Make Your Own PCBs with EAGLE: From Schematic Designs to Finished Boards

Fully updated coverage of PCB design and construction with EAGLE

This thoroughly revised, easy-to-follow guide shows, step-by-step, how to create your own professional-quality PCBs using the latest versions of EAGLE. Make Your Own PCBs with EAGLE: From Schematic Designs to Finished Boards, Second Edition, guides you through the process of developing a schematic, transforming it into a PCB layout, and submitting Gerber files to a manufacturing service to fabricate your finished board. Four brand-new chapters contain advanced techniques, tips, and features. Downloadable DIY projects include a sound level meter, Arduino shield, Raspberry Pi expansion board, and more!

• Install and configure EAGLE—including EAGLE v7.7.0

• Explore EAGLE’s screens and create schematic and board files

• Select the right components and launch your own projects

• Create scripts and User Language Programs that automate repetitive tasks

• Build your own libraries and parts and modify existing components

• Generate Gerber design files to submit for fabrication

• Solder through-hole PCBs and SMD boards

• Learn how to streamline your design thinking and workflow

• Design non-rectangular and custom-shaped boards

• Learn advanced techniques and take your boards to the next level