This method is better when you need to make in bulk quantities. But in this method we are using screen printing. In the above method we transferred the print of traces to the copper clad using toner transfer method. Please read the article, “ Home made PCB using Laser Print and Ironing” for more details. PCB Manufacturing Ironing using Laser Print Good for complex and sophisticated circuits.Good for medium level circuits (Note : Free only up to 300 pins and 2 layer).Good for beginners having internet access.Just need a device which will support modern web browser. We don’t need a good computer or laptop to do these.Get existing designs from the community and redesign as per our requirements.Easily share your design with online community.No need to manually update the software.You can work anywhere, any PC or even in mobile devices by just connecting to internet. Will work in any platforms which will support a modern browser.Access to a wide range of components libraries maintained by a large user base.Recommended Reading : Getting Started with EasyEDA Advantages of a Cloud Solution EasyEDA is developing a desktop version to solve this problem, hope that they will release it soon. One of the problem with these cloud based solutions are that we need good internet connection. Note : I am using both Diptrace and EasyEDA nowadays. Similar to checking/writing emails we can use any system/tablet/mobile which supports a modem browser. We don’t need to install any softwares, just need to login to a browser. It seems to be a very nice platform for designing medium level PCBs. I started using EasyEDA since it is open source. EasyEDA, Upverter, Circuit.io are leaders among these. A cloud/browser based solutions for electronics design applications. ![]() Then I seen that another era of design is evolving. For beginners and medium level designs DipTrace seems to be best tool for me. Then I realized the truth that these OrCad, Altium softwares are for designing highly completed circuits like a computer motherboard. I never used latest versions of OrCad as I seen that they are much more complex and sophisticated. It was very easy and responsive to make a pcb with DipTrace compared to OrCad. Phase 3 : DiptraceĪfter that I seen that some of my friends are using DipTrace. Don’t need to worry above measurements every time, just create a component footprint one then use it in as many projects.Īfter completing the PCB design we could export the gerber files and send for PCB fabrication. Compared to my previous hand drawn experience it was really awesome. Then one of my friend introduced me OrCad. After that I will put that copper clad in the ferric chloride solution for etching. ![]() I used to harden the permanent marker tracks several times to avoid discontinuity. After the design is completed, I used to copy the design to copper clad using permanent marker. Several iterations of drawing was required to make even a small circuit. Mostly I used graph papers to design PCB as it was very easy to make measurements and alignments. I started designing PCB manually without using any softwares. I started doing hobby circuits before 8 years and now I am doing professional circuits. I've seen people use fritzing before for similar things, though it may not be quite what you're looking for.Today I am gonna write about my PCB designing journey that happened before 8 year. Good (free) program for creating electrical schematic? Similar to this picture? looking to make schematic of my enclosure wiring. I'd recommend you check out the software called Fritzing! I quite liked it when it was not crashing.Īnyone know how to put this on breadboard? ![]() Maybe that was just my system or maybe things have improved since then though. Though last time (many years ago) I tried to use it, despite quite liking it I found it to be very unstable to the point I could not use it without it crashing many times. is another local option that is easy to use but last time I tried it would crash on me all the time making it basically unusable -.įritzing - Opensource, a simpler tool but still fully capable. Other popular option (but with a much steeper learning curve) are kcad, but I have always found that to be clunky UI. ![]() Personally I find and easier to get started with. For designing them there are various tools out there.
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