Week 4



ADC schematic



Week four is similar to the first 2 weeks. I had to transfer a schematic of a a ADC board to my own schematic using CADSTAR software, then design a PCB schematic. The only difference in designing this PCB was that it was a single sided board. Keeping this in mind, I layed out the components on the board as approbiately as I could. Vitrually wiring all the components was a little tricky because of this being a one sided board as the wires could not overlap. I had to remove alot of wiring and try different approaches numerous times.

 Having completed the schematics and designs, I printed the PCB design out onto some translucent paper in order to transfer the design onto actual PCB board.



Cadstar PCB design                Printout of the PCB design

 I'm now ready to start manufacturing the actual board next week.