Develop your PCB design skills with a deep understanding of the PCB manufacturing industry

With my 20+ years of PCB manufacturing experience, I will teach you things that would have taken you years to learn at your job.

This course is designed for new graduates and new engineers so the topics are explained in a simple manner to the audience. The course covers lots of information and topics which would help you become a good PCB "LAYOUT" designer. These skills go beyond your software skills and abilities.

What You Will Learn:

• Different types of PCBs

• File formats used in PCB industry

• PCB materials and stack-ups

• Design Rule Checks

• Design for Manufacturing

• PCB FINISH

• Soldermask and Silkscreen

• Array and Panelization

• How to reduce the cost of your PCB

• Understanding PCB Supplier capabilities

• How to find a good PCB supplier

• Quality in PCB

• Careers in PCB industry (PCB design, PCB manufacturing, PCB assembly)

What to expect after finishing this course:

• You will have a better understanding of how PCB design and PCB manufacturing related to each other and how they affect each other.

• You will learn how to improve your design to lower the cost of your PCB

• You will have a better understanding of career opportunities in different PCB fields.

• Somewhat understanding of how to read material data sheets

YouTube Chanel

Follow my YouTube channel "ElektroLynx" to take advantage of watching free videos related to this course. Videos cover topics like:

• Why are PCBs always Green ??

• What is the best Gerber Viewing software?

• How to load drill files correctly?

• PCB & PCBA Glossary videos

ElektroLynx website
ElektroLynx is my hobby website, not a company. On the website, you will find many articles related to the PCB industry. I will upload articles on regular basis. The website is fairly new therefore you may not see many articles right away. The site also has a blog section as well Forums. In the forums section, please feel free to ask and discuss any topic related to PCB.

History:

• 26-Jan-2021 - Course released

• 30-Jan-2021 - English captions added

• 16-Mar-2021- Signal Integrity

• 17-Mar-2021 - Free Software reference for "Saturn Tool Kit"

• 22-Mar-2021 - PCB Design section created