Workshop on PCB Design

This workshop combines insightful lectures with practical lab exercises to reinforce key concepts.

Who Should Attend?

B.E / B.Tech (ECE, AEI,EIE,EEE,CSE)/B.Sc Electronics/Diploma Electronics

Prerequisites

• Basic Electronics knowledge

Skills Gained

After completing this workshop, you will be able to:

• Appreciate how a PCB is made and understand the variations in construction.
• Evaluate the key aspects of a PCB design software.
• Gain hands-on experience of different PCB routing and placement techniques.
• Establish the important requirements of PCB manufacture.

COURSE OUTLINE

Introduction to Circuit diagram Editor, Simulation, PCB Design Structure, Component Placement and Design, Testing, Board Analysis, Fabrication output generation.

COURSE DETAILS

Module1 - Computerized capture of electronic designs

• Creation of symbolic representation of circuits (schematic diagram).
• Searching, loading and placing of components.
• Wiring connections between components.
• Updating component information in PCB layout (Auto packaging).
• Entering Page Notes.
• Saving the Project.

Module2 - Introduction to PCB Layout

• PCB Structure and Standards.
• Tracks, Pads and Vias.
• Ratsnest and Netlist.
• Design of PCB layout of a circuit.
• Define the Board Outline.
• Place the components.
• Routing of the components - Manual and Automatic
• Detection and repair of Design rules violation, clearance errors and missing or incomplete connections.
• 3D View of the designed board.

Module3 – Board Analysis

• Thermal Analysis and Electromagnetic Analysis.
• Graphical representation of temperature distribution on a finished PCB at steady state.
• Display of analysis results using isotherms and color mapping schemes.
• Signal Integrity and Field Analyzer.

Module4 – Fabrication Manager

• Gerber & Photo-tooling.
• Fabrication Setup.
• Generation of Artwork.
• NC-Drill Generation – Drilling of holes (NCD files).

Terms and Pre- requisites

1. The workshop will be for two days .
2. All practical, from Schematic diagram drawing to Fabrication output files generation, will be based upon EDWinXP software.
3. Minimum 20 computers (2 students each on a computer) equipped with EDWinXP 1.90 evaluation version installed. We will provide the evaluation version of the software.
4. PCB boards shall be present in the lab during the workshop for demonstration purposes. (Optional)
5. PCB fabrication involving hardware will be present for this workshop.
6. Students will be provided with participation certificates that will be sent to college within 1 month.

Duration

2 days

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