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A repo to support our printed circuit board design summerschool course

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This is a repo to support our [_Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Design Summer School_](https://luma.com/ke7vlmk2) series of events

- Please join the Discord server [here](https://discord.gg/XeFhvPQ43z) to share tips and info

# The Basics

Join us for Maker Summer School! In this summer series, you can learn how to design your own printed circuit board using the free open source (FOSS) software package KiCad.

- Over four evening sessions, we'll take you on a gentle dive into the typically hidden-world of everyday electronics and help you start to make your own.
- All sessions takes place from 18:30 in the 42 auditorium
- The first session is a general intro to the topic, to see if it's your thing
- If you like it join the "learning pact" for the next 3 weeks to design and send for your own board
- The best finished boards will be sponsored by the school

From LED 'blinky' badges to, mini-keyboards and games-consoles, circuit-board jewelry and synthesisers - we'll take a look at a series of example projects that we’ve produced over the last year and use those as jumping-off points for your own designs. So whether you're a budding hardware engineer or an artist looking explore a new fabrication technique - you'll find the practical tools you need here.

And of course we’ll learn some electronics too as a side effect :)

# Inspirational Projects

See the list [here](./INSPIRATIONAL_PROJECTS.md) - including FabLab members projects!

# 17.06 [Session 1: The Printed Circuit Design Workflow](https://github.com/fablabnk/PCB-SummerSchool/blob/main/SESSION1.md)
- Trip to China: Virtual tour of a PCB factory and JLCPCB
- Anatomy of a Printed Circuit Board
- “Hello Hardware World”: Laying out, checking and uploading a blinky badge using KiCad
- Components and Their Footprints: through-hole vs surface mount
- Choose your own project for the coming weeks

# 24.06 Session 2: Deeper-Dive into Schematics and Boards
- How to create a schematic (and re-use those of others)
- Performing an electrical rules check (ERC)
- From schematic to board: board shape, footprints and layouts (DRC)
- Assisted individual project time

# 01.07 Session 3: Individual Projects and Advanced Topics
- Traces vs pours and other routing tips-and-tricks
- "Round-tripping" for artistic PCB design: from KiCad to Inkscape and back
- Case study: Designing to mill-it-yourself (MIY) on our CNC mill
- How to make your own custom symbol and footprints
- Assisted individual project time

# 08.07 Session 4: Advanced Topics and Ordering
- Big push to complete and order your designs!
- Design options: beyond 2-layer boards and rigid PCBs
- Case study: Fully-assembled PCBs (e.g. butterfly project)
- Fabrication with JLCPCB: tips and tricks

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