Section Intro:

Introduction

Summary:

Reding Material

Introduction and Getting Started

Note

Quiz

Understanding Altium Designer and Basic PCB Design Concepts

Reading Material

The Design

Creating a New PCB Project

Adding a Schematic to the Project

Setting the Document Options

Accessing the components

Exploring the search results

Understanding the supplier Tier

 Acquiring from the manufacturer part search panel to the workspace

Acquiring the multivibrator parts

Placing the multivibrator parts

Working with the properties panel during placement

 Placing the capacitors

 Placing from the components panel onto the schematic

Placing the transistors

wiring up the circuit

Editing in the Properties panel

Placing the resisitors

the Active bar

 Nets and Net Labels

Adding Net Labels

Setting Up Project Option

Checking the electrical properties of your schematic

Setting up the connection matrix

Configuring the Class generation

Setting Up the comparator

Verifying the project to check for errors

Creating a new PCB

Adding a new board to the project

Configuring the board shape and location

 Setting the origin and the grid

Editing the board shape

Editing the board shape part II

Configuring the defaults

Transferring the design

Transfering the design from schematic capture of pcb layout

Displaying Layers - View Configuration

 Configuring the display of layers

Physical layers and the layer stack manager

Configuring the Grid

Suitable Grid Settings

Setting the snap grid

Setting up the design rules

Routing width design rules

Defining the electrical clearance constraint

Defining the routing via style

Existing design rule violations

Review the design rules

Positioning the components on the PCB

Component positioning and placement options

Positioning Components

 Interactively routing the board

 Preparing for interactive routing

Time to Route

Interactive routing modes

Feedback during interactive routing

Modifying and rerouting existing routes

 Rearrange existing routes

Interactive sliding tips

Activeroute automated interactive routing

 Working with activeroute

Verifying your board design

Verifying your board design (part 2)

Configuring the rule checker

DRC rules to check

Running a design rule check (DRC)

Locating the error condition

Understanding the error condition

PCB Rules and Violations Panel

Resolving the violations

Clearance violations

Silk to silk clearance violation

Viewing your board in 3d

Output documentation and project release

Available output types

 Individual outputs or an output job file

Configuring the gerber files

Configuring the bill of materials

Preparing the output BOM

Project Release

Project History

 Viewing the design in a web browser

Document Commenting

 Project Share

 PCB Project Design and Schematic Setup in Altium

Redaing Material

Know Your Way Around Altium

Download and Installing Altium Design

Altium Designer Interface Introduction

Create Component Symbol & Add Pins

Finishing Schematic

 Creating Your Componenets Symbol - Making Footpring and PCB Layout

Link footprint with Schematic Library

Adding the new Library File to your Desi

Creating the Atmega Component Symbol

Creating the Atmega PCB Footprint

Adding Components and Placing them on Schematic

ATMEGA Schematic Connect

USB Connector Schematic

 Header Pins for Nano Board

Adding Resistors LED Indicators Voltage Regulator

Annotating and Compiling Project

Getting Started with the PCB Design Solve Errors

Drawing the Board Shape

Placing PCB Items Atmega and Header

ICSP SWITCH Resistor array crystal microusb

 FTDI Regulator Capacitors

Manual Routing

Autorouting

How to make the auto routing work for you

 Improve AutoRouting Trial and Error

Greber File and Bill of Material

Designing an Arduino Nano PCB in Altium Designer

PCB Design: Make Arduino Nano using Altium Designer

Altium Designer Essentials - Practice Test

Practice Test

Who we are?

 Download and Install Altium Designer

Create Component Symbol & Add Pin

Finishing the Schematic

Making Footpring and PCB Layout

 Link footprint with Schematic Library

6 Adding the new Library File to your Design

Designing and Integrating a Custom Component in Altium Designer

Reading Material:

Design and Create Any Custom Component in Altium Designer

Course Project

Bonus Lecture

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