PCB Design and Fabrication

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Subrat Kumar pradhan

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CUTM3104

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Course Objectives

1   To develop and understand sustainable development goals (SDGs) for our society

2   To develop and familiarization with the principles, technology, materials, and tools required for Design and Developing of PCB

3   To develop an end-to-end technical understanding to design a PCB and Developing them

4   To comply with the industry specifications, guidelines, and safety standards during work

CO Course Outcome Mapping CO's with PO's
(High-3, Medium-2, Low-1)
CO1 To understand the importance of Printed Circuit Board (PCB) in today’s technology. PO1(3), PO3(2)
CO2 To become familiar with the various techniques of PCB design. PO3(1)
CO3 To understand the needs of the society from the compactness and portability point of view. PO4(2), PO6(2)
CO4 Enterprenuership oppertunities PO5(3)

Module I

Introduction

Printed Circuit Boards, Surface Mount and Through Hole, Prototyping Solderless, Breadboard, Perfboard, Stripboard, Installing EAGLE, First Run, Load an Example Project, Install Third-Party Software, Installing the Adafruit and Sparkfun Libraries, Installing the Sparkfun Design Rules.

Practice:

Introduction to Eagle platform.
Create and execute a sample project.
Installing various libraries and getting familiar with the Design rules of the PCB design.

Module II

Installing circuit simulation tool.

Installing Proteus / Multisim, familiarisation with the interface, Creating a project, Building the circuit, simulating the operation for correctness, transferring to Eagle platform.

Practice:
Introduction to circuit simulation platform and installation.
Building and simulating few standard sample electronic circuits.
Create and execute a project to carry forward to PCB fabrication.

Module III

Components and Libraries

U.S. versus European Circuit Symbols, Resistors, Through-Hole Resistors, SMD Resistors, Capacitors, Through-Hole Capacitors, SMD Capacitors, Transistors and Diodes, Through-Hole Transistors, SMD Transistors and Diodes, Integrated Circuits, Through-Hole ICs (DIP), SMD ICs, Connectors, Other Components.

Practice:

Create PCB design project based on through hole technology by referring to the datasheet of the individual component. (employing 2 terminal, 3 terminal and multiple terminal components)

Re-design the project based on the surface mount technology, in reference to the datasheet of the components used. (employing 2 terminal, 3 terminal and multiple terminal components)

Module IV

Editing Schematics

The Anatomy of the Schematic Editor, The Command Toolbar, Common Commands, Other Commands, Nets, Buses, Worked Example, Starting the Schematic, Adding the Components, Adding the Supplies, Adding the Nets, Assigning Net Classes, Running the ERC.

Practice:

Create a custom component in the database.

Module V

Laying Out a Printed Circuit Board

Experimenting Layers, The Command Toolbar, Common Commands, Other Commands, The Grid, Sound Meter Layout (Through-Hole), Create a Board from the Schematic, Decide on Board Size, Position and Rotate the Components, Add Mounting Holes, Get Some Design Rules, Run the Auto-router, Tweak the Result, Run the Design Rule Checker, Text on the Silk Screen, Add Text to the Bottom Sound Meter Layout (Surface-Mount), Create a New Schematic and Board, Swap Parts on the Schematic, Resize and Tidy the Board, Manual Layout.

Practice:

Create the required routing using the built-in Auto-routing function of the platform.

Create the required routing manually and analyse the differences.

Module VI

Printed Circuit Board Fabrication

Gerber Files, Loading a CAM Job, Running a CAM Job, Measure Twice, Cut Once, Submitting a Job to a PCB Service, Follow the Instructions Photoetching, Milling PCBs, Toner Transfer.

Practice:

Develop the projects on to the copper clad by transferring the layout using various techniques available.

Etching of the layout transferred on to the copper clad and milling(drilling) of required holes for the components.

Module VII

Soldering Tools

General Tools, Tools for Surface-Mount Devices, Soldering, Through-Hole PCBs, Through-Hole Soldering, Step by Step SMD Hand Soldering, Soldering Two- and Three-Legged Components, Soldering IC Packages, SMT with Hot-Air Gun, Soldering Two- and Three-Legged Components, Soldering IC Packages, Packages with Hidden Connections, Using a Reflow Oven, Get Everything Together, Applying Solder Paste, Populating the Board, Baking the Boards.

Practice:

Assemble the components using various components supplied by university and self procured on to the project.

Testing the functionality of the project is examined and tested.

Session Plan
Session Topics
Session 1 Printed Circuit Boards, Surface Mount and Through Hole, Prototyping Solderless, Breadboard, Perf-board, Stripboard

introduction

Session 2 Installing EAGLE, First Run, Load an Example Project
Install Third-Party Software, Installing the Adafruit and Sparkfun Libraries, Installing the Sparkfun Design Rules.

EAGLE INTERFACE

Session 3 Installing Proteus / Multisim, familiarisation with the interface

proteus steps

Session 4 Creating a project, Building the circuit

PCB Design steps

Session 5 Simulating the operation for correctness, transferring to Eagle platform

EAGLE INTERFACE

Session 6 U.S. versus European Circuit Symbols

user interface

Session 7 Resistors, Through-Hole Resistors, SMD Resistors, Capacitors, Through-Hole        Capacitors, SMD Capacitors

EAGLE Interface 2

Session 8 Transistors and Diodes, Through-Hole Transistors, SMD Transistors and        Diodes

Components and libraries

Session 9 Integrated Circuits, Through-Hole ICs (DIP), SMD ICs, Connectors, Other Components

Components and libraries

Session 10 The Anatomy of the Schematic Editor, The Command Toolbar

editing schematics

Session 11 Common Commands, Other Commands, Nets, Buses
Session 12 Worked Example, Starting the Schematic, Adding the Components, Adding the Supplies, Adding the Nets
Session 13 Assigning Net Classes, Running the ERC
Session 14 Experimenting Layers, The Command Toolbar, Common Commands, Other Commands
Session 15 The Grid, Sound Meter Layout (Through-Hole), Create a Board from the Schematic
Session 16 Decide on Board Size, Position and Rotate the Components, Add Mounting Holes
Session 17 Get Some Design Rules, Run the Auto-router, Tweak the Result, Run the Design Rule Checker, Text on the Silk Screen
Session 18 Add Text to the Bottom Sound Meter Layout (Surface-Mount), Create a New Schematic and Board
Session 19 Swap Parts on the Schematic, Resize and Tidy the Board, Manual Layout
Session 20 Gerber Files, Loading a CAM Job, Running a CAM Job
Session 21 Measure Twice, Cut Once, Submitting a Job to a PCB Service
Session 22 Follow the Instructions Photoetching, Milling PCBs, Toner Transfer
Session 23 General Tools, Tools for Surface-Mount Devices, Soldering, Through-Hole PCBs
Session 24 Through-Hole PCBs, Through-Hole Soldering, Step by Step SMD Hand Soldering
Session 25 Soldering Two- and Three-Legged Components, Soldering IC Packages
Session 26 SMT with Hot-Air Gun, Soldering Two- and Three-Legged Components
Session 27 Soldering IC Packages, Packages with Hidden Connections
Session 28 Using a Reflow Oven, Get Everything Together, Applying Solder Paste, Populating the Board, Baking the Boards

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Assistant Professor in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Centurion University of Technology and Management, Odisha. Pursuing PhD in the field of IoT and Smart Agriculture at Centurion University of Technology and Management, Odisha. Completed masters during 2012 in VLSI and Embedded Systems from S’O’A University, Bhubaneswar. Trained and experienced in Circuits Design, Analysis […]