Schematic Capture
PCB Layout
- Standard via and hole sizes:All boards must include title block with board name, Rev X.Y (see below), designer(s), and date the board was sent to fab
Part Creation
Schematic Symbol
- Do NOT match IC pinouts to their physical layout. Instead, put power pins on top, ground on the bottom, inputs on the left and outputs on the right. See here for reasoning.
- Component Parameters:
- Supplier
- Supplier_PN
- Manufacturer
- Manufacturer_PN
- Resistance/Capacitance/Inductance (For resistors, capacitors, or inductors)
- Forward Voltages (For diodes)
PCB Footprint
- Pin 1 on all SMT footprints will have rectangular pads with rounded rectangular pads on all other pins.
- Pin 1 on all through-hole footprints will have square pads, all other pins will have circular pads.
- Pin 1 of all footprints will be clearly defined on silkscreen
- All wire-to-board connectors must have clearly visible pinouts on silkscreen
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