Join the challenge - design a pcb

Agree with not knowing the kind of circuit until its time to get to it!
i agree with 4 weeks time to work on the design
I 2nd "on a given date"
 
Flying said:
I do double sided boards at home, they are no harder than single sided boards really. It's only in the exposure and alignment of the art work that it's perhaps
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For me, a double-sided board is not a problem, but let's start with less demanding projects. No smd, no double sided boards. Well.. as for the smd, maybe we can limit it to the transistors.
 
So everyone is laying out their own PCB for the same circuit? I'd be down. I have my own circuit that I recently made boards for. I'm just waiting on switches which should be here tomorrow. I'll make a separate thread for it.
 
Be warned, it's a path of no return...

Below I post some links to pcb design tutorials.
Feel free to update the list.

DIYLC and Eagle

Eagle



Diptrace

Kicad

www.build-electronic-circuits.com

KiCad Tutorial: Make Your First Printed Circuit Board

In this KiCad tutorial for beginners, you'll learn to make your first Printed Circuit Board (PCB). You'll get simple step-by-step instructions on how to draw schematics, board layout, and getting your board made cheaply.
www.build-electronic-circuits.com www.build-electronic-circuits.com
 
@temol Can it be PERF?
'Cause perf always can be made into a single-sided PCB ala David aka Storyboardist at Effects Layouts
I've done a few layouts in DIYLC for my own amusement, stuff that didn't have such layouts — Modkits Rock Bottom for example...
 
temol said:
Be warned, it's a path of no return...

Below I post some links to pcb design tutorials.
Feel free to update the list.

DIYLC and Eagle

Eagle



Diptrace

Kicad

www.build-electronic-circuits.com

KiCad Tutorial: Make Your First Printed Circuit Board

In this KiCad tutorial for beginners, you'll learn to make your first Printed Circuit Board (PCB). You'll get simple step-by-step instructions on how to draw schematics, board layout, and getting your board made cheaply.
www.build-electronic-circuits.com www.build-electronic-circuits.com
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Thanks for these. I was going to ask how I'd go about learning how to do this. This challenge might give me the kick up the ass to learn more than just the uber basics I know currently.
 
Oooh man I’m down as hell for this. The number of PCB designs I have for circuits I’ve never gotten fabricated is staggering. It’s such a fun puzzle game of balancing short connections with a layout that promotes quick assembly speed before even getting into component specific considerations and my brain loves every part of the challenges involved
 
Let's try to figure out a few things.

What circuit type do you prefer?
- does not matter, we'll find out,
- overdrive, fuzz, distortion, preamp,
- other,
I just took a quick look at the available PPCBprojects and there's very little relatively simple, low to medium parts count projects from categories like: reverb, modulation, eq.

Does it have to be one of the PPCB projects?

Start date? Next friday?
Duration - 4 weeks?

End result: board image, components layout (corresponding with the naming from the schematic).
 
finebyfine said:
Oooh man I’m down as hell for this. The number of PCB designs I have for circuits I’ve never gotten fabricated is staggering. It’s such a fun puzzle game of balancing short connections with a layout that promotes quick assembly speed before even getting into component specific considerations and my brain loves every part of the challenges involved
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I know nothing of these things! 😸

So far my layouts are all about just not boxing myself into a corner as I try to make it the most compact layout possible!





Actually, I have heard about laying it out to be efficient to the circuit and to reduce noise and keep the power separate from the signal path, but...

CRAM IT ALL IN THERE!
😹
 
Feral Feline said:
I know nothing of these things! 😸

So far my layouts are all about just not boxing myself into a corner as I try to make it the most compact layout possible!





Actually, I have heard about laying it out to be efficient to the circuit and to reduce noise and keep the power separate from the signal path, but...

CRAM IT ALL IN THERE!
😹
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I owe @Chuck D. Bones for drilling some solid layout principles into me, especially making tracks to and from transistors and ICs as short as possible. Minimize use of vias especially in signal path. Maximize ground pour as much as feasible without exaggerating trace lengths to do so. Double check IC datasheets for special pcb design considerations. And then of course, I owe @Robert for the curse of wanting them to be laid out symmetrical and cleanly
 
finebyfine said:
I owe @Chuck D. Bones for drilling some solid layout principles into me, especially making tracks to and from transistors and ICs as short as possible. Minimize use of vias especially in signal path. Maximize ground pour as much as feasible without exaggerating trace lengths to do so. Double check IC datasheets for special pcb design considerations. And then of course, I owe @Robert for the curse of wanting them to be laid out symmetrical and cleanly
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That’s a beautiful Oscar award speech.
 
SUGGESTION BOX:

- if not Robert deciding the circuit, then perhaps @Chuck D. Bones (something in the Express Lane vein? Or one of his own Celestial Engineering design-tweaks?)

- a circuit from the DIY realms that's not already readily available as a PCB (an Escobedo design or something even more obscure? Hollis? Patton? Hemmo? Chuck? Gore? Modkits? Parasit-snippet? Davison, Gagan, Fred-RevoDeux-Briggs, SoulSonic, Hexe, Orman, Anderton, Armstrong, Moosapotamus, ROG, obscure vintage magazine project, Heathkit TA28, Mark Hammer, Stompboxology, Valve Wizard, Frank-Boomertech-Appleton's TransBoost from Talkbass...)

- dirt's been done to death, how about a
compressor? Bear Hug or Simple Comp or Really Cheap Compressor, U-boot or... ;​
PT2399 modulation noise machine of some kind such as sewer-pipes reverb, faux-flangerish or grabngo dirtlay?;​
Inductorless Wah with LDR (lightwah) or inductorless proximity wah effect for a no moving parts wah;​
EQ such as a tweaked BMT Bax (not James!) or ROG Mr EQ tweaked for Bass Lo-mid Hi-mid Treble (and presence?);​
HPF ala Francis Deck or @Passinwind, LPF thingy​
Ring Modulator/​
Tremolo/​
Vibrato/​
Flanger-faux-sure (Crash Sync)​


Or we could just, you know, get our JAM* on...












*Just Another Muff
 
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