"Matt Scarpino has provided a great tool for the hobbyist starting out in the circuit board design world, demonstrating all the features you’ll need to create your own circuit board projects. However, the experienced engineer will also benefit from the book, as it serves as a complete reference guide to all EAGLE software configuration settings and features. His insightful guidance helps simplify difficult tasks, and his handy tips will help save you hours of trial-and-error experimentation." --Rich Blum, author, Sams Teach Yourself Arduino Programming in 24 Hours and Sams Teach Yourself Python Programming for Raspberry Pi in 24 Hours Powerful, flexible, and inexpensive, EAGLE is the ideal PCB design solution for every Maker/DIYer, startup, hobbyist, or student. Today, all open source Arduino designs are released in EAGLE format: If you want to design cost-effective new PCBs, this is the tool to learn. Matthew Scarpino helps you take full advantage of EAGLE’s remarkable capabilities. You won’t find any differential equations here: only basic circuit theory and hands-on techniques for designing effective PCBs and getting innovative new gadgets to market. Scarpino starts with an accessible introduction to the fundamentals of PCB design. Next, he walks through the design of basic, intermediate, and complex circuit boards, starting with a simple inverting amplifier and culminating in a six-layer single-board computer with hundreds of components and thousands of routed connections. As the circuits grow more complex, you’ll master advanced EAGLE features and discover how to automate crucial design-related tasks. Whatever your previous experience, Scarpino’s start-to-finish examples and practical insight can help you create designs of stunning power and efficiency. Understand single-sided, double-sided, and multilayer boards Design practical circuits with the schematic editor Transform schematics into physical board designs Convert board designs into Gerber output files for fabrication Expand EAGLE’s capabilities with new libraries and components Exchange designs with LTspice and simulate their responses to input Automate simple repetitive operations with editor commands Streamline circuit design and library generation with User Language programs (ULPs) Design for the advanced BeagleBone Black, with high-speed BGA devices and a 32-bit system on a chip (SoC) Use buses to draw complex connections between components Configure stackups, create/route BGA components, and route high-speed signals eagle-book.com provides an archive containing the design files for the book’s circuits. It also includes EAGLE libraries, scripts, and User Language programs (ULPs).

Table of Contents:
Preface   xi Acknowledgments   xiv About the Author   xv Part I: Preliminary Introduction Chapter 1: Introducing EAGLE   1 1.1 A Whirlwind Tour of EAGLE   2 1.2 Obtaining EAGLE   6 1.3 Licensing   7 1.4 Organization of This Book   8 1.5 More Information   10 1.6 Conclusion   11 Chapter 2: An Overview of Circuit Boards and EAGLE Design   13 2.1 Anatomy of a Printed Circuit Board   14 2.2 Overview of Circuit Design with EAGLE   22 2.3 Conclusion   28 Chapter 3: Designing a Simple Circuit   31 3.1 An Inverting Amplifier   31 3.2 Initial Steps   33 3.3 The Inverting Amplifier Schematic   35 3.4 Board Layout   44 3.5 Routing   48 3.6 CAM Processor   52 3.7 Conclusion   55 Part II: Designing the Arduino Femtoduino Chapter 4: Designing the Femtoduino Schematic   57 4.1 Initial Steps   59 4.2 The Reset Switch   61 4.3 Voltage Regulation   65 4.4 The ATmega328P Microcontroller   67 4.5 Header Connections   71 4.6 Net Classes   73 4.7 Electrical Rule Check   74 4.8 Generating the Board Design   76 4.9 Framing the Schematic   76 4.10 Attributes and Assembly Variants   77 4.11 Conclusion   79 Chapter 5: Layout and Design Rules   81 5.1 Layers   81 5.2 Board Layout   84 5.3 Design Rule Check   90 5.4 Conclusion   100 Chapter 6: Routing   101 6.1 An Overview of Routing   102 6.2 Manual Routing   103 6.3 Follow-Me Routing   108 6.4 The Autorouter   109 6.5 Home PCB Fabrication   113 6.6 Conclusion   118 Chapter 7: Generating and Submitting Output Files   119 7.1 Jobs and the CAM Processor   119 7.2 Viewing Gerber Files   125 7.3 Drill Files   126 7.4 Submitting Design Files   130 7.5 Conclusion   140 Part III: Advanced Capabilities Chapter 8: Creating Libraries and Components   141 8.1 Creating the Library   142 8.2 Creating the SIMPLE-TQFP16   143 8.3 Creating the VACUUM-TH   149 8.4 Creating the TW9920   153 8.5 Conclusion   160 Chapter 9: Simulating Circuits with LTspice   161 9.1 Introducing LTspice   161 9.2 Designing a Schematic   163 9.3 Simulating the Circuit   170 9.4 Exchanging Designs with EAGLE   174 9.5 Conclusion   176 Part IV: Automating EAGLE Chapter 10: Editor Commands   177 10.1 Introducing Editor Commands   177 10.2 Schematic Editor Commands   180 10.3 Commands for Board Designs   187 10.4 Commands for Library Interface   192 10.5 The Assign, Change, and Set Commands   202 10.6 Configuration Scripts   207 10.7 Conclusion   208 Chapter 11: Introduction to the User Language (UL)    209 11.1 Overview of UL   209 11.2 Simple Data Types and Functions   211 11.3 Builtins   214 11.4 Control Structures   219 11.5 The exit Statement   221 11.6 Conclusion   222 Chapter 12: Examining Designs with the User Language   225 12.1 UL-Specific Data Types   226 12.2 Schematic Designs (UL_SCHEMATIC)    227 12.3 Board Designs (UL_BOARD)    243 12.4 Conclusion   256 Chapter 13: Creating Dialogs and Menu Items   257 13.1 Predefined Dialogs   257 13.2 Custom Dialogs and Widgets   264 13.3 Dialog Layouts   275 13.4 The Menu Command   278 13.5 Conclusion   279 Part V: The BeagleBone Black Chapter 14: Schematic Design for the BeagleBone Black   281 14.1 Overview of the BeagleBone Black   282 14.2 Advanced EAGLE Schematics   284 14.3 AM3359 Memory/JTAG Connections   286 14.4 AM3359 I/O Connections   290 14.5 System Memory   293 14.6 Power Management   295 14.7 Ethernet and the Universal Serial Bus   297 14.8 Graphics Display   300 14.9 Conclusion   301 Chapter 15: Board Design for the BeagleBone Black   303 15.1 Configuring the Stackup   304 15.2 Creating and Routing Ball Grid Arrays   307 15.3 Trace Length and Meander   313 15.4 The BBB Board Design   316 15.5 Conclusion   321 Appendix A: EAGLE Library Files   323 A.1 Anatomy of a Library File   323 A.2 Settings, Grid, and Layers   325 A.3 Overview of Library Elements   327 A.4 Symbols   329 A.5 Packages   336 A.6 Devicesets   340 A.7 Conclusion   346 Appendix B: The Gerber File Format   347 B.1 Introducing the Gerber Format   347 B.2 Setting Global Properties   349 B.3 Aperture Definitions   353 B.4 Drawing Shapes   356 B.5 Custom Apertures   361 B.6 Conclusion   368 Index   369