PCB Design Courses and Certifications

Robert Feranec

Cadence Allegro Tutorial - How to Create SKILL Script and Your Own Commands

Learn to build SKILL scripts and custom dialog-based commands in Cadence Allegro for labeling PCB assembly-drawing layers.

• YouTube
• 44 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Robert Feranec

How to Design Boards That Work the First Time

Practical checks and habits for designing a first PCB prototype that works correctly, from reference schematics and paper placement to layout review and simulation.

• YouTube
• 57 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

SparkFun Electronics

PCB Layout Optimization - Part 2

Optimize PCB layouts through component placement, via and trace choices, grounding, and test-point planning.

• YouTube
• 23 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Hackaday

PCB Reverse Engineering - Eric Schlaepfer

Learn hands-on techniques to reverse engineer two-layer PCBs by tracing connections, identifying components, and documenting circuits.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 59 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Hackaday

Inductance in PCB Layout - The Good, the Bad, and the Fugly

Explore how unintended inductance in PCB traces, ground planes, and return paths affects impedance, crosstalk, power delivery, and high-speed signals.

• YouTube
• 24 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Playful Technology

Creating a Custom PCB Arduino Shield

Design a durable custom Arduino shield in Fritzing and prepare it for manufacture.

• YouTube
• 22 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Robert Feranec

How to Select and Place ESD Components to Protect Your Boards

Learn how to choose and place PCB ESD protection components while balancing discharge standards, protection voltage, capacitance, data rate, and signal integrity.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 16 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Robert Feranec

How to Make Custom Board - Arduino Shield in 2 Hours - Full Tutorial

Design and build a custom Arduino Shield board in EasyEDA, from schematic and PCB layout through manufacturing, assembly, and testing.

• YouTube
• 2 hours 14 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Robert Feranec

Things on Your Boards Causing Problems During Manufacturing - Amit Bahl

See how small PCB layout and pad-design choices create defects during board assembly.

• YouTube
• 49 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Ralph S Bacon

How I Designed My Heater Controller - Warning! Mains Voltage

A practical workflow for turning an Arduino project idea into a safe, peer-reviewed heater-controller PCB.

• YouTube
• 27 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Fusion 360 Electronics for Beginners - Layout

Learn to place and route components, add copper pours, run DRC, and refine a complete PCB layout in Fusion 360 Electronics.

• YouTube
• 50 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Robert Feranec

How to Simulate PCB in Open Source Software

Step-by-step tutorial on simulating PCB power delivery networks using open-source software, covering export, conversion, setup, and result analysis, with comparisons to paid tools and real measurements.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 57 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Hackaday

Remoticon 2021 - Debra Ansell Invents Incredibly Clever PCBs

Explore modular PCB assemblies that turn circuit boards into reconfigurable structures for LED sculptures and wearables.

• YouTube
• 32 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Hackaday

Boggling the Boardhouse - Designing 3D Structures, Circuits, and Sensors from PCBs

Explore techniques for turning PCBs into unusual 3D structures, custom displays, buttons, rotary encoders, and snap-apart assemblies.

• YouTube
• 33 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Robert Feranec

PCB Layout of Differential Pairs vs. Crosstalk - Track Polarity and Arrangement

Explore PCB layout techniques for differential pairs, analyzing crosstalk effects and track polarity. Learn simulation methods and best practices for optimal signal integrity in high-speed designs.

• YouTube
• 52 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video