PCB Lab
PCB Lab
PCB Lab
R20 Regulations
Course Objectives:
This course will teach teams of students how to design and fabricate PCB for prototyping as well as in
Industrial Production environment. This will help students to innovate faster with electronics
technology.
Course Outcomes:
Understand a single layer and multilayer PCB
Create and fabricate a PCB
Evaluate and test a PCB
UNIT I
Fundamental of basic electronics: Component identification, Component symbols & their footprints,
understand schematic, Creating new PCB, Browsing footprints libraries, Setting up the PCB layers,
Design rule checking, Track width selection, Component selection, Routing and completion of the
design
UNIT II
Introduction to PCB: Definition and Need/Relevance of PCB, Background and History of PCB, Types
of PCB, Classes of PCB Design, Terminology in PCB Design, Different Electronic design automation
(EDA)tools and comparison.
UNIT III
PCB Design Process: PCB Design Flow, Placement and routing, Steps involved in layout design,
Artwork generation Methods - manual and CAD, General design factors for digital and analogue
circuits, Layout and Artwork making for Single-side, double-side and Multilayer Boards, Design for
manufacturability, Design-specification standards
References:
1. Jon Varteresian, Fabricating Printed Circuit Boards, Newnes, 2002
2. R. Tummala, Fundamentals of Microsystems Packaging, McGraw-Hill 2001
3. C. Robertson. PCB Designer´s Reference. Prentice Hall, 2003
4. Open-source EDA Tool KiCad Tutorial: http://kicad-pcb.org/help/tutorials/ 13. PCB
Fabrication user guide page:
http://www.wikihow.com/Create-Printed-Circuit-Boards
http://www.siongboon.com/projects/2005-09-07_home_pcb_fabrication/
http://reprap.org/wiki/MakePCBInstructions#Making_PCBs_yourself
PCB Fabrication at home(video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mv7Y0A9YeUc,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imQTCW1yWkg