[hackpgh-discuss] Re: PCB class
- From: Tim Cannon <timmycninja@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: hackpgh-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 23 May 2012 10:43:29 -0400
Yes, my team is horribly struggling with the ins and outs of going from
prototype to production
On May 23, 2012 10:25 AM, "Sayan Chakraborty" <c.sayan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I super want this class.
>
> Diy circuit design and take it all the way through pcb production
>
> Have a few questions/comments that i willsend in or discuss on friday
>
> --
> Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID
> On May 23, 2012 10:14 AM, "Doug Philips" <doug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hey Matt,
>>
>> Glad you're still alive and kickin'!
>>
>>
>> On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 5:31 PM, Matthew Beckler <matthew@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>> > As many of you know I'm going to be teaching a PCB class with Kicad
>> coming
>> > up in a few weeks. While it's a good software EDA package, and I know it
>> > well, what I'm struggling most with is to determine the proper scope.
>>
>> Given the lack of advertising, promotion, etc. on this, I'm thinking
>> we'll probably only get shop members at the class. That'd be OK, but I
>> wanted to raise the possibility of postponing the class date to allow
>> for more outreach/PR, etc. as well as getting the scope worked out?
>>
>>
>> > think a good group discussion should work just fine. I'm also planning
>> to be
>> > at the shop this Friday to work on the class plan (and ideally FiniSH
>> IT!!!)
>>
>> Perfect!
>>
>>
>> > Morning session: How to go from a breadboard circuit to a schematic
>> > How schematics work, how we represent real work parts with symbols
>> > Start with a real circuit that I can make on a breadboard
>> > Perhaps a little uC-based RGB led toy?
>> > Learn how to enter schematics into Kicad
>>
>> That all sounds good.
>>
>>
>> > Learn about how to make your own new schematic symbols
>>
>> That seems kind of ambitious? Do we have some kind of open source
>> library that we can contribute back to?
>> I'm just concerned that this one item alone could take most of an hour...
>>
>>
>> > Afternoon session: How to go from a schematic to a PCB
>> ... Most of this is over my head, so I have no idea how ambitious (or
>> mundane!) it is...
>> > Maybe talk about component selection?
>> Wouldn't that be part of the morning class going from breadboard to
>> schematic? (Again, I'm a noob, so perhaps I don't understand...)
>>
>> > Maybe have a "come back and solder up your pcb" 2-3 weeks later?
>>
>> Or maybe piggy back on to another learn to solder class? (we'd still
>> limit the total class size)
>>
>>
>> > Needs testing with a real live victim
>>
>> That's a great idea!
>>
>> -=Doug
>>
>>
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