REA307 PCB Design

Code REA307
Name PCB Design
Status Compulsory/Courses of Limited Choice
Level and type Undergraduate Studies, Academic
Field of study Electronics and Telecommunications
Faculty
Academic staff Dmitrijs Pikuļins, Juris Grizāns
Credit points 3.0 (4.5 ECTS)
Parts 1
Annotation PCB design fundamentals: technology, constructions, EMC. .
CAD, EDA design tools, software. Altium Designer, CADSTAR etc. and their structure: .
design explorer, navigation, existing menus and toolbars, locating component and loading .
libraries, creating schematic sheet, components placement, manual and automatic routing , .
design rule check, board design verifying. Creating output files. Practical design. .
Contents
Content Full- and part-time intramural studies Part time extramural studies
Contact hours Independent work Contact hours Independent work
Design methodology of electronic units, optimization, design criterion. Objectives & tasks of course 2 3 0 0
Fundamentals of PCB design 2 3 0 0
Computer Aided Design -CAD and Electronic Design Automation (EDA) 4 6 0 0
Printed Circuit Board (PCB) CAD 4 6 0 0
PCB Manufacturing 2 3 0 0
CAD development 2 3 0 0
PStudies: Introductory CAD demonstration (PCAD, CADSTAR,AltiumDesigner,PROTEL etc.) 2 3 0 0
PS: Starting CAD. PCB design base steps & results 2 3 0 0
PS: CAD Schematic Editor user interface. 2 3 0 0
PS: Locating schematic component and loading libraries 2 3 0 0
PS: Creating component libraries 4 6 0 0
PS: Creating PCB component footprint library 4 6 0 0
PS: Schematic Editor - wiring the circuit up 2 3 0 0
PS: Transferring the design. Setting up workspace and component placement 2 3 0 0
PS: Manual and interactive routing the board. Verifying board design (setup DRC) 4 6 0 0
PS: Automatical routing the board. Setting up design rules and strategy 4 6 0 0
PS: Setting up the project outputs 2 3 0 0
PS: Completing design and result analysis 2 3 0 0
Total: 48 72 0 0
Goals and objectives
of the course in terms
of competences and skills 		The goals of the course is to acquire knowledge about the board-level design by means of CAD and to develop practical skills necessary for PCB design. Results and competences: elaborated study project in accordance with technical task; ability to work in CAD environment and to use graphical editors; ability to create libraries of components; ability to set up design options, to locate components and to load libraries; ability to document the project; ability to design PCB manually and by means of interactive options; ability to discuss the project and to defend it
Learning outcomes
and assessment 		Ability to locate & create PCB components and load the libraries - practical studies, home work - discussion
Ability to add schematic sheets to a project - practical studies, home work - discussion
Ability to set up the PCB workspace and place components on the PCB - practical studies, home work -discussion
Ability to route the PCB - practical studies, home work -discussion
Ability to design PCB, to discuss and defend the work - studies work - defence
Evaluation criteria of study results
Practical work - 20%
Homework - 30%
Course work - 50%
 
Course prerequisites RTR105 Computer Studies (basic course)
Course planning
Part CP ECTS Hours Tests
Lectures Practical Lab. Test Exam Work
1 3.0 4.5 1.0 0.0 2.0 *
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