Also ... to answer your other question, there are numerous CAD tools to use to help you layout a board.
I use Altium Designer... Mentor has a couple of tools, one that used to be called Pads PCB and another called Expedition, and another called Board Station. Mentor seems to have the best auto-routing solution out there... Cadence seems to be selling the old Orcad package as their entry level design package... they also have a very well established auto-router tool... I think PCB design magazine is doing a survey of the CAD tools and users preferences... which may come out in their magazine sometime in the future... just guessing though... I recently changed jobs so I haven't received my copy of the magazine as yet...
Basically you need to look at cost of ownership balanced against functional performance when choosing a tool. It's an involved process... It depends on what sort of design you plan to do.
There are many specializations in the PCB design industry...
RF, Analog, Digital, Power, low volume High reliability, Military, Space, Telecommunications, Commercial, low density, High density, HDI, Microwave, low cost high volume consumer electronics, Automotive, the list goes on...
:)
William Brooks, CID+
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Hi Rahman Moon, :)
The IPC Designers Council has programs to certify designers and a network of local chapters that are involved in education for designers. https://dc.ipc.org/html/default.htm
Finding Education in PCB Design is simple for some folks... it hasn't been readily available on-line for the most part, however Pete Waddell at PCB Design Magazine started up a new program called the 'Printed Circuit University'...
https://www.printedcircuituniversity.com/ you might want to check that out... there are many lecturers who specialize in design specific topics at seminars, you will find some of them at the big conventions like PCB West http://pcbwest.com/ Others present to the Designers council members..
I have taught PCB design to beginners and certified experienced designers... http://www.pcbwizards.com/education.htm
It is traditionally a skill that has been handed down from one designer to another... so I had to develop a curriculum from my experiences and other resources I could find... I have lots of resources on my website, but I haven't updated it for some time... I'll have to get back to it again... :)
There are numerous tools available to help the designer...
One I really like is available from Saturn PCB. http://www.saturnpcb.com/pcb_toolkit.htm
Another great website is run by Doug Brooks at Ultra CAD. http://www.ultracad.com/calc.htm
William Brooks, CID+
Senior MTS (Temp)
2747 Loker Ave West
Carlsbad, CA 92010-6603
760-930-7212
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Hello I welcome your input on starting out as a PCB designer. I have an education in Electronics Engineering Technology and I am interested in doing PCB design. What software would you recommend? Also I have been reading the IPC site and assume I should get a CID or better certification. Helpful info and dialogue appreciated, thanks.
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