From Prototype to Production with Eagle PCB Design By Robert Mawrey
Workshop 1 – Installation and Introduction to Eagle PCB Design Prerequisites Personal laptop that connects to the Internet at MathWorks Installing Eagle PCB Design Very High Level Introduction to Eagle Projects Parts Suppliers Parts and Eagle Libraries Eagle Schematics Eagle PCB Layout PCB Manufacturing and assembly
Installing Eagle PCB Design https://cadsoft.io/ Follow steps to install Choose Eagle Express Keep the file paths as or change them if you prefer <Options> <Directories>
Open the Seeed Grov-Button-v1.0 example
PCB Layout
Electronic Circuit or Schematic Diagrams Many parts libraries available in Eagle Plus the ability to add your own parts.
Electronic Components Two Parts Suppliers: http://www.digikey.com http://www.mouser.com By Kae - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=655329
Anatomy of a PCB http://hobbygenius.co.uk/tutorials/pcbdesign/1510
Getting PCBs made Create CAM (manufacturing files) using Eagle Send them off to a manufacturer to get made – there are many options Accutrace PCB4U • Advanced Circuits (4PCB) • AP Circuits • BasicPCB • Bay Area Circuits • Bittele (7pcb) • Breadboard Killer • CY Industrial • EasyEDA • Elecrow • Eurocircuits • ExpressPCB • Gold Phoenix • ITEAD Studio • Maker Studio • OSH Park • PCB Zone • PCB-POOL • PCBCART • PCBJOINT • PCBWay • PCBs.io • Seeed Studio • ShenZhen2U • Smart Prototyping • U&I (quickturnpcb)
Workshop 2 – Schematic Layout Research and project selection Schematic Layout
Workshop 3 – PCB Layout PCB anatomy Parts placement Manual PCB Routing Error Checking Annotation
Workshop 4 – Generating Manufacturing Files Gerber and drill files Gerber viewers Bill of Materials Ordering parts and PCBs
Workshop 5 - AutoRouting Using Eagle Using FreeRouting
PCB Assembly Soldering Hot Air Solder Paste Stencils Programming Testing
Packaging Options Custom cases Predesigned cases