Good morning. Has anyone come across a decent tutorial (for novice board designer) for the easy EDA program? The program is reasonably intuitive but there are subtleties that I'm have trouble with and would welcome some help.
Regards Johnno
Regards Johnno
Hello, I din't try easy Eda, but I tried Diptrace and I really like it, 500 pins and 2 signal layers for non-profit .
I did quite a few layouts in EasyEDA, it has it's strengths and weaknesses. I usually use KiCad, but sometimes it's just quicker the other way, mainly because of library parts from LCSC.
If you have any specific questions I will do my best to answer them. They also have a written tutorial with pictures that isn't too bad.
If you have any specific questions I will do my best to answer them. They also have a written tutorial with pictures that isn't too bad.
Yes, thank you but I have looked at a few & even though the people giving the tutorial obviously knew the program they either spoke and acted to quickly or glossed over aspects. Anyway, I'll keep looking. Just thought if someone already had some experience with one or two of the tutorials they could pass it on.
My offer still stands, if you have specific questions I'll try my best to answer them.
Maybe watch some general videos on PCB design, there is a lot to learn.
Maybe watch some general videos on PCB design, there is a lot to learn.
What I've found with EasyEDA, is that the placing, netting and layout are fairly intuitive. Where I've been floundering a bit is with the libraries and searching for components and trying to decipher search results. That's the problem with old guys trying to learn new stuff.🙂
Regards Johnno
I would stick with the LCSC library mainly, those footprints are "verified" and usually correct. For new parts don't start from scratch but edit existing parts to use their symbol together with your new footprint. You should find all the footprints you need for audio projects already present, with the exception of your preferred RCA connectors probably.
One thing to always look out for is with copper pours and planes. If you configure inner layers as planes, there will be no option to adjust board-edge spacing. So always use signal layers. I would also suggest always changing copper to board edge spacing to 0.5mm or 20mil roughly, the 10mil preset is kind of low.
Also the order of creation of planes/pours determines their "rank", in KiCad for example you can specify this by hand.
Edit: I almost forgot to add. If you copy schematics with dual opamps, your naming pattern and therefore the assignment to the dual packages gets messed up and you have to manually adjust it again. But you probably noticed that already.
One thing to always look out for is with copper pours and planes. If you configure inner layers as planes, there will be no option to adjust board-edge spacing. So always use signal layers. I would also suggest always changing copper to board edge spacing to 0.5mm or 20mil roughly, the 10mil preset is kind of low.
Also the order of creation of planes/pours determines their "rank", in KiCad for example you can specify this by hand.
Edit: I almost forgot to add. If you copy schematics with dual opamps, your naming pattern and therefore the assignment to the dual packages gets messed up and you have to manually adjust it again. But you probably noticed that already.
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I've been using EasyEDA and it's pretty quick to pick up. I didn't really find a good tutorial other than what was on the website already and some youtube videos which got me started.
If I come across a problem, I just google the problem+EasyEDA and their forums are pretty good for getting the answer that I need.
If I come across a problem, I just google the problem+EasyEDA and their forums are pretty good for getting the answer that I need.
They also have been massively updating their 3D library recently. So I usually end up with a nearly completely populated PCB in 3D preview without manually assigning stuff. Just with heatsinks and connectors it is a bit of a hassle.