Week_06:

electronics design:

 individual assignment:
      • simulate a circuit
      • use an EDA tool to design an embedded microcontroller system
         using parts from the inventory,
         and check its design rules for fabrication
      • extra credit: try another design workflow
      • extra credit: design a case

Individual assignment

I will design a Xiao ESP32C3 board using EasyEDA for this assignment.

1) Circuit simulation

first I simulated the circuit using Cirkit designer app a very comprehensive circuit simulation site

2 ) Schematic design

First register your account and install the EasyEDA program from the website then create a new project file

select the schematic and use the microcontroller like icon to add components

this will bring you to a component data base where you will select EasyEDA at the top left and then each the Xiao Seeed esp32c3 in the search bar and fin your desired part by clicking place

For the headers you will need to reach under the LCSC tab. Under filter find the connectors tab and scroll down to find the “Pin Headers” choose 1 number of rows and 7p for number of pins and 2.54mm for pitch and select place you will need two

Now that the pins and MCU are on the schematic simply connect the pins like so by clicking

Update your design and check select PCB 1 to view the PCB