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by Sarah Yasin
September 30, 2018
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PCB and types of PCBs:
PCB is the acronym for Printed Circuit Boards. Printed Circuit Boards are the
components of electronic systems. They are composed of substrate and base material
form of a board with copper traces and various components attached to direct current t
the circuit. There are two types of PCBs on the basis of design, Dotted PCBs and
PCBs.
Dotted PCBs v. Layout PCBs:
Dotted PCBs have dots available on the surface and components are inserted in thes
accordingly. The components are then attached with wires and soldered together. De
such PCBs is complex and can have many errors. For example, connecting the pi
avoiding error in shot connections. Layout PCBs, on the other hand, are simpler to des
design our circuit’s layout using designing software, then the copper layout is prepa
etching and then solder the various components onto the board. It is simpler and has
chances of error, and takes lesser time to manufacture.
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There are many designing software available for designing PCBs such as Expres
Eagle PCB, PCBWeb Designer, Zenith PCB, PCB Elegance, Free PCB, Open Circuit
and Proteus etc. We will be using Proteus to design our PCB circuit and make PCB lay
What is Proteus?
Proteus is a software used for electronic design automation; mainly used for pr
schematics and designing PCBs. It has many tools which are not only easy to use
helpful in PCB designing and learning about PCB designing. IT takes use of an inte
auto-router, and allows for the full schematic capture, configurable design rules, s
power planes, has an interactive circuit stimulator, follows industry standard CADCA
ODB++ output, and allows 3D viewing.
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and a new splash screen will appear. Next, a grid-like workspace will appear as shown
are buttons available that will help us in designing our PCB. There is a blue rectangle
our circuit will be designed within this rectangular space.
We will be using Proteus to design the following circuit. It is a 38 kHz frequency ge
which uses 555 timer IC.
The components include a 555 timer IC, 470K, 22K resistors and a 10K variable r
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side of your workspace. Click on “component model” or pick from the library.
Now select all the components you require, these will be added to the devices list. The
you select can be rotated by using the rotate buttons. You can then place your compon
the workspace. After placing all your components, place your cursor at the component
and draw the connections. Connect all the components to get a designed circuit as show
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If you want to modify any component, simply right click on the component and a dropdo
appear as shown. After completion save and debug the saved file. With this our virtua
is complete.
PCB Layout Designing:
Next, we will use the virtual circuit to design our PCB layout. Proteus has an integrated
designing suit. We can use this to develop our PCB. First you will open Proteus and
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This will open a window with components list. Now we will create our board edge us
Graphics Box Mode’. Click on ‘select layer’ and then select ‘board edge’. Now draw a
your workspace. Once you’re done, click once again and the green line will change
yellow colored layout. Our circuit is to be drawn in this box. You can also expand the
required.
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Next, click on the component and rotate if required using rotate buttons, then place in
workspace. After adding all the components, arrange the components properly. Y
change position by clicking on ‘selection mode’ and then selecting your component, y
then drag it to the required position. Next, connect all the components. Select ‘track mo
you can change the track width by selecting ‘C’ (Create) or ‘E’ (Edit) as shown. Se
these buttons will open a new window. Select your width according to the PCB you
Since this is hobbyist PCB made at home, we will use a width greater than 25. Here
use 35.
Next, connect components, click on the component end with pen and follow green line
you’re done the green line will be removed. If you are designing single layered PC
components are placed on one side and connections are made on the other side. In
layered, tracking and components are done on two sides. In multi-layered, the differen
are represented by different color. For example, the bottom layer represents blue, top la
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The directions of our component traces are indicated by white arrows, connections by
lines and blue lines show track. Any errors in tracking are shown by red circles.
To avoid errors, you can change the track path. For double layered PCBs, you can
track between layers by double-clicking the left button on your mouse, this will help to
the layer from one to another. The orange circles represent vias between layers. W
auto-router tool, you can arrange the tracks automatically. You can choose auto-router
will open which contains all the modes, designing rules and grid width options you can
accordingly and then click Routing. Automatic routing will start. Red tracks as shown i
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After you complete tracking, save your project in the same file you saved your Proteus
You can choose 3D visualization o see the final circuit. You can view all the
components, board without the components placed, front and back view.
Layout Printing:
Next is our final step, layout printing. For this go to the output option and select ‘Prin
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1: Top copper layer: This is only required for dual layered PCBs.`
2: Bottom copper layer: While printing this layer, only select ‘bottom copper’ and
edge’ in ‘layer/artwork’. Select the scale as 100%, select ‘X Horizontal’ in Rotation and
in ‘reflection’ option. Since the printed side will be facing copper layer in the opposite d
so we select the ‘mirror’ option.
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3: Top Silk layer: This is in combination with the bottom copper layer. Top silk layer pr
components view. For this, you will select ‘top silk’ and ‘board edge’ in ‘layer/artwork’
‘normal’ in ‘Reflection’ mode.
4: Bottom Silk Layer: This is for dual layered PCB.
5: Solder Resist Layer: This is for prevention of short circuits. For this select mode as
resist’ and select ‘bottom resist’ and ‘board edge’. Also select reflection as ‘mirror’ mode
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6: SMT Mode: We do not use SMT (Surface Mount Technology) mode as our circuit d
require SMT module.
7: Drill Plot Layer: This layer is used to indicate the drill place and drill hole size. Sele
and ‘board edge’. Select ‘normal’ in Reflection option.
PCB Etching:
Next, we will move on to the etching process. We will basically design our copper tra
copper layer print.
1: Take the copper layer board and cut according to your requirement.
2: This
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3: Apply heat to the printed paper by an iron box or any heat source.
4: We will see that the paper print is merged with the board. Next, drop the board
water and remove the paper. The carbon print on the board will remain.
5: Next place your board in ferric chloride liquid. The copper will react with the ferric c
whereas the copper not having carbon layer will be dissolved.
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6: Now clean your board with sandpaper. Remove any excess carbon layer.
7: Next, drill holes according to the drill position layer we designed.
8: Next place your components in the correct place and use soldering kit to solder th
place.
9: Finally, cut the extra pins by a cutter. The circuit is complete.
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l Like It So. But My Country Is Not Available To Easily Put The Desighn practical. Becouse of we have
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