Any PCB Layout people out there???

[greenda4]

Hi,

I am a firmware designer who would like to learn how to do PCB layouts. Can someone offer advice as to where I should start in learning??

Thanks,

greenda4

[moamps]

Hi,
look at www.expresspcb.com
You will find there good PCB software for FREE with nice basic explanation how to start...
Regards

[peranders]

Start also to look at pcb's. There you can fetch a lot of inspiration.

[Devil_H@ck]

Practice makes perfect . You'll learn a lot while trying to lay out a PCB.

A trick to spot stupid traces that always works for me is printing out the PCB design. For some reason I spot bad laid out traces a lot faster on paper than on a computer screen.

You might want to try Eagle (www.cadsoftusa.com), it's very user friendly. I've tried at least 15 differend PCB programs (including demo's of very expensive ones), but I always came back to Eagle.