Introduction to Printed Circuit Board Design 

Abstract

12 hour hands-on course providing a practical understanding to approach and complete the design, fabrication, and component selection of a printed circuit board (PCB). Students will develop their own PCB using KiCad, a feature rich open-source PCB design suite.

Instructor

Dr. Shane Smith (Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, The Ohio State University) is a Research Scientist at the Ohio State University ElectroscienceLab and President and co-founder of SenseICs Corporation. Shane has worked for more than 20 years designing, producing, and maintaining electronic systems used in integrated circuit research, high energy physics experiments (CERN, Stanford linear accelerator, etc.), and other applications. Shane’s broad expertise covers a range of electrical engineering activities including the design and development of radiation hard mixed signal ASICs, FPGA based data acquisition systems, medical imaging electronics, chemical vapor deposition diamond detectors, and high voltage power supply systems. Additionally, his academic publications, which include more than 80 peer-reviewed conference papers and journal articles, have been cited more than 20,000 times.

Target Audience

Registration is open to DoD, Government, and Government-affiliated employees only.

Register with your organizational email and we’ll let you know about acceptance within one week prior to class start.

Course Details

February 5, 2024 – February 29, 2024

Monday and Thursday from 4:00 PM until 5:30 PM

Please Note: the change in date from Mon 2/19/2024 (in observance of President’s Day)  to Tues  2/20/2024

Synchronous over Zoom

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