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 Faculty of Computer Science, Information Technology and Energy
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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