Hello,
I need to create a PCB layout for a surface mount design and was wondering if someone could point me in the right direction for getting started.... I've never worked with surface mount anything before. My only experience with laying out a PCB is using expressPCB software a while back and their 3 boards for 59 bucks option. But these were for regular DIP components. Now I have two wireless (Tx and Rx) surface mount chips I need to create a PCB for and am not sure where to begin... I think wireless chips may take extra steps too.... like a large ground plane or something? I have available to me a copy of ALTIUM, I haven't used this yet and am not sure if it's too advanced for a simple PCB.... (learning curve too big)....
Thanks Joshua