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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to serve as a beginner-friendly walkthrough on how to create a PCB from a schematic using Altium Designer. You can find many such guides on the internet in both video and text form (Several good recommendations are made here!), but this guide will be tailored to the specific standards and conventions used by Northeastern Electric Racing, so many of these things . As a demo, I’ll be walking through step-by-step as I do the layout for a custom Raspberry Pi Debug Probe. Not to be confused with a Raspberry pi computer, this probe is used to flash a microcontroller over USB. In our 2024 competition vehicle, we’ll be embedding this circuit into our /wiki/spaces/NER/pages/63275033 in order to wirelessly flash the microcontrollers and FPGA on the /wiki/spaces/NER/pages/63209494 and the /wiki/spaces/NER/pages/100925527.

Step 1 - Verify Schematics + Components

So - you’ve finished up a circuit schematic. Great! Now it’s time to turn it into a PCB!

~ But wait ~

First, make sure that:

  • Your design has been reviewed! - all schematics need a design review before being turned into a layout. Trust us - it’s no fun to have to change your design in the middle of layout.

  • You’ve addressed all the concerns from design review - make sure that you’ve thoroughly responded to all feedback in your review document.

Step 2 - Set up Layer Stackup

Step 3 - Place Components

Step 4 - Route Components

Step 5 - Generate Deliverables

Step 6 - Order the Board and components

Summary

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