Any info on (free) on-line PCB design training?

heard of books? they're the things made from pressed sheets of dead tree. try jan axelsons pcb book, it's decent(isbn 0830639519 paper,

Try this website:-

Regards Richard.

Frankl> To broaden my basic knowledge and skills I'm looking for any info on (free)

Op Thu, 12 May 2005 12:00:07 +0100 schreef Richard Durrant:

Thanks for the link. Very informative.

Franklin

Op Thu, 12 May 2005 11:14:08 GMT schreef jim dorey:

Of course I heard of books, but if I have a question or face a design problem, I want to be able to communicate with someone who may be able to help. Thanks for the given book info, but I see no need to be patronizing. I politely asked for info in this group after my google search did not come up with valuable information.

Franklin

read a book, ask here if you can't figure something else. sorry, i've gotten a little rtfm syndrome, hanging round the slackware newsgroup too much. anyways, thinktink has a free sortacourse for pcb design and manufacture, it's good.

Op Thu, 12 May 2005 15:28:53 GMT schreef jim dorey:

No hard feelings and thanks again for the provided link. Actually I want to learn proper PCB design to be used as a profession. That , I guess, takes more than just reading a book or picking up bits and pieces of theroy here and there. Learning to work with certain software is one, but becoming a good PCB designer is another. So, were do I get from here?

Franklin

well, you have surprising little to learn, once you understand how to make the pcb router work properly(usually let it work then fix minor errors) you'll be ready to go.

do not read the following, i'm rambling, and it's hurting my head, it likely will hurt yours, but if you're a masochist, go ahead. i've rambled cause i don't know what you're going to do, work for yourself or a company.

for professional level work you'd need a lot of theory, and lots more practice, books help in two ways, they give theory, and they give contradiction, when contradiction is resolved you have learned much. designing pcb's takes more than just learning a pcb package, but it's a good start. you need to learn electrical theory, radio(as in antennas n stuff), conductor sizes, there's so much to learn. taking a few college courses, just for the knowledge, will get things rolling, but practice and much testing of finished boards is needed. i say that books are the best way to learn, can be e-books, or pdf's, but a course can only teach basics for any reasonable amount of money, practice does the rest. if you're willing to pay 20-30 grand to become a circuit board artist you can do it through courses, through books it'll take 10 times as long, but be nearly free. most circuits, the boards you will design would require only basic knowledge, like, an AF op-amp buffer, there's almost nothing critical in it. the only thing you'd need extensive knowledge for is high frequency circuits, dealing with radio frequencies and coupling between board layers would take much, but nothing dreadfully serious if you work for yourself. if you want to work for someone else(specially big companies) you'll have to take courses, you'll need a portfolio(which you'd get by working and learning at home for a while. if the place you go to uses a particular pcb suite you'll need to learn that suite, either with their teachers, or in a school, and you'd need to buy your own copy, even learning editions can be dreadfully expensive. what i say is to forget about expensive courses unless you want to become a worker drone. you want to work for yourself on local contracts you can do it from your home, with little more than basic knowledge that comes from books(even miserably old ones, history helps) and tidbits from asking questions online. course, if you're online you can consider the world local, and refuse the contracts you know you can't fill.