Week 6 assigment

This week covers the design of the circuit board using EDA tool. The design covers from schematic design to complete (Printed Circuit Board) PCB.
The group assigment covers the terst using lab equipment and observe the operations of the micro-controller circuit board.
This is the link for group assigment: Group assigment

Individual assigment

I have used KiCAD to design the circuit board.

I opned the installed KiCAD software and created new project which will hold all the schematic and pcd designs.
On the schematic design, I used symble tool to add components that will be used to build the circuit board.

To generate the PCB I imported the chematic into the PBC Editor. The process is defined bellow.
Import Schematic into PCB Editor

• Open PCB Editor (PCBNew).
• Click Tools → Update PCB from Schematic.
• Place components on the board.


Arrange Components and Define Board Shape
• Move components to optimize placement.
• Define the board outline using Edge.Cuts layer.


Route Traces
• Select Route → Interactive Router (X key).
• Connect components using traces.

Screenshots bellow shows the inport and routing of the PCB.


Bellow is the 3D view of the final product and the gerber view.
To create the gerber file, the steps follow: Generate Gerber Files

1. Open PCB Editor in KiCad.
2. Click File → Plot.
3. Select Gerber as the plot format.
4. Choose the layers you need (typically, for single-sided PCBs, select):
   F.Cu (Front Copper)
   Edge.Cuts (Board Outline)
   F.Paste (for SMD)
   Drill Files
5. Click Plot to generate the Gerber files.
6. Click Generate Drill Files and save them.

The gerber file will be used to generate the G-code that will be used by the CNC drill to produce the circuit board.