Johns Hopkins University
Designing Hardware for Raspberry Pi Projects
Johns Hopkins University

Designing Hardware for Raspberry Pi Projects

Drew Wilson

Instructor: Drew Wilson

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Course

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals

Beginner level
No previous experience necessary
10 hours (approximately)
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

Skills you'll gain

  • Category: layout
  • Category: Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
  • Category: Raspberry Pi
  • Category: PCB
  • Category: Electronics

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Subtitles: English

Course

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals

Beginner level
No previous experience necessary
10 hours (approximately)
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

Build your subject-matter expertise

This course is part of the Powering your Home Projects with Raspberry Pi Specialization
When you enroll in this course, you'll also be enrolled in this Specialization.
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There are 4 modules in this course

When you are building your projects and need a circuit (maybe to interface to a sensor, motor, or something else in the physical world) wouldn't it be nice to have a high confidence that the circuit will work, before you invest in physically constructing it? That's where circuit simulation comes in. In this first module, we will discuss several free and open source circuit simulator applications, the underlying computational engines they use, and how to simulate circuits for your projects.

What's included

12 videos

Producing professional looking schematic drawings serves two purposes. First, they are a document for you, the designer, to communicate how the circuit works and how to use and troubleshoot the circuit. Second, they are necessary step in the process to create a printed circuit board (PCB). This module will get you up and running using the open source project Kicad to create professional level schematics. And keep in mind that this is a stepping stone to Module 3, where we will convert the schematic into a physical PCB design.

What's included

19 videos

Designing printed circuit boards (PCBs) is both an art and a skill. There is a game-like challenge of optimizing the layout and sometimes solving the puzzle of how to correctly route all traces in a confined space. This module will cover the conceptual stages of layout out your PCB and we'll demonstrate every step from importing the schematic data to having a board fabricated by a commercial board manufacturer.

What's included

16 videos1 reading

Now that we're confident in designing printed circuit boards, let's turn our attention to 3D modeling custom parts such as brackets and cases for our PCB. We'll use the open source project Freecad to import our PCB design and draw 3D models around it. Co-designing parts together is a powerful skill for creating truly custom projects.

What's included

15 videos

Instructor

Drew Wilson
Johns Hopkins University
4 Courses2,011 learners

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