PCB Design Final Touches (Tips & Checklist) - Phil’s Lab #131

Tips when finishing up a PCB design before manufacturing (polygon pours, solder mask, silkscreen, teardrops, etc.). PCBs by PCBWay [SUPPORT] Hardware design courses: Course content: Patreon: Free trial of Altium Designer: Free search engine for the best quality components from Octopart: Learn about Altium 365, the electronics product design platform that unites PCB design, MCAD, data management, and teamwork: [GIT] [SOCIAL] Instagram: [LINKS] Stitching Vias: Fiducials: [TIMESTAMPS] 00:00 Introduction 01:50 PCBWay 02:34 Altium Designer Free Trial 03:24 Board Overview 04:57 #1 Schematic & PCB Synchronisation 05:30 #2 Polygon Pour Clearance 06:43 #3 Thermal/Copper Balance 07:10 #4 Stitching 07:57 #5 Polygon Pour Clean-Up 09:12 #6 Plane Voiding 10:59 #7 Non-Functional Pads 12:52 #8 Teardrops 14:48 #9 Transfer Vias 17:02 #10 Missing Plating 18:08 #11 Fiducial Markers 20:14 #12 Silkscreen 22:38 #13 Solder Mask 26:59 #14 Mechanical Checks 28:40 #15 Polygon Repours & Pour Order 29:51 #16 Design Rules & Routing Completion 31:49 #17 Gerber Viewer 33:40 #18 Footprint Checks 36:37 #19 Manufacturing/Assembly Info 37:45 Outro