Eagle Tutorial

EAGLE EASILY APPLICABLE GRAPHICAL LAYOUT EDITOR Tutorial Version 5 Schematic – Layout – Autorouter for Linux® Mac® Windows® CadSoft Computer www.cadsoftusa.com 6th Edition 005175100 Copyright © 2010 CadSoft Computer All Rights Reserved CadSoft Computer is a trading division of Newark Corporation. If you have any questions please feel free to contact us: USA and other countries: Phone: +1 (954) 237 0932 Fax: +1 (954) 237 0968 Internet: www.cadsoftusa.com Email: [email protected] Germany and other European countries: Phone: +49 (0)8635 6989-10 Hotline: +49 (0)8635 6989-30 Fax: +49 (0)8635 6989-40 Internet: www.cadsoft.de Email: [email protected] And remember that we offer a free hotline for our customers! Copyright 2010 CadSoft Computer. All rights reserved worldwide. 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Table Of Contents 1 What to expect from this Tutorial...............................................................6 2 Features of EAGLE.......................................................................................7 System Requirements...............................................................................7 Professional Edition..................................................................................7 General...................................................................................................7 Layout Editor..........................................................................................8 Schematic Editor....................................................................................8 Autorouter Module.................................................................................9 Standard Edition.......................................................................................9 Freemium Edition.....................................................................................9 Light Edition.............................................................................................9 3 Installation................................................................................................11 Windows.................................................................................................11 Linux......................................................................................................12 Mac OS X................................................................................................13 4 Language Settings.....................................................................................14 Windows.................................................................................................14 Linux and Mac OS-X...............................................................................14 5 Individual EAGLE Setup............................................................................15 The Script File eagle.scr..........................................................................15 User Interface.........................................................................................15 Function Keys.........................................................................................15 Layer Colors............................................................................................16 6 The Concept of the EAGLE User Interface.................................................17 Selecting Menu Items.............................................................................17 Mouse Click............................................................................................17 Several Input Alternatives......................................................................18 Use of Key Combinations........................................................................18 The Context menu..................................................................................18 Command and Parameter Input via the Command Line.........................18 7 Control Panel............................................................................................21 EAGLE Files............................................................................................22 Backup Files............................................................................................22 Create EAGLE Projects............................................................................22 8 Load File and Select Monitor Zoom...........................................................24 9 Selecting Layers for Display......................................................................26 10 Setting up Grid and Unit.........................................................................27 11 Wires, Circles, Arcs, Rectangles, and Text...............................................28 The WIRE Command..............................................................................28 Changing Line Width..............................................................................29 Change Object to another Layer.............................................................29 Undo/Redo Function..............................................................................30 The CIRCLE Command...........................................................................30 The ARC Command................................................................................31 The RECT Command..............................................................................31 The TEXT Command...............................................................................31 Special Text Variables.............................................................................32 12 Using Libraries........................................................................................34 The ADD Command................................................................................34 The USE Command................................................................................36 The INVOKE Command..........................................................................36 13 Drawing a Schematic..............................................................................38 Grid........................................................................................................38 Adding a Frame to a Schematic..............................................................38 Adding and Changing Text.....................................................................38 Entering a Schematic..............................................................................40 The NET Command..............................................................................41 The NAME Command...........................................................................41 The LABEL Command...........................................................................41 The DELETE Command........................................................................42 The JUNCTION Command...................................................................42 The SHOW Command..........................................................................42 The MOVE Command...........................................................................43 History Function...................................................................................43 Completing the Schematic......................................................................44 The SMASH Command.........................................................................44 The VALUE Command..........................................................................45 The Electrical Rule Check (ERC)............................................................46 Generating a Board from a Schematic....................................................46 The BUS Command................................................................................46 14 Automatic Forward&Back Annotation.....................................................48 15 Designing a PC Board..............................................................................49 Designing a Board without a Schematic.................................................49 Defining Board Shape...........................................................................49 Placement Grid.....................................................................................49 Placing Components.............................................................................50 Placing SMD Packages..........................................................................50 Providing Names..................................................................................51 Providing Values..................................................................................51 Defining Signals...................................................................................51 Defining Net Classes.............................................................................52 Creating a Board from a Schematic........................................................52 Generating a Board File........................................................................52 Component Placement.........................................................................53

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