To find any components, you can turn on the filter, then search for the component. Now to place the component, click on the component in the list (Left side) and move your mouse pointer to the design area. Then Left-click once to place one selected component. In a similar way search for all the required components, and place those components in the design area.Īfter that, Right-click to disable the component placement mode. Now, Connect pin-5 of 555 IC to pin-1 of the capacitor C4. You need to make sure that you are in the default mode. Hover with the mouse arrow over pin-5 (CVOLT) of 555 IC, and left-click it - the Place Wire mode will be activated automatically. Then move the mouse arrow down to the pin-1 of the C4 capacitor, and left-click it to connect the wire. and create the connection between the 555 IC and C4 capacitor. In a similar way, you have to connect all the components to complete the schematic. To convert the schematic to PCB, first, select "File / Convert to PCB" or press Ctrl+B hotkeys directly in the Schematic. In the pop-up dialog box, you can select "Use Schematic Rules" or load rules from any other PCB layout file. Now click on OK, the schematic will open in the PCB Layout. The routing itself is one of the final stages of the board design, but its quality depends on the preparation.Īfter converting the schematic to PCB, the circuit looks chaotic.Ĭlick on the button on the Placement toolbar or select "Placement / Arrange Components" from the main menu.Īll components will be placed near the design center and arranged according to the placement settings. Now click on button to draw the board outline as per the requirement. Now drag and drop the components on the board and place it as per the requirement. It is a good practice to keep the power supply components in one area and the functional blocks on another side.Īpply appropriate layout rules and differential signaling for high-frequency circuits. DipTrace has a high-quality shape-based Autorouter.
Then define Trace Width, Trace Clearance, and other details as per the requirements and click on OK.Īfter that click on the (Autoroute) button. Auto Routing will start.Īfter the Autorouting, you can modify the trace as per the requirements.
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Simple projects like this can be routed automatically, but for the complex boards, manual routing is a must. Actually, the entire board can be routed manually, but because of the low speed of manual routing, a combination of the two methods is usually the best choice. To unroute any portion, right-click on the net and select "Unroute Net" from the submenu. The "Unroute Net" command from the net submenu applies to all selected nets. Now goto "Route / Manual Routing / Add Trace" from the main menu or click on (Route Manual) button. Then Left-click on the first pad to start the routing, and another click on the next pad to complete the trace.Įditing traces is a bit different.
click on (Edit Traces) button or simply left-click on the trace and drag it to another location then drop it. The Edit Traces mode allows moving the traces.ĭipTrace allows moving an existing net (trace) to another layer, just right-click on a trace segment of some net, and select "Segment Layer / Top" or "Segment Layer / Bottom". You can also use the Segment Layer drop-down list in the Net Properties panel on the Design Manager.