Make Your Own Pcbs With Eagle - 9780071819251

Electronics guru Simon Monk eases the learning curve for EAGLE—the powerful, free program for designing your own printed circuit boards (PCBs).

Featuring detailed illustrations and step-by-step instructions, Make Your Own PCBs with EAGLE: From Schematic Designs to Finished Boards leads you through the process of designing a schematic and transforming it into a PCB layout. You’ll then move on to fabrication via the generation of standard “Gerber” files for submission to a PCB manufacturing service. This practical guide offers an accessible, logical way to learn EAGLE and start producing PCBs as quickly as possible.

• Written for hobbyists
• Presented in an easy-to-follow tutorial style
• Offers a modern approach, including surface mount design
• Explains how to create schematics from scratch and how to select components from the libraries
• Shows how to validate a PCB and produce error-free, industry-standard files
• Heavily illustrated with screen captures and step-by-step instructions
• Real-world electronics projects are used as examples