">'''Pcbnew '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">window</span><span style="color:#000000;">''':'''</span> |
− | + | ||
− | + | ||
− | + | ||
+ | <span style="color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Plot(HPGL, PostScript or Gerber format) '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">icon</span> | ||
+ | || <span style="color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Plot '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">button at the top of the </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Pcbnew'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">toolbar.</span> | ||
|- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | ||
− | ||'''Plot ''' window | + | || <span style="color:#000000;">'''Plot '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">window</span><span style="color:#000000;">''':'''</span> |
− | Click on the tab below : '''Plot format'''. | + | <span style="color:#000000;">Click on the tab below : </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Plot format'''</span><span style="color:#000000;">.</span> |
− | >> | + | <div style="color:#000000;">>></div> |
− | + | ||
+ | <span style="color:#000000;">select </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Gerber'''</span><span style="color:#000000;">.</span> | ||
− | + | <div style="color:#000000;">>></div> | |
− | + | <span style="color:#000000;">Hover mouse over </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Layers tab '''</span> | |
− | + | ||
− | >> | + | <div style="color:#000000;">>></div> |
− | + | ||
+ | <span style="color:#000000;">Click on boxes to the left of </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''F.Cu, B.Cu, Margin, F.Silks and Edge.Cuts '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">layers</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">from the provided layer options.</span> | ||
+ | || <span style="color:#000000;">Click on the tab below </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Plot format'''</span><span style="color:#000000;">.</span> | ||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− | + | <span style="color:#000000;">Select </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Gerber '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">out of the 6 options.</span> | |
− | + | ||
+ | |||
+ | <span style="color:#000000;">Let us select the</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''layer'''</span><span style="color:#000000;">s for which we want the </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''gerber file'''</span><span style="color:#000000;">s.</span> | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | <span style="color:#000000;">I will select </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''F.Cu, B.Cu, Margin, F.Silks '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">and</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Edge.Cuts '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">by clicking on the boxes to the left.</span> | ||
|- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | ||
− | ||''' | + | || <div style="color:#000000;">'''Plot window:'''</div> |
− | Browse | + | <span style="color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Browse '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">button</span> |
+ | || <span style="color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Browse '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">button at the top right of </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Plot '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">window.</span> | ||
+ | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | ||
+ | || <span style="color:#000000;">'''Select Output Directory '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">window</span><span style="color:#000000;">''':'''</span> | ||
− | >> | + | <div style="color:#000000;">Browse to desired directory </div> |
+ | <div style="color:#000000;">>></div> | ||
− | Click on | + | <span style="color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Desktop'''</span><span style="color:#000000;">>>double click on </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''7805VoltageRegulator'''</span> |
− | + | ||
− | Click on | + | <span style="color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Open.'''</span> |
− | Click on | + | <span style="color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''No'''</span> |
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− | + | || <span style="color:#000000;">Let us navigate to the desired directory where we want to </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''save '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">the </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''gerber file'''</span><span style="color:#000000;">s. </span> | |
− | || | + | |
+ | |||
+ | <span style="color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Desktop'''</span><span style="color:#000000;">, double click on </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''7805VoltageRegulator.'''</span> | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | <span style="color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Open '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">button at bottom right corner of </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Select Output Directory '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">window.</span> | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | <span style="color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''No '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">button of </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Plot Output Directory '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">window</span><span style="color:#000000;">'''.'''</span> | ||
|- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | ||
− | ||''' | + | || <span style="color:#000000;">'''Text box '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">on the</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Plot'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">Window:</span> |
− | + | <div style="color:#000000;">Select the other options as shown here</div> | |
− | + | || | |
+ | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | ||
+ | || <span style="color:#000000;">'''Plot '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">window</span><span style="color:#000000;">''':'''</span> | ||
+ | <span style="color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Plot button '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">located at the bottom of </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Plot '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">window.</span> | ||
+ | || | ||
+ | |||
+ | <span style="color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Plot '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">button</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">at the bottom of the </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Plot '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">window.</span> | ||
|- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | ||
+ | || <span style="color:#000000;">'''Messages'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''window'''</span><span style="color:#000000;">: </span> | ||
+ | |||
+ | <span style="color:#000000;">Hover cursor over the messages appeared in the </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Messages'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">window</span> | ||
|| | || | ||
− | |||
+ | <span style="color:#000000;">Acknowledgement messages will appear in the </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Messages'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">window.</span> | ||
|- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | ||
− | ||'''Plot ''' window | + | || |
+ | || <span style="color:#000000;">Let us generate the </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''drill file'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">in </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''gerber format'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">for our designed </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''board'''</span><span style="color:#000000;">.</span> | ||
+ | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | ||
+ | || <span style="color:#000000;">'''Plot '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">window</span><span style="color:#000000;">''':'''</span> | ||
− | Click on | + | <span style="color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Generate Drill File'''</span> |
− | || | + | || |
+ | <span style="color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Generate Drill File '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">at the bottom of the </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Plot '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">window.</span> | ||
|- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | ||
− | || '''Drill Files Generation ''' window: | + | || <span style="color:#000000;">'''Drill Files Generation '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">window:</span> |
− | Click on | + | <span style="color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Browse'''</span> |
− | |||
− | + | <div style="color:#000000;">Browse to the desired directory location</div> | |
− | + | ||
− | + | <span style="color:#000000;">Click </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Open'''</span> | |
+ | || | ||
+ | <span style="color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Browse '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">button</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">at top right corner of</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Drill Files Generation '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">window</span><span style="color:#000000;">'''.'''</span> | ||
− | Click on | + | |
+ | <span style="color:#000000;">I will navigate to </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Desktop/7805VoltageRegulator'''</span> | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | <span style="color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Open'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">button at the bottom right corner of </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Drill Files Generation '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">window.</span> | ||
|- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | ||
− | ||'''Plot Output Directory''' window: | + | || <span style="color:#000000;">'''Plot Output Directory'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">window:</span> |
− | Click on | + | <span style="color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''No'''</span> |
− | || If '''Plot Output Directory''' window appears, | + | || <span style="color:#000000;">If </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Plot Output Directory'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">window appears,</span> |
+ | <span style="color:#000000;">click on </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''No'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">button in the middle of </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Plot Output'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Directory '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">window.</span> | ||
|- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | ||
− | || '''Plot window:''' | + | || <div style="color:#000000;">'''Plot window:'''</div> |
− | Click on | + | <span style="color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Gerber '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">option at middle of </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Drill Files Generation '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">window</span> |
− | || | + | || |
+ | <span style="color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Gerber '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">option placed in the middle of </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Drill Files Generation '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">window if not selected.</span> | ||
|- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | ||
− | || | + | || <span style="color:#000000;">'''Text box '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">on the</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Drill Files Generation '''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">Window:</span> |
− | + | ||
+ | <div style="color:#000000;">Select the other options as shown here</div> | ||
+ | | style="color:#000000;" | We will leave the rest of the settings as they are. | ||
|- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | ||
− | ||'''Drill Files Generation''' | + | || <span style="color:#000000;">'''Drill Files Generation window'''</span><span style="color:#000000;">:</span> |
− | + | ||
− | + | ||
− | + | ||
+ | <span style="color:#000000;">Click on</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Drill File'''</span> | ||
+ | || <span style="color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Drill File '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">option present at the right side of </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Drill Files Generation '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">window.</span> | ||
|- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | ||
− | ||'''Drill Files Generation window''' : | + | || <span style="color:#000000;">'''Drill Files Generation window'''</span><span style="color:#000000;">:</span> |
− | Hover mouse over | + | <span style="color:#000000;">Hover mouse over </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Messages '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">window</span> |
− | ||An acknowledgement message will appear in the | + | || <span style="color:#000000;">An acknowledgement message will appear in the </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Messages '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">window.</span> |
+ | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | ||
+ | || <span style="color:#000000;">'''Drill Files Generation window'''</span><span style="color:#000000;">:</span> | ||
+ | <span style="color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Close'''</span> | ||
+ | || <span style="color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Close '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">button at the bottom right corner of </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Drill Files Generation '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">window</span><span style="color:#000000;">'''.'''</span> | ||
|- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | ||
− | ||''' | + | || <span style="color:#000000;">'''Plot window'''</span><span style="color:#000000;">:</span> |
− | Click on | + | <span style="color:#000000;">Click on</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Close'''</span> |
− | ||Click on | + | || <span style="color:#000000;">Click on</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Close '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">button at the bottom right corner of </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Plot '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">window</span><span style="color:#000000;">'''.'''</span> |
− | + | ||
|- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | ||
− | ||''' | + | || <span style="color:#000000;">'''Pcbnew window'''</span><span style="color:#000000;">:</span> |
− | + | <span style="color:#000000;">Press </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Ctrl'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">and </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''S'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">key at the same time.</span> | |
− | || | + | || <span style="color:#000000;">Let us</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''save '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">our work by pressing </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Ctrl'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">and </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''S'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">keys simultaneously.</span> |
|- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | ||
− | ||''' | + | || <div style="color:#000000;">'''System Computer:'''</div> |
− | |||
− | |||
− | + | <span style="color:#000000;">Press</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Ctrl, Alt '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">and</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''T '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">keys together</span> | |
− | + | ||
− | |||
− | |||
− | + | <span style="color:#000000;">'''Textbox '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">on the </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Terminal:'''</span> | |
− | + | <div style="color:#000000;">'''Windows OS users, click on start -> type “Gerbview” in the search bar and open the Gerbview application'''</div> | |
− | + | || <span style="color:#000000;">Now we will view the </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''gerbers '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">created.</span> | |
− | + | ||
− | || | + | |
− | |||
− | |||
− | + | <span style="color:#000000;">Open the </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''terminal'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">by pressing </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Ctrl, Alt '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">and</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''T '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">keys together.</span> | |
− | + | ||
− | |||
− | |||
− | + | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | |
− | || | + | || <div style="color:#000000;">'''Terminal :'''</div> |
− | + | <span style="color:#000000;">Type </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''gerbview'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">>> Press </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Enter'''</span> | |
+ | || | ||
+ | <span style="color:#000000;">Type </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''gerbview'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">and press </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Enter '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">key</span><span style="color:#000000;">'''.'''</span> | ||
|- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | ||
− | || | + | || <span style="color:#000000;">'''Gerbview '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">window :</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span> |
+ | <span style="color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''File>> '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">select </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Load Gerber File'''</span> | ||
+ | || <span style="color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''File '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">from the top left corner, and select </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Load Gerber File '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">option</span><span style="color:#000000;">'''. '''</span> | ||
+ | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | ||
+ | || <span style="color:#000000;">'''Open Gerber File '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">window :</span> | ||
− | |||
− | |||
+ | <div style="color:#000000;">Browse to the directory where you saved your gerber files earlier.</div> | ||
+ | || <span style="color:#000000;">Let us browse to directory where we have saved the </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''gerber'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">files. </span> | ||
− | + | <span style="color:#000000;">I will click on </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Desktop,'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">and then </span> | |
+ | <span style="color:#000000;">double-click on</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''7805VoltageRegulator.'''</span> | ||
|- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | ||
− | ||''' | + | || <span style="color:#000000;">Press </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Ctrl '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">and </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''A '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">keys at the same time.</span> |
− | |||
− | |||
+ | <span style="color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Open'''</span> | ||
+ | || <span style="color:#000000;">Press </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Ctrl '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">and </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''A '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">keys at the same time to select all the </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''gerber'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">files.</span> | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | <span style="color:#000000;">Click on </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Open '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">button at the bottom right corner of the </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Open Gerber file '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">window</span><span style="color:#000000;">'''.'''</span> | ||
|- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | ||
− | ||''' | + | || <span style="color:#000000;">'''Gerbview '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">window</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">''':'''</span> |
− | + | <div style="color:#000000;">Hover mouse over the PCB layout in Gerber Format</div> | |
− | || | + | || |
+ | <span style="color:#000000;">We can see the </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''PCB Layout'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">we created in </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''Gerber format'''</span><span style="color:#000000;">.</span> | ||
|- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | ||
− | ||Show image | + | || |
+ | || <span style="color:#000000;">Let us see how the </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''board'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">we designed looks like in real.</span> | ||
+ | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | ||
+ | || <span style="color:#000000;">'''Show'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">image</span> | ||
− | + | <div style="color:#000000;">Image1.jpg</div> | |
− | || | + | || <span style="color:#000000;">This is the </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''FR4 grade'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">copper cladded </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''sheet'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">on which we will transfer our design to.</span> |
+ | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | ||
+ | || <span style="color:#000000;">'''Show '''</span><span style="color:#000000;">image</span> | ||
+ | <div style="color:#000000;">Image2.jpg</div> | ||
+ | || <span style="color:#000000;">After etching and drilling appropriate </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''holes'''</span><span style="color:#000000;">, this is how the </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''board'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">will look.</span> | ||
− | |||
+ | <span style="color:#000000;">'''Components'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">can now be mounted and soldered on this </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''board'''</span><span style="color:#000000;">.</span> | ||
|- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | ||
− | || | + | || <span style="color:#000000;">'''Show'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">image</span> |
− | + | ||
− | + | ||
− | + | ||
+ | <div style="color:#000000;">Image3.jpg</div> | ||
+ | || <span style="color:#000000;">This is how the </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''board'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">looks after components are soldered on it.</span> | ||
|- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | ||
|| | || | ||
− | ||With this, we come to the end of this tutorial. | + | || <div style="color:#000000;">With this, we come to the end of this tutorial.</div> |
− | Let us summarize. | + | <div style="color:#000000;">Let us summarize.</div> |
|- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | ||
− | ||Show Slide: | + | || <div style="color:#000000;">'''Show Slide:'''</div> |
+ | |||
+ | <div style="color:#000000;">Summary</div> | ||
+ | || <span style="color:#000000;">In this tutorial, we learnt to :</span>* <div style="color:#000000;">Place '''tracks''' on '''printed circuit board.'''</div> | ||
+ | * <div style="color:#000000;">Add dimension and text on '''Silkscreens.'''</div> | ||
+ | * <div style="color:#000000;">Generate '''Gerber files '''and '''view''' them. </div> | ||
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− | ''' | + | <div style="color:#000000;">'''Show Slide:'''</div> |
− | + | ||
+ | <div style="color:#000000;">'''Forum'''</div> | ||
+ | | style="color:#000000;" | Please post your timed queries in this forum. | ||
|- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | ||
− | || | + | || <div style="color:#000000;">'''Show Slide:'''</div> |
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− | ''' | + | |
− | + | ||
+ | <div style="color:#000000;">'''FOSSEE Forum'''</div> | ||
+ | | style="color:#000000;" | Please post your general queries on eSim in this forum. | ||
|- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | |- style="border:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | ||
− | ||Show Slide: | + | || <div style="color:#000000;">'''Show Slide:'''</div> |
− | '''Textbook Companion''' | + | <div style="color:#000000;">'''Textbook Companion'''</div> |
− | ||'''FOSSEE''' | + | || <span style="color:#000000;">'''FOSSEE'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">team coordinates the </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''TBC'''</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">project. </span> |
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− | ||Show Slide: | + | || <div style="color:#000000;">'''Show Slide:'''</div> |
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+ | <div style="color:#000000;">'''Acknowledgment'''</div> | ||
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− | || This is Saurabh from | + | || <span style="color:#000000;">This is Saurabh from </span><span style="color:#000000;">'''IIT Bombay'''</span><span style="color:#000000;">, signing off.</span> |
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Revision as of 18:32, 23 July 2019
Visual cue | Narration |
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Opening Slide
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Welcome to the spoken tutorial on “Laying Tracks on Printed Circuit Board”. |
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Learning Objectives
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In this tutorial, we will learn to -* Place tracks on printed circuit board.
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Systems Requirements
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This tutorial is recorded using -* Ubuntu Linux OS version 16.04
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Prerequisites
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To practice this tutorial, you should know to: * Read a PCB netlist.
If not, see the prerequisite eSim tutorials on this website.
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eSim main window: | I have already opened eSim on my machine. |
eSim main window:
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Let us open example 7805VoltageRegulator.
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I have already read the netlist, created an outline and set the design parameters. | |
Click on Open Project
>>
Navigate to Desktop location >>
>>
Click Open |
Click on Open Project from the left toolbar.
I will browse to Desktop.
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eSim main window :
Click on Open Schematic |
Click on Open Schematic button on the left toolbar, to open the schematic. |
eSim Schematic window:
Press F1 >> Click on Tools >> select Layout Printed Circuit Board |
Using F1 I will zoom into the schematic.
Let me resize this window.
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Pcbnew window:
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I have moved and oriented the footprints, such that there is minimum intersection between airwires.
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Pcbnew window:
Hover mouse over B.Cu text >> Click on B.Cu text
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Under the Layer tab on the right side of the Pcbnew window, click on B.Cu once.
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Pcbnew window:
Click on Place >> select Track |
Click on Place button in the top toolbar, and select Track from the menu. |
Pcbnew window:
Use scroll keys to zoom in
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Let us place tracks for connecting the capacitor C2 to the output terminal J2.
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Pcbnew window:
Click on node 1 of C2 >>
Drag the cursor till node 1 of J2 >>
Double click on node 1 of J2 |
Click on node 1 of C2.
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Pcbnew window:
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Similarly connect all the other nodes except the Ground nodes.
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Let us place a ground plane to connect all the ground nodes. | |
Pcbnew window:
Click on Add filled zones. |
Click on Add filled zones button located at the right side of the Pcbnew window. |
Pcbnew window:
Click once, slightly above the top-left corner of the board outline. |
Click once, slightly above the top-left corner of the board outline. |
Copper Zone Properties window:
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Let us place the ground plane on Bottom Copper layer.
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Click on OK | Click on OK button at the bottom right corner of the Copper Zone Properties window. |
Pcbnew window:
Drag the cursor towards right, horizontally
Click once slightly above top-right vertex of the outline.
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Drag the cursor with the pencil icon horizontally towards the right.
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Pcbnew window:
Move the cursor vertically towards the bottom-left vertex of the board
>>
Click once on the editor after crossing the bottom-left vertex.
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Let us move this cursor vertically, towards the bottom-right vertex of the board.
Click once slightly below bottom-right vertex.
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Pcbnew window:
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Similarly, we will draw a rectangular ground plane outline around board outline.
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Pcbnew window:
Hover cursor over ground plane outline >>
Hover cursor over ground plane outline and board outline. |
I have completed the ground plane outline.
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Pcbnew window :
Right-click inside the board outline.
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Right-click inside the board outline.
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Press esc key | Press Esc key to exit the Add filled zones tool. |
Let us now perform Design Rule Check i.e DRC, for the layout we created.
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Pcbnew window:
Click on Perform design rules check |
Click on Perform Design Rules check present at the top of the Pcbnew toolbar. |
DRC Control window:
Click on Start DRC
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Click on Start DRC.
In my case, there are no errors.
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DRC Control window:
Click OK |
Click OK button at the bottom right corner to exit the DRC Control window. |
Now let us see how to add text on our board. | |
Pcbnew window:
Click on F.Silks from the right toolbar
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Let us click on F.Silks layer to place text on the Front Silk Layer.
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Text Properties window:
Type 7805VoltageRegulator in the Text window.
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I will type 7805VoltageRegulator in the Text window.
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Pcbnew window:
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The typed text will be tied to the cursor.
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Please make sure to click inside the board outline.
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Pcbnew window:
Click on Margin layer from the right toolbar
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Click on Margin layer.
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Pcbnew window:
Click once the top-right vertex of the board layout
Drag the cursor towards the bottom right vertex in a straight line.
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Click once on either vertex of the board layout.
I have chosen the top-right vertex.
Let us drag the cursor towards the bottom right vertex in a straight line.
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Pcbnew window:
Hover cursor over horizontal dimension
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We will perform similar steps for placing horizontal dimension of the layout. |
Pcbnew window:
Press Ctrl and S key together |
Let us press Ctrl and S keys together to save the work.
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Pcbnew window:
Click on Plot(HPGL, PostScript or Gerber format) icon |
Click on Plot button at the top of the Pcbnew toolbar. |
Plot window:
Click on the tab below : Plot format. >>
select Gerber. >>
Hover mouse over Layers tab >>
Click on boxes to the left of F.Cu, B.Cu, Margin, F.Silks and Edge.Cuts layers from the provided layer options. |
Click on the tab below Plot format.
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Plot window:
Click on Browse button |
Click on Browse button at the top right of Plot window. |
Select Output Directory window:
Browse to desired directory
>>
Click on Desktop>>double click on 7805VoltageRegulator
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Let us navigate to the desired directory where we want to save the gerber files.
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Text box on the Plot Window:
Select the other options as shown here
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Plot window:
Click on Plot button located at the bottom of Plot window. |
Click on Plot button at the bottom of the Plot window. |
Messages window:
Hover cursor over the messages appeared in the Messages window |
Acknowledgement messages will appear in the Messages window. |
Let us generate the drill file in gerber format for our designed board. | |
Plot window:
Click on Generate Drill File |
Click on Generate Drill File at the bottom of the Plot window. |
Drill Files Generation window:
Click on Browse
Browse to the desired directory location
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Click on Browse button at top right corner of Drill Files Generation window.
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Plot Output Directory window:
Click on No |
If Plot Output Directory window appears,
click on No button in the middle of Plot Output Directory window. |
Plot window:
Click on Gerber option at middle of Drill Files Generation window |
Click on Gerber option placed in the middle of Drill Files Generation window if not selected. |
Text box on the Drill Files Generation Window:
Select the other options as shown here
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We will leave the rest of the settings as they are. |
Drill Files Generation window:
Click on Drill File |
Click on Drill File option present at the right side of Drill Files Generation window. |
Drill Files Generation window:
Hover mouse over Messages window |
An acknowledgement message will appear in the Messages window. |
Drill Files Generation window:
Click on Close |
Click on Close button at the bottom right corner of Drill Files Generation window. |
Plot window:
Click on Close |
Click on Close button at the bottom right corner of Plot window. |
Pcbnew window:
Press Ctrl and S key at the same time. |
Let us save our work by pressing Ctrl and S keys simultaneously. |
System Computer:
Windows OS users, click on start -> type “Gerbview” in the search bar and open the Gerbview application
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Now we will view the gerbers created.
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Terminal :
Type gerbview >> Press Enter |
Type gerbview and press Enter key. |
Gerbview window :
Click on File>> select Load Gerber File |
Click on File from the top left corner, and select Load Gerber File option. |
Open Gerber File window :
Browse to the directory where you saved your gerber files earlier.
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Let us browse to directory where we have saved the gerber files.
I will click on Desktop, and then double-click on 7805VoltageRegulator. |
Press Ctrl and A keys at the same time.
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Press Ctrl and A keys at the same time to select all the gerber files.
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Gerbview window :
Hover mouse over the PCB layout in Gerber Format
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We can see the PCB Layout we created in Gerber format. |
Let us see how the board we designed looks like in real. | |
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This is the FR4 grade copper cladded sheet on which we will transfer our design to. |
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After etching and drilling appropriate holes, this is how the board will look.
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This is how the board looks after components are soldered on it. |
With this, we come to the end of this tutorial.
Let us summarize.
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Summary
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In this tutorial, we learnt to :* Place tracks on printed circuit board.
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Forum
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Please post your timed queries in this forum. |
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FOSSEE Forum
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Please post your general queries on eSim in this forum. |
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Textbook Companion
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FOSSEE team coordinates the TBC project. |
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Acknowledgment
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Spoken Tutorial Project is funded by NMEICT, MHRD, Govt. of India.
For more details, visit this website.
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Thank you Slide | This is Saurabh from IIT Bombay, signing off.
Thank you.
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