PCB Design Layout Using Altium Designer is a practical, industry-focused course designed to build strong, real-world PCB layout skills. PCBs are at the heart of every electronic product, and layout quality directly affects performance, reliability, and manufacturability. This course teaches PCB layout as an engineering process rather than just a software task, using Altium Designer, one of the most widely used professional PCB design tools. It is suitable for students, electronics engineers, hardware designers, and professionals who want to create reliable, production-ready PCB designs. The course begins with PCB design fundamentals, and then moves into core layout skills such as intelligent component placement, routing strategies, grounding and power distribution, and design rules. Advanced topics include design for manufacturing and assembly. Learners also gain hands-on experience generating fabrication and assembly files and performing final design checks.

PCB Design with Altium Designer: Hands-on

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What you'll learn
Create projects and manage integrated component libraries, project hierarchy, and ECO ensuring adherence to corporate standards.
Execute advance layout and custom stack-up techniques enabling design whose outcome is a physically buildable, reliable product.
Validate and design for manufacturability by configuring Design Ruel Checks (DRCs), ensuring the design adheres to the PCB fabricator's capabilities
Skills you'll gain
- Design Specifications
- Electronics
- Project Documentation
- Manufacturing Processes
- Manufacturing and Production
- Engineering Design Process
- Electronics Engineering
- Electrical Systems
- Design
- Design Strategies
- Technical Design
- Hardware Design
- Electronic Components
- Electronic Hardware
- Analysis
- Verification And Validation
- Production Process
- Electronic Systems
Tools you'll learn
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There are 3 modules in this course
This module introduces the PCB design process in Altium Designer, covering the software interface, component libraries and footprint management, and essential data management practices to help learners set up and organize PCB projects efficiently.
What's included
4 videos2 readings1 peer review
This section focuses on core PCB layout practices, covering board planning and stackup strategy, effective component placement and routing techniques, and proper power and ground plane management for reliable and manufacturable designs.
What's included
3 videos4 readings1 peer review
This section teaches best practices for manufacturing-ready PCB design, including design for manufacturing (DFM), design for assembly (DFA), performing design rule checks, and generating production-ready output files.
What's included
4 videos2 readings1 assignment2 peer reviews
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