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

PCB Design with Altium Designer: Hands-on


Instructors: Starweaver
Access provided by Masterflex LLC, Part of Avantor
Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
Intermediate level
Recommended experience
4 hours to complete
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace
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
- Electronics Engineering
- Technical Design
- Analysis
- Production Process
- Design Specifications
- Design Strategies
- Manufacturing Processes
- Engineering Design Process
- Electrical Systems
- Electronic Components
- Electronic Systems
- Electronics
- Electronic Hardware
- Design
- Manufacturing and Production
- Verification And Validation
- Project Documentation
- Hardware Design
Tools you'll learn
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Assessments
1 assignment
Taught in English
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February 2026
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