Electronics Design

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    individual project:
      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: simulate its operation

     group project:
      use the test equipment in your lab to observe the operation
         of a microcontroller circuit board

Redraw

Preparation

I'd started by looking into some projects made last year and figure out that I needed to renew some Electronics Basic concepts. SO I started with SparkFun’s tutorials on Eagle, and got the need to go deeper, especially with Physics domain so that while doing the assignment I could deep draft my final project. Some good videos here:

Software tools

I'd installed Eagle and KiCAD, and decided to invest more on KiCAD since it's Open Source.

Execution

Started by creating the schematic by myself, adding the components from Fab library

Created a board out of it...

... but after quite a few tutorials on Eagle and Board Design I got lost... so

... came back to basics... and fallowed FabAcademy Tutorial on Electronics Design

Introduction to Eagle

Add a button and a LED

but.. needed some adjustments...

...substitute JP1 on dowloaded file by a 6 pin Header from Fab Library

Eagle Files

Schematic
Board

Make it

and finally have the first board Wired...

Test it

Programing....

usin ARDUINO as ISP

Arduino IDE

Burn the boatloader

Programming the board

and it worked :DDDD

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