Learning Altium

Learning Altium

1h 28mBeginner2018-11-26

Authors

Justin Flett

Justin Flett

Consultant, Engineer, Professor, Product Development Specialist

Course details

Generate clear and accurate printed circuit board (PCB) designs with Altium. This course shows how use Altium to generate PCB designs, including PCB schematics and layouts. Instructor Justin Flett helps you find your way around the Altium interface and use all of the built-in tools, including the millions of components and symbols that come with Altium libraries, to build a PCB project from the ground up. Learn how to place components, wire the schematic, and add annotations with a single click. Find out how to refine your design with layers, grids and units; edit the board shape; and place the footprints that will connect your components to the board. Justin wraps up with a look at creating custom footprints and schematics to store and reuse in your projects, and shows how to generate 3D views and industry-standard final output and reports.

Learning objectives
Working in the Altium interface
Staring a new project
Placing components
Wiring schematics
Annotating schematics
Customizing the grids and units
Placing PCB footprints
Routing the PCB layout
Creating schematic and footprint symbols in libraries
Generating final output

Skills covered

Altium DesignerAltiumElectrical EngineeringEssential TrainingProduct and Manufacturing

Concepts

Introduction

  • What is Altium
  • What you should know

Getting Started

  • User interface
  • Navigation tools
  • System preferences

Schematic Design

  • Start a new Altium project
  • Installing and using libraries in Altium
  • Placing component in schematics
  • Component properties and inserting ports
  • Wiring the schematic
  • Annotate schematics
  • Compiling an Altium project

PCB Design

  • Layer Stack Manager
  • Grids and units
  • Board shape
  • Pushing footprints from schematic to PCB
  • Placing PCB footprints
  • Design rule checks
  • Routing the PCB layout

Libraries

  • Library overview
  • Creating schematic symbols
  • Creating PCB footprints

Final Tools and Outputs

  • PCB 2D and 3D views
  • Using the PCB panel
  • Generating final outputs

Conclusion

  • Next steps
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