5Design

This section is intended to be a basic guide to PCB design. The different steps required for the design of a printed circuit board are summarized in this section, starting from the choice of the CAD software for the PCB design, through adding components to the schematic, the design rules and checking, and ending with the generation of all PCB documentation, standards and recommendations.

PCB design is mainly a two-step process. First, you design the schematic of the electronic circuit and then you lay out a PCB based on that schematic.