Make Your Own PCBs With EAGLE · From Schematic Designs to Finished Boards by Monk, Simon -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title Copyright Page Dedication About the Author Contents Acknowledgments 1 Introduction

Printed Circuit Boards Surface Mount and Through Hole Prototyping

Solderless Breadboard Perfboard Stripboard

Installing EAGLE Light Edition

Installation on Windows Installation on Mac Installation on Linux

First Run Load an Example Project Install Third-Party Software

Installing the Adafruit and Sparkfun Libraries Installing the Sparkfun Design Rules Downloading the Book Examples

Light Edition Limitations Summary

2 Quickstart

Creating a New Project Drawing the Schematic

Add the Components Join Them Together

Electrical Rule Check Laying Out the Board

Dragging Components onto the Board Resizing the Board Routing

Summary

3 Components and Libraries

U.S. versus European Circuit Symbols Resistors

Through-Hole Resistors SMD Resistors

Capacitors

Through-Hole Capacitors SMD Capacitors

Transistors and Diodes

Through-Hole Transistors SMD Transistors and Diodes

Integrated Circuits

Through-Hole ICs (DIP) SMD ICs

Connectors Other Components Buying Components Paper PCB Summary

4 Editing Schematics

The Anatomy of the Schematic Editor The Command Toolbar

Common Commands Other Commands

Nets Buses Worked Example

Starting the Schematic Adding the Components Adding the Supplies Adding the Nets Assigning Net Classes Running the ERC

Summary

5 Laying Out a Printed Circuit Board

Experimenting Layers The Command Toolbar

Common Commands Other Commands

The Grid Sound Meter Layout (Through-Hole)

Create a Board from the Schematic Decide on Board Size Position and Rotate the Components Add Mounting Holes Get Some Design Rules Run the Autorouter Tweak the Result Run the Design Rule Checker Text on the Silk Screen Add Text to the Bottom

Sound Meter Layout (Surface-Mount)

Create a New Schematic and Board Swap Parts on the Schematic Resize and Tidy the Board

Manual Layout Summary

6 Printed Circuit Board Fabrication

Gerber Files Loading a CAM Job Running a CAM Job Measure Twice, Cut Once Submitting a Job to a PCB Service Follow the Instructions Photoetching Milling PCBs Toner Transfer Summary

7 Soldering

Tools

General Tools Tools for Surface-Mount Devices

Soldering Through-Hole PCBs

Through-Hole Soldering Step by Step

SMD Hand Soldering

Soldering Two- and Three-Legged Components Soldering IC Packages

SMT with Hot-Air Gun

Soldering Two- and Three-Legged Components Soldering IC Packages Packages with Hidden Connections

Using a Reflow Oven

Get Everything Together Applying Solder Paste Populating the Board Baking the Boards

Summary

8 Example: An Arduino Shield

Introducing Arduino Shield Design Arduino R3 Shield Template A Four-Digit LED Example

Schematic PCB Layout

Fabrication Summary

9 A Raspberry Pi Expansion Board

Design Considerations The Schematic The Board

Laying Out the Power Supply Laying Out the Power and Motor Tracks

Summary

10 Commands, Scripts, and User-Language Programs

Commands Scripts

Built-in Scripts Writing a Script

User Language Programs

Running ULPs The ULP Language

Summary

11 Creating Libraries and Parts

Creating a Library Copying a Device from Another Library The Part Editor Devices, Symbols, and Packages Editing a Part Creating a New Part

Making a Package Making a Symbol Making a Device

Summary

Appendix A: Resources

Official Documentation Forums Tutorials Sources of Library Parts

Appendix B: EAGLE Layers

Layers Used in the Layout Editor Layers Used in the Schematic Editor

Appendix C: User-Language Program Reference

Data Types Strings Arrays Logical and Bitwise Operators Control Structures Special Constants Dialog Functions Other Built-in Functions

Index

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