06. Electronics Design

Class Week 06

• Electronics Design

Lesson06 electronics design

Review05 3D scanning and printing

Recitation06 maker education

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Assignment Week 06

• group assignment:
  • use the test equipment in your lab to observe the operation of a microcontroller circuit board
• individual assignment:
  • redraw the echo hello-world board,
  • add (at least) a button and LED (with current-limiting resistor)
  • check the design rules, make it, and test it
  • extra credit: measure its operation
  • extra extra credit: simulate its operation

Learning outcome

• Select and use software for circuit board design.
• Demonstrate workflows used in circuit board design.

Student should have

• Shown your process using words/images/screenshots.
• Explained problems and how you fixed them, including how you worked with design rules for milling (DRC in EagleCad and KiCad).
• Included original design files (Eagle, KiCad, Inkscape, .cad - whatever).

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References and resources

• Soldering Master Class

Basic Electronics

• Webs: http://electronicsforu.com/

• Concise electronics for geeks

• Books:

  • “Make: Electronics Learning by Discovery Charles Platt” (e-book)

  • “Make: Encyclopedia of Electronic Components Volume 1: Resistors, Capacitors, Inductors, Switches, Encoders, Relays, Transistors” (pdf)

• Components:

  • Pull up

  • Resistor SMD code

• How current flows in a circuit:

  • What is electric current

  • Voltage, Current, Resistance, and Ohm's Law

  • Conventional Versus Electron Flow

  • Electric current

Electronic Design

• Fab Academy students documentation:

  • Jundy Wang

  • Steven Chew

• Simulation:

  • Falstad

  • Partsim

• Eagle

  • FAB library

  • Tutorials:

    • Schematic + Layout (old version Eagle but cool! ) -> Step by Step tutorial

    • AUTODESK Guided Tour (17 videos about 4 min/video new version): Schematic, PCB, Checking the components, how to import a library…

    • Assignment Tutorial ( step by step ):

• Other tutorials:

  • SPARKFUN ( Schematic ):

  • SPARKFUN ( Board Layout ):

• Free Simulation Tools ( Mac, Windows, Linux, Android, iOS )

• Making Custom Outlines to the PCB

• What resistor should I use with my LED?

• 123Circuit

• Kokopelli - CAD design

• Kicad

  • Gérard Bandini

  • Vincent Dupuis

  • Fab Library

• Fab Mod: fab.mod

• Multiboard

• Drawing pcb

Gift ;)