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

Design custom printed circuit boards with EAGLE


Learn how to make double-sided professional-quality PCBs from the ground up using EAGLE–the powerful, flexible design software. In this step-by-step guide, electronics guru Simon Monk leads you through the process of designing a schematic, transforming it into a PCB layout, and submitting standard Gerber files to a manufacturing service to create your finished board. Filled with detailed illustrations, photos, and screenshots,
Make Your Own PCBs with EAGLE
features downloadable example projects so you can get started right away.



Install EAGLE Light Edition and discover the views and screens that make up an EAGLE project


Create the schematic and board files for a simple LED project


Find the right components and libraries for your projects


Work with the Schematic Editor


Lay out PCBs with through-hole components and with surface mount technology


Build a sound level meter with a small amplifier and ten LEDs


Generate Gerber design files to submit for fabrication


Solder through-hole PCBs and SMD boards


Design a plug-in Arduino shield


Build a Raspberry Pi expansion board


Automate repetitive tasks using scripts and User Language Programs


Create your own libraries and parts and modify existing components