Mentor Graphics PCB Design Tutorial

Introduction

This tutorial will review the process of entering a design, and show how to prepare your design for PCB layout, how to use the layout tool, and how to generate the files for board fabrication. Even if you feel you are familiar with various steps in the process flow from previous classes, please take a few moments to review each step from this tutorial.

Process Flow

Click on any of the links to get details on that portion of the flow.

StepTaskTool
1Preparation
3Enter design Design Architect
4Package design do_package script
5Print schematic with references Design Architect
6Layout PCB Layout
7Generate PCB fabrication files do_fablink script

Library Reference

A handy reference page for the parts used in ENGR357 designs is here.