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To broaden my basic knowledge and skills I'm looking for any info on (free)
on-line PCB design training possibilities.
Any info is welcome.
Thanks in advance.
Franklin
heard of books? they're the things made from pressed sheets of deadTo broaden my basic knowledge and skills I'm looking for any info on
(free)
on-line PCB design training possibilities.
Any info is welcome.
Thanks in advance.
Franklin
Thanks for the link. Very informative.Try this website:-
http://www.smps.us/pcb-design.html
Regards
Richard.
Of course I heard of books, but if I have a question or face a designOn Thu, 12 May 2005 04:02:09 -0300, Franklin <bounce@localhost> wrote:
To broaden my basic knowledge and skills I'm looking for any info on
(free)
on-line PCB design training possibilities.
Any info is welcome.
Thanks in advance.
Franklin
heard of books? they're the things made from pressed sheets of dead
tree. try jan axelsons pcb book, it's decent(isbn 0830639519 paper,
0830639500 hard), your local library probably has a copy.
read a book, ask here if you can't figure something else. sorry, i'veOf course I heard of books, but if I have a question or face a design
problem, I want to be able to communicate with someone who may
be able to help. Thanks for the given book info, but I see no need
to be patronizing. I politely asked for info in this group after my
google search did not come up with valuable information.
Franklin
No hard feelings and thanks again for the provided link.On Thu, 12 May 2005 09:51:40 -0300, Franklin <bounce@localhost> wrote:
Of course I heard of books, but if I have a question or face a design
problem, I want to be able to communicate with someone who may
be able to help. Thanks for the given book info, but I see no need
to be patronizing. I politely asked for info in this group after my
google search did not come up with valuable information.
Franklin
read a book, ask here if you can't figure something else. sorry, i've
gotten a little rtfm syndrome, hanging round the slackware newsgroup too
much. anyways, thinktink has a free sortacourse for pcb design and
manufacture, it's good.
do not read the following, i'm rambling, and it's hurting my head, itNo hard feelings and thanks again for the provided link.
Actually I want to learn proper PCB design to be used
as a profession. That , I guess, takes more than just
reading a book or picking up bits and pieces of theroy
here and there. Learning to work with certain software
is one, but becoming a good PCB designer is another.
So, were do I get from here?
Franklin
well, you have surprising little to learn, once you understand how to makeJim,
Thank you for your honest reply which I value highly.
My intention is to work from home on a free-lance basis.
I have build and designed electronics (mainly audio) but just
as a hobby. I have taken several electronics courses, analog
as well as digital and have worked for years at the repair department
of company selling bar-code reading devices. Currently unemployed
and given the current situation it isn't likely to change soon.
Worked with Eagle and now exploring Protel 99SE to get the hang
of it and at the same time broadining my knowledge on PCB design.
Franklin
Jim,do not read the following, i'm rambling, and it's hurting my head, it
likely will hurt yours, but if you're a masochist, go ahead. i've
rambled cause i don't know what you're going to do, work for yourself or
a company.
for professional level work you'd need a lot of theory, and lots more
practice, books help in two ways, they give theory, and they give
contradiction, when contradiction is resolved you have learned much.
designing pcb's takes more than just learning a pcb package, but it's a
good start. you need to learn electrical theory, radio(as in antennas n
stuff), conductor sizes, there's so much to learn. taking a few college
courses, just for the knowledge, will get things rolling, but practice
and much testing of finished boards is needed.
i say that books are the best way to learn, can be e-books, or pdf's,
but
a course can only teach basics for any reasonable amount of money,
practice does the rest. if you're willing to pay 20-30 grand to become
a circuit board artist you can do it through courses, through books
it'll take 10 times as long, but be nearly free.
most circuits, the boards you will design would require only basic
knowledge, like, an AF op-amp buffer, there's almost nothing critical in
it. the only thing you'd need extensive knowledge for is high frequency
circuits, dealing with radio frequencies and coupling between board
layers would take much, but nothing dreadfully serious if you work for
yourself. if you want to work for someone else(specially big companies)
you'll have to take courses, you'll need a portfolio(which you'd get by
working and learning at home for a while. if the place you go to uses a
particular pcb suite you'll need to learn that suite, either with their
teachers, or in a school, and you'd need to buy your own copy, even
learning editions can be dreadfully expensive.
what i say is to forget about expensive courses unless you want to
become
a worker drone. you want to work for yourself on local contracts you
can do it from your home, with little more than basic knowledge that
comes
from books(even miserably old ones, history helps) and tidbits from
asking
questions online. course, if you're online you can consider the world
local, and refuse the contracts you know you can't fill.