How to Design, Develop & Manufacture a PCB | Part 1 - Designing Circuit & Testing Virtually

[HoughtonProductions]

I got cicuit wizard 2 for 2 pounds at school

[DaMenaCe3]

anything For MAC guys?? i checked out the companies wesbite they have no plans for mac does anyone knows of a similar program i think i really like this program 

[edwardholmes91]

@DaMenaCe3 I'm afraid I don't sorry. You could try using boot camp or something on your Mac to run this maybe?

[DaMenaCe3]

@edwardholmes91 Thanks for you reply boss. i am probably gonna do that.. thanks again

[wichitrin15]

quiero el programa edjuntenlo y envienlo e este msm :w.mia @hotmail.es

[iWinterHD]

i swear you can just use the Flashing LED :D

[edwardholmes91]

@iWinterHD Yes a flashing LED could be used however with the use of a 555 timer you may adjust the mark space ratio and frequency at which the LED flashes. The purpose of these tutorials is to show how to design, develop and manufacture a PCB. I chose the 555 timer astable circuit because it was a fairly simple design.

[plazmafeld]

eXcellent, now add a row of red green blue LEDs an make them pulse to some techno music

[edwardholmes91]

@plazmafeld To do this you would need some sort of sound to light unit. This could be made using a few op-amps. You would need to split the different frequencies up and then compare them with a preset level. Have a look at this circuit if you are interested: bitdotlyforwardslashmxxu6U

[100roberthenry]

great videos man.. i just got this prog..amazing....saves me so much work and time...excellent.

[edwardholmes91]

@100roberthenry Yes, brilliant program... unfortunately at University they use more sophisticated software like Microsim I think its called. Still a great program and I find the schematics you can produce really nice.

[ARealMouthful111]

Do you know how Circuit Wizard compares to Livewire, or any of the other New Wave Concepts software?

[edwardholmes91]

@ARealMouthful111 Circuit Wizard is like Livewire and PCB Wizard in one. It also includes other great features such as the ability to test the PCB layout virtually too and also allows you to run a report to find any differences in the PCB layout and the Circuit Diagram. Compatibility wise you can open Livewire and PCB Wizard files however you cant save them again back as Livewire or PCB Wizard unfortunately. If you have no intention of using Livewire etc. then Circuit Wizard is absolutely great!

[ARealMouthful111]

Do you know how this compares to the other versions?

[edwardholmes91]

@ARealMouthful111 They are currently on version 1.5 at the moment I think.

[Lakes57]

How do draw on the red circles (top right @ 1:24) to highlight something?, is that part of the Camtasia capture software, or did you add it afterwards with the video edit software?

Btw folks have a look at EagleCad, its less user- friendly than this this software, but is free for making smaller boards like this.

[edwardholmes91]

@Lakes57 Camtasia will capture and edit. All screen cast for this series were captured using Camtasia and then any editing was done afterwards before rendering. Have you had chance to look at my other videos in this series?

[vevasam]

Thanks Edward!

[edwardholmes91]

@vevasam No problem, glad you like it. If you need any help don't hesitate to ask and I will do my best! :)

[liamgreen94]

Ha awesome. Gona have to look into this :).

[edwardholmes91]

@liamgreen94 Thanks, I figured there wasn't really a guide on YouTube that covered the whole thing from start to finish like, so decided to make one :)

[dragos7puri]

very nice. too bad it's so expensive

[edwardholmes91]

@dragos7puri Yer, definitely worth it though if your studying electronics :)

[GTAandrew]

Looks very complicated to me! All the terminology e.g resistors & capaciter has confused me. Where did you learn all this?

[edwardholmes91]

@GTAandrew I took electronics from Year 9 onwards at school :)