1 EEVblog #127 - PCB Design For Manufacture Tutorial - Part 1
First part of Dave Jones's PCB design for manufacture tutorial, full of practical tips such as solder mask pullback; usually recommended with part 2 for automated assembly.
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pcb design
20 videos. Ranked by independent recommendations, not by views.
2 Ground in PCB Layout - Separate or Not Separate? (with Rick Hartley)
Widely cited interview with Rick Hartley on PCB grounding, often linked to argue for one solid ground plane rather than split analogue and digital grounds.
3 Tutorial 1 for Eagle: Schematic Design
The first of Jeremy Blum's Eagle tutorials, covering schematic design, which many hobbyists credit with getting their first boards designed and manufactured.
4 Cadsoft EagleCad Tutorial Lesson 1
First lesson of a video series on CadSoft Eagle, suggested to beginners laying out their first PCB with the free version.
5 KiCAD Quick-Start Tutorial
A roughly twenty-minute KiCad walkthrough from schematic through footprint association to layout, praised by several people as the tutorial that got them to a finished board.
6 KiCad 6 STM32 PCB Design Full Tutorial - Phil's Lab #65
A long walkthrough of designing a custom STM32 microcontroller board, often suggested as a starting point for people moving beyond Arduino to their own PCB.
7 Introduction and KiCad Project Creation - "Getting To Blinky" KiCad Tutorial - Part 1
The go to starter series for learning KiCad, taking a complete beginner from empty schematic to a finished blinking LED board ready for fabrication.
8 Fritzing - An Introduction
Introduces Fritzing, the open-source tool for breadboard layouts, schematics and simple PCBs; suggested for beginners who want diagrams that match their breadboard.
9 Tutorial 2 for Eagle: Printed Circuit Board Layout
Jeremy Blum's second Eagle tutorial covers laying out and routing a printed circuit board; first-time designers follow it for their first boards before sending them to a fab.
10 EEVblog #239 - PCB Design For Manufacture Part 2
Part two of Dave Jones's design for manufacture series, recommended to anyone taking a prototype to a production PCB.
11 EEVblog #244 - How To Lay Out A PCB - PSU Design Part 9
Dave Jones laying out a real power supply board, often named as the main video to watch for PCB layout best practice once a schematic exists.
12 (Sponsored) PCB Vias 101 - Phil's Lab #77
Phil's Lab tutorial on PCB vias, covering why signals changing layers need a nearby return via and how ground stitching ties planes together.
13 Secrets of PCB Optimization - Rick Hartley - AltiumLive 2020
A long conference talk on PCB layout, grounding and stackup that practitioners cite when discussing ground pours and multilayer board design.
14 EEVblog #314 - Korad KA3005P PSU Teardown
An EEVblog teardown of a programmable bench power supply, cited for its remote interfaces and a note on tinned exposed traces for current.
15 Tutorial #1: How to Design and Build Your Own Board - Simply and Easily
Robert Feranec's beginner tutorial walking through the process of designing a simple board, suggested to newcomers before attempting their own PCB.
16 Intro to KiCad
Recommended as Digi-Key's structured KiCad course that takes a newcomer from schematic through layout, though it was recorded on an older version.
17 Making of PCBs at home, DIY using inexpenive materials
A walkthrough of etching a printed circuit board at home, offered as proof that moving from breadboard to a real PCB is within reach of a hobbyist.
18 How To Learn PCB Design (My Thoughts, Journey, and Resources) - Phil's Lab #87
A PCB design tutorial that a student who picked up PCB skills from YouTube calls amazing and highly recommends to anyone starting out.
19 The most misunderstood concept in decoupling
Cited in PCB layout debates as the case against mixing decoupling capacitor values, arguing parasitics make a spread of values noisier than a single one.
20 SparkFun According to Pete #34: PCB Layout
A SparkFun video pointed to as a starting point for PCB design and layout basics, paired with their written Eagle tutorials.
