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Overview

Our assignment for the week was to redaw the Hello Echo board and add an LED with a current limiting resistor and a Switch. Aditionally we have to mill and stuff the board and see if it is working. If not we should try debugging it make it work and use the electronics testing equipments we have in our lab. We could also try and simulate the board. As Neil said the objective is to get used to many design tools and become familiar with all the testing equipments in our lab.

PCB Desing Tools

EAGLE (Easily Applicable Graphical Layout Editor)

EAGLE is a electronic design automation application with schematic capture, PCB layout, auto-router and computer-aided manufacturing features. It widely used by many people and the learning curve is gradual. I found this software easy to use and has a lot of good features.

The first job is to Install Eagle. It was recently bought by Autodesk hence you need an Autodesk account to install Eagle. Once installed you need to add the Fab library to the Eagle.

The Fab library is a collection of all the electronics inventories available in the fablab. You will be designing using these components hence you need to have them in your library. You can optionally create parts of your own by drawing custom foots prints.

The Fab library is a collection of all the electronics inventories available in the fablab. You will be designing using these components hence you need to have them in your library. You can optionally create parts of your own by drawing custom foots prints.