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How to go from dev board to custom PCB?

Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2019 7:18 am
by JasperJoran
I have a prototype design for a device that uses an Lolin 32 and accelerometer and a few other components. I would like to turn this into a custom PCB design to make the device more compact and more reliable. How should I go about doing this? The process of getting a custom PCB printed is relatively expensive so I don't want to make too many mistakes in the design. Are there any guides out there to doing this?

Re: How to go from dev board to custom PCB?

Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2019 9:18 am
by ESP_Sprite
The process of getting a custom PCB printed is relatively expensive...
Errm... no? Ordering custom PCBs has never been cheaper; you can get 5 medium-quality double-sided PCBs for a tenner or so, depending on size.

I'd advice you to pick a PCB program (I'm partial to Kicad, but there are lots of others like easyEDA, gEDA, DIPTrace, Altium, ...) and look up a tutorial or two for them; that should teach you the basics at least.