EasilyApplicableGraphicalLayoutEditor(EAGLE) Objective

TolearnhowtousetheEaglesoftwaretoforschematiccapturingandPrintedCircuit Board(PCB)layout.

CadsoftEagle4.xEditor
ToDownloadEagles/w:www.cadsoftusa.com (freeversionhasboardsizelimitation= 100x80mm)

EagleControlPanel
1. 2. 3. 4. RuntheEagleprogram. ClickonFile/New/Projecttocreateanewproject.. ClickonFile/New/Schematictoopenupanewschematicfilewithinyourproject. UseFile/SaveAstoassignanametotheschematic.

CapturingaSchematic
AddingFrame/Parts/Supplysymbols 1. 2. ClickontheAddbutton toselectapart. AddtheframenamedA4L_LOCfromtheframeslibrary (RightClicktorotate.LeftClicktodrop.PressESCtocancelcommandDonot chooseDrop). Searchandaddthefollowingparts: Part C1 C2 D1 IC1 J1 J2 J3 LED R1 R2 R3 SW Value 330UF 0.47UF 1N4004 TDA7052A AK500/2 AK500/2 AK500/2 LED5MM 560 5K 100K Device CPOLEUTT5D10 CPOLEUTT5D7 1N4004 LF411N AK500/2 AK500/2 AK500/2 LED5MM REU_0207/10 REU_0207/10 PC16S M251 Package TT5D10 TT5D7 DO4110 DIL08 4K500/2 4K500/2 4K500/2 LED 0207/10 0207/10 PC16S M251 Library rcl rcl diode linear conptr500 conptr500 conptr500 led rcl rcl piher switch

3.

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4.

YoumaychangethenameofapartornetbyusingtheNametool withtheValue

andthevalue

icon.TorearrangetheRefDesignatorortheValue,doasmash

first.TheNameandValuecannowbemovedindependently. 5. Toaddthe+5VandGNDsymbols,searchfortheSupplylibraryandfindthedesired symbols.

ConnectingPartswithNets 1. Todrawnets(connections),choosetheNettool . Donotusethewirefunctionitdrawslinesonly! Leftclicktostartdrawinganddoubleclicktoend. 2. 3. CompletetheschematicasgiveninAppendix1. GenerateBOMbyselecting andthenrunBOM.ulp.

PCBLayout
1. 2. TogotothePCBlayout,justselectBoard UseRoute togotoPCBboard.

toconnectupthepinconnections.

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GenerateCAMfiles
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. In the PCB window, select file. and run/open the drillcfg.ulp to create the drill list

InPCBwindow,selectCAM togeneratetheCAMfiles. When the CAM Processor window pops up, select File/Open/Board and select filename.brd(whicheverschematic/boardnameyougive). When the CAM Processor window pops up, select File/Open/Job and select gerb274x.cam. CanyouseethejobsthatwillbeexecutedontheTabs? (Component Side/Solder Side/Silkscreen Top/Solder Stop Mask Cmp/Solder Stop MaskSol) Press Process Job to produce all the above CAM files or Process Section for eachindividualtask.Caution:Copy/Savethisjobfiletoyourprojectdirectoryin ordernottocorrupttheoriginal. Next,selectFile/Open/Jobandselectexcellon.camandgeneratethedilldataand drillinformationfile. Next, select File/Open/Board and select filename.brd(whichever schematic/board nameyougive). The files that youhave created can be viewed using programs like CircuitCAM and otherfreewarelikeViewMate,gerbv,GCPrevueandmanyothers.

6. 7. 8.

PCBMilling
1. PCBprototypescanbeproducedinthePCBMillingLab.Seekyourlecturershelpor theTSOshelpifyouwishtomillanyPCB.

ExploringtheLibrary
ViewtheLibrary 1. FromthemainEaglecontrolpanelwindow,selectFile/Open/Library..andchoose 74xxUS.lbr. Eachlibrarypartcontainsthreetypesofelements: i. SymbolsThesearethesymbolsthatshowuponaschematic.Choose 7404toseetheinvertersymbol. .ThisisequivalenttoyourCAE decal. PackagesTheseareequivalenttoyourPCBdecal.ClickthePackagetool

ii.

andselectDIL14toseetheDIL14package iii.

DevicesEquivalenttoPartType,devicesaregroupsofsymbolsthatexist inapackage.Forexamplea7404hexinverterconsistsofsixinverters, powerandgroundpinsandcontainsalinktoseveralpackagesincludinga

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14pinDILpackage.ClicktheDevicetool 7404hexinverterpackage. 2. Tolearntocreateparts,refertoEaglemanual.

andselect7404toseethe

Conclusion
1. WehopethatthislittleintroductiontotheEaglesoftwarewillenableyoutostarton yourPCBdesignquickly.

References
1. http://myhome.spu.edu/bolding/EE4211/EagleTutorial4.htm CadsoftEagle4.0EditorTutorial,KevinBolding,SeattlePacificUniversity
nd www.cadsoftusa.comEagleTutorialv4.12 Edition

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Appendix1

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