| Institution: | University of California, Berkeley |
|---|---|
| Semester: | Spring 2020 |
| Units: | 1 |
| Time: | Wednesday 8-10 PM |
| Location: | 140 Cory Hall |
| Instructors: | Leon Wu, Kevin Zheng, Jeffrey Ni |
| Website: | http://ieee.berkeley.edu/hope/pcb.html |
Contents
EE 198: Hands-On PCB Engineering is an introductory course to printed circuit board (PCB) design and layout practices and concerns. It is intended for students with some experience with circuits who are interested in learning about and gaining or improving PCB design and assembly skills, and particularly those who are part of or intend to join engineering student organizations with working knowledge in PCB design.
EE 16A or similar working knowledge in circuits. Come to class with a computer mouse and KiCAD installed. This includes the first class.
Students will learn effective system, schematic, and layout design through hands-on applications and will be exposed to various advanced concerns such as DFx, grounding, decoupling, EMC/EMI, and thermal management.
Please note that...
This PCB design course's primary objective is not to teach students how to come up with their own circuits. Rather, it is to provide a formal and guided path to the design process of PCBs, which does involve but is not exclusively circuit design.
Our first class for Spring 2020 is Wednesday, January 29th.
For alternative or in-depth treatment of topics discussed in class, see Supplemental Reading.
(Slightly More) Detailed Course Schedule
Week 1 (1/29): Introduction
- What is HOPE?
- What is a PCB?
- PCB EDA Tools
- General PCB Project Workflow
- Lab: Intro to KiCad
Week 2 (2/5): Schematics and Components, Pt.1
- PCB Design
- Design Abstraction for PCBs
- Introduction to Stakeholders
- Schematics for
- Connectivity of Components
- Communication
- Lab: Schematics & KiCad
- PCB Design
Week 3 (2/12): Schematics and Components, Pt.2
Week 4 (2/19): PCB Layout, Pt.1
Week 5 (2/26): PCB Layout, Pt.2
Week 6 (3/4): PCB Layout, Pt.3
Week 7 (3/11): PCB Layout, Pt.4
Week 8 (3/18): Microcontrollers and Digital Systems
Spring Break (3/25)
Week 9 (4/1): Fab and Assembly Outputs, Documentation, Reviews
Week 10 (4/8): PCB Assembly
Week 11 (4/15): Fun Lecture
Week 12 (4/22): Project Assembly
Week 13 (4/29): Project Presentations
This course spans 13 weeks. Class meets for two hours once a week. Each class begins with a short lecture followed by a practical assignment (lab activity). Labs and assignments can be completed in pairs and build on those from previous weeks. Students are expected to spend an hour a week outside of class reviewing material, preparing for class meetings, and completing assignments.
Students are required to complete a final project: a complete PCB design and assembly. Students may choose to design a PCB for an engineering student organization, class project, or another design of their choice, with instructor approval.
Students should bring to class a laptop computer or similar device capable of running the following software:
If you have difficulty obtaining the required course materials, please contact the instructors.
CCNs are given out during the first week of class. Enrollment will be finalized during the third week of class. Priority will be given to students who consistently attend class.
Your grade is primarily based on completion of labs and assignments. The final project is graded on effort and a demonstration of concepts taught in the course. More details about project grading will be released by the second week of class. Students need 70% to pass.
- Labs/Assignments: 50%
- Participation: 15%
- Project: 35%
Since the completion of labs in class contributes the most to class grade, students should try their best to attend class. Please let instructors know of absenses beforehand, if possible.
Roughly in the order that is presented in class:
- Wahby 2013. PCB design basics. EDN.
- Wahby 2014. PCB Design Basics: Example design flow. EDN.
- Voltage Protection: - Pickering 2016. Reverse-Polarity Protection in Automotive Design.
- HOPE's PCB Checklist
- Dunn 2013. PCB design course & checklist. EDN.
- Zumbahlen 2012. Staying Well Grounded. Analog Dialogue Technical Journal.
- Electric Circuits Basics Review/Primer: Electronics by Ali M. Niknejad.
I missed the first class. Can I still enroll?
Yes. You will be given the CCN when you come to the second week of class. Keep in mind that we may not have enough seats for you to enroll, and that you will be joining the class with one absence.
For course-related questions, concerns, or attendance issues, email [email protected].
Hands-On PCB Engineering is made possible by donations from our generous industry sponsors:
- Bay Area Circuits sponsors our students' PCB prototypes. Bay Area Circuit's experienced staff in Silicon Valley have delivered quality PCBs on-time for over 40 years.
- Texas Instruments donates development boards for our labs and parts for student projects. Texas Instruments is a leader in analog, embedded processing, and semiconductors, with a part to fill every need from low-power microcontrollers to millimeter-wave radar.