PCB Circuit Design with Altium

• An understanding of electronics

PCB (Printed Circuit Board) Circuit Design refers to the process of designing, etching, and printing circuits on a signal boards layout.  Altium Designer is a freely available desktop application for designing PCBs.

In this instructor-led, live training, participants will learn how to use the Altium software to create PCB circuit boards. The course starts by examining a set of existing schematics, then drawing out an original circuit in Altium. The training steps through process for designing and manufacturing the circuit board.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Create a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) from any schematic
• Create schematics and design circuit boards using Altium
• Print and etch a physical circuit board
• Export the industry-standard files for sending to a large-scale manufacturer

Audience

• Engineers
• Technicians

Format of the Course

• Part lecture, part discussion, exercises and heavy hands-on practice

Notes

• To request a customized training for this course, please contact us to arrange.

Introduction

Getting Started with PCB Design Software and Tools

• Installing and Configuring Altium
• Overview of Altium features and component libraries

PCB Design Overview

• Why design a custom schematic?
• Circuit properties of a PCB
• Overview of single-sided, double-sided and multi-layered PCB designs.
• Overview of software design and construction process

Designing the PCB

• Examining an existing schematic
• Drawing a schematic in Altium
• Designing a circuit board in Altium
• Checking board for errors
• Generating files for manufacturing the boards

Construction

• Constructing the physical board (equipment, materials and process)
• Selecting the electronic components
• Constructing the circuit board

Advanced

• Designing your own components

Troubleshooting

Summary and Conclusion