EE 461/561 – Digital System Design PCB Tutorial #1 Starting a PCB Design in Mentor PADS w/ DxDesigner Topics 1.Directory Structure 2.Creating a Parts Library 3.Creating a DxDesigner Schematic 4.Creating a Layout

EE 461/561 – Digital System Design PCB Tutorial #2 Creating a Board Outline in Mentor PADS Layout Topics 1.Grids 2.Board Outline 3.Miters 4.Rounded Edges

EE 461/561 – Digital System Design PCB Tutorial #3 Creating Parts and Moving them from Schematic to Layout DxDesigner & Mentor PADS Layout Layout Topics 1.Creating Parts with Pre-existing Symbols & Decals 2.Creating Parts with Custom Decals 3.Moving netlist from DxDesigner to Layout

EE 461/561 – Digital System Design PCB Tutorial #4 Creating a Drill Drawing Mentor PADS Layout Layout Topics 1.Creating Dill Drawing with Board Outline, Drill Table, Dimensions, and Stackup 2.Creating a PDF of the Drawing

EE 461/561 – Digital System Design PCB Tutorial #5 Adding and Routing Nets Mentor DxDesigner & PADS Layout Layout Topics 1.Adding nets in the schematic 2.Routing nets in layout 3.Adding planes in layout 4.Setting up vias

EE 461/561 – Digital System Design PCB Tutorial #6 Creating Gerbers & Drill Files for Fab PADS Layout Layout Topics 1.Setting up CAM Layers 2.Creating Gerbers 3.Checking Gerbers