PCB Design and Manufacturing Course
Course objectives:
- To understand the principles and techniques of PCB designs (through OrCad tools).
- To design and manufacture PCBs.
- To learn to use computers in PCB fabrication labs (CNC machines and photo-plotters).
- To develop teamwork skills.
Course Outline
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Title |
Lecture note |
1 |
Introduction to schematic and part editor
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2 |
Flat, Hierarchical
design
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pdf |
3 |
Preparing for OrCAD Layout
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pdf |
4 |
Introduction to layout and smart rout
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pdf |
5 |
Fabrication process steps
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Refrences
Text Books: OrCAD Flow Tutorial
Additional text book: PCB
Design by Using Orcad Software
Course Agenda: OrCad Agenda
Course in Details
Day 1st:
Introduction to schematic and part editor
Creating a new project.
Defining the OrCad interface windows and file extensions.
Assigning global signals
and defining the circuit construction.
Assigning reference
designators.
Building parts and symbols.
Day 2nd: Flat design Hierarchical design
Building a hierarchical
design (top to down and down to top methodologies)
Creating multi-sheet flat
designs.
Copying work between
projects.
Day 3rd: Preparing for OrCAD
Layout
Post-process schematic
designs to prepare them for layout. ( netlist
creation , design checking, documentations, bill of material and reports
editing)
Day 4th: Introduction to layout and smart rout
Using spreadsheets to
manage design data and rules.
Develop skills in part
placement as well as interactive and automatic routing.
Post-process board designs
to prepare them for manufacturing.
Day 5th: Fabrication process steps
Introduction to PCB
technology.
Anatomy of laminates, and phototool generation including screen preparation.
PCB fabrication
techniques-single, double sided and multilayers.
Drilling operation by CNC
etching: chemical principles and mechanisms.
Plating operations. Post
operations; stripping solder masking.
PCB component assembly
processes (DIP and SMT technologies).