This course introduces printed circuit board (PCB) design and layout practices and concerns. It is intended for students with some experience with circuits who are interested in learning or improving their PCB design and fabrication skills, and particularly those who are part of or intend to join engineering student organizations with working knowledge in PCB design.
Our Intro class will be held on January 28th.
Enrollment codes will be distributed in a later class. Please attend this first meeting if you are interested. We will start in a Zoom meeting and transition to a gather.town room. If you are unfamiliar with how to use gather.town, we recommend that you try it out a little on your own time.
We are pleased to announce that IEEE HOPE Decal will be renewed for the Spring 2021 semester as a 2-unit course, with a projected schedule of 7-9pm on Thursdays.
Given the current conditions, the HOPE DeCal will not be offered in person as it has been in the past. Instruction and lab will be administered over remote meeting software, and any formerly physical hardware parts of the class (namely, the PCB assembly and microcontroller activities) have been replaced with an alternative, digital assignment. The final project will no longer include physical assembly as a requirement, but interested students will be able to order their project’s PCB and components with HOPE’s support if they choose to do so, and receive assistance during assembly if necessary.
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1 (Date) |
Welcome to HOPE / Introduction to PCBs |
Slides Reading Recording |
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2 (Date) |
KiCad Schematic Basics |
Slides Lab Page Recording |
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3 (Date) |
KiCad Board Layout Basics |
Slides Lab Page Recording |
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4 (Date) |
PCB Design Abstraction and Stakes |
Slides Lab Page Recording |
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5 (Date) |
Understanding Components |
Slides Lab Page Recording |
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6 (Date) |
Understanding Layout |
Slides Lab Page Recording |
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7 (Date) |
PCB Manufacturing and Layout |
Slides Lab Page Recording |
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8 (Date) |
PCB Assembly and Testing |
Slides Lab Page Recording |
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9 (Date) |
Microcontroller Basics |
Slides Lab Page Recording |
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10 (Date) |
Manufacturing/Layout pt.2 |
Slides Lab Page Recording |
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11 (Date) |
Project Design Reviews |
Slides Lab Page Recording |
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12 (Date) |
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Slides Lab Page Recording |
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13 (Date) |
Project Presentations | Recording |