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PCB layout. We draw boards in Sprint-Layout correctly from the first steps Lay 1 diagram in Russian

Sprint layout- This simple program for the development of both single-sided and double-sided printed circuit boards, almost all the necessary functions for such tasks are provided. There is an export of files to professional formats Gerber and Excellon, which are used for the manufacture of boards in an industrial way, including etching and drilling.

Sprint-Layout allows you to draw patches, paths, foil sections, inscriptions and much more. You can choose a variety of shapes and sizes of elements, as well as create them yourself.

You can open the file Example.LAY in the SprintLayout directory, it contains two boards with different examples of what can be created in the program.

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Program sPlan- simple and handy tool for drawing electronic and electrical circuits, it makes it easy to transfer characters from element libraries on the diagram and bind them to the coordinate grid. AT sPlan there's a lot tools for drawing and editing, which make the development of circuits convenient and efficient, such as auto-numbering of elements, drafting element lists other.

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Program “Schematic Builder 2003” designed to build elementary electrical circuits. It is a good replacement for bulky counterparts. It consists of about 50 vector objects(elements) of electrical circuits, except for integrated circuits

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QuickPic SchemCreator- raster graphical sprite-based editor of electrical circuit diagrams and any other pictures in bmp, gif, jpg formats.

Sprites - pictures (blanks, templates, library components) in bmp, gif, jpg, ico, cur formats.

Program features:

The program interface is focused on quick and convenient compilation of pictures (schemes) from ready-made sprites;

Built-in editor of new sprites;

The number of steps "Undo" (cancel the last action) is limited only by the free space on your disk;;

Zoom mode 2, 4, 8 times;

Various units of measurement: pixels, millimeters, inches;

Measuring rulers (as in MS Word);

Preview before printing;

Saving in BMP and GIF format;

Functions for convenient manipulation of sprites and image size;

New in latest version 2.4x:

Saving a list of the last 10 used sprites for quick access to them;

Extended options for inserting text designations of radio elements;

Radio element number autoincrement function;

Export the list of elements to a text file;

Selecting the color resolution of the image when saving; now, by default, pictures are saved in a palette of 16 colors - this is quite enough for schemes, but if you really want to, you can choose 256 or 16 or 2 colors.

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Many are familiar with the technology of wiring and creating printed circuit boards, such as. But what to do when the scheme is too complex and voluminous? Here you will have to learn more modern methods, one of which we will meet here. Take, for example, the circuit of this sound probe:

Device diagram

It makes no significant difference whether we will breed the board on a piece of paper in a cage, cutting out templates of parts with conclusions from cardboard (although I deeply doubt that anyone will use this method in the 21st century, when every home has a computer), or we will use some program for PCB layout, for example sprint layout. Of course, with the help of sprint layout it will be much easier to do this, especially in large schemes. In both cases, we first place a part on the working field with the largest number conclusions in our case, this is a transistor, let's say VT1, this is our KT315. (A link to the sprint layout user guide will be provided below). Moreover, at first, when designing, your printed circuit board may resemble a circuit diagram, it's okay, I think everyone started like that. We put it, then we connect its base and emitter with paths with resistor R1, we also have the base VT1 connected to the output of the capacitor C1 and the output of the resistor R2. Instead of lines in the diagram, we connect the leads of the parts with a track on the printed circuit board. I also made it a rule to count the number of leads of parts connected on the diagram and on the printed circuit board, we should get the same number of connected patches.

As you can see, 3 more outputs are connected to the base on our board, as well as on the diagram, they are marked with red rings on the diagram. Next, we install the VT2 transistor - this is the kt361 transistor, it has pnp structures, but we are in this moment it doesn't matter, since it also has 3 pins and in the same package as the kt315. We installed a transistor, then we connect its emitter to the second terminal R2, and the second terminal of the capacitor C1 to the collector VT2. We connect the VT2 base to the VT1 collector, install patches on the board to connect the VA1 speaker, we connect it with one output to the VT2 collector, and the other output to the VT1 emitter. Here's how everything that I described looks on the board:

We continue further, we install the LED, connect it to the output of BA1 and to the emitter of VT2. After we install the VT3 transistor, this is also kt315 and connect it with a collector to the cathode of the LED, we connect the VT3 emitter to the minus power supply. Next, we install the resistor R4 and connect it with tracks to the base and emitter of the transistor VT3, we start the output from the base to the X1 probe. Let's see what happened on the board:

And finally, we install the last few details. Install the power switch, connecting it to the power plus with a path from one patch and with the VT2 emitter, a path from another patch connected to the switch. We connect this output of the switch to the resistor R3, and connect the second patch of the resistor to the contacts of the X2 probe.

Everything, the fee is divorced . With a strong desire, you can transfer this pattern to a PCB, etch this board, and you will have a Sound Probe device with a continuity resistance of up to 650 Ohms. Of course, it was possible, if desired, to breed more compactly, but I did not have such a goal, my goal was to tell you step by step about the process of creating a printed circuit board layout. If someone is interested in the process of creating boards using the program sprint layout I recommend that you go through and read the manual.

A simple, but at the same time very effective software package for the design and manual layout of printed circuit boards of small and medium complexity. The program is very popular among Russian radio amateurs.

The main advantage of Sprint-Layout is the intuitive clear interface, which includes only the most necessary tools for the preparation of printed circuit boards measuring 300 by 300 mm. The program allows you to work with two layers (conductors and markings) for each side of the board. Additional features– solder mask layer, metallization, SMD mask. The built-in tracer only helps route conductors, and is not automatic. The growing library contains the most common electronic components. Sprint-Layout has the ability to export the results of work to popular Excellon and Gerber formats, as well as create an HPGL file for PCB finishing on a software-controlled milling machine. The package is widely used for .

The program is unlikely to be suitable for professionals, since its capabilities are limited to small boards with a low density of elements. But, thanks to its logical and understandable structure, Sprint-Layout is very easy to learn and is recommended for beginner designers who do not want to spend their time learning more complex programs.

The language of the program is German or English. Domestic enthusiasts created a fully functional Russified version of the program, which received the name Sprint-Layout 6 on the network (but has nothing to do with the official 6th version released in 2013). The interface has been redesigned for greater convenience, a large number of electronic components have been added, and compatibility with all original versions of Sprint-Layout up to version 5 has been maintained.

You can read about the innovations of the 6th version of Sprint-Layout in the article:

The program works stably in 32- or 64-bit operating systems Windows systems 98/ME/NT/2000/XP/Vista/Win 7/Win 8

Distribution of the program: Shareware (paid), price - 40 euros

Official website of Sprint-Layout: http://www.abacom-online.de/uk/html/sprint-layout.html

Sprint-Layout file formats: LAY, LAY6, export to Gerber or Excellon

Download Sprint-Layout 6.0 (unofficial Russian version, actually 5.0)

Sometimes files of formats unknown to us appear on the computer, which we have not heard about before. Now we will help you deal with one of these types of .LAY files. First you need to know that this is a file that contains an electrical circuit diagram or PCB design. Also, this extension has several varieties at the same time. They are used to calculate different kind tasks, and they are created using the Sprint Layout utility.

How to run the file

Before opening .LAY, you will have to understand what type of file it is.
The easiest way, but not always effective, is double tap RMB on file. In this case, the computer itself will choose a program to open the file. But on a PC, there may not be a utility capable of opening .LAY, so we will need to download additional software.

What software are you talking about

There are several programs that work with this type of file. But before that, figure out what type of file you are going to work with. There are 5 types of .LAY format files:

Developed by Apple.
A variant of the Tecplot program.
Rhino 3D option.
Template "MAME"

Now about everything in order!

Sprint Layout Utility

– special utility from Apple. It is used on Mac OS, with which DVD projects are created. To create a project, programming knowledge is not required at all, because the program has several ready-made templates, with which even a beginner can easily create his own DVD project. But advanced users may not use templates, but create them themselves. You can also test a DVD project without creating a disk image.

Important! The .LAY file in this case is in the VIDEO_TS directory, but when converting the finished project to disk, it will not be written, because it belongs to the design of the project.

Tecplot program

is a program used by engineers to create objects in flat and solid formats. It is used in engineering plotting and contains a wide range of functions.

LAY includes page layout, color and graphic settings. It stores data about the participant, parameters that determine the appearance of each frame, and the visual layout of the project workspace.
The author of the program is Tecplot.

Rhino 3D option

Rhinoceros is a commercial NURBS volumetric design software. This program is used in shipbuilding, architecture, automotive, industrial design, jewelry, etc. It helps to create objects that require incredible precision. Therefore, this utility is used in the areas of CAD / CAM design and multimedia.

Advice! NURBS is used to transfer the shapes of objects in .3DM format, so it became the basis of the Rhino 3D program. NURBS generates complex 3D objects from 2D models (quads, circles, polylines, lines, etc.).

Rhino 3D stores the state information of the layer where the 3D models are located. All models can be changed at the same time. This is done in order to simultaneously change the color or structure, and to simultaneously turn on or off the objects of the layers.
Program authors: