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Figure 1
Personal EffortsPersonal Efforts
Estimated ResourcesEstimated Resources
Financial Budget and Other ResourcesFinancial Budget and Other Resources
Table 1
Project RequirementsProject Requirements
Design ObjectiveDesign Objective
•Concise, non-intimidating, thorough documentation of each process
Functional RequirementsFunctional Requirements
•Provide documentation to help senior design students obtain a circuit board
•Provide step-by-step instructions to fully explain how to create a circuit board
•User friendly website
Design ConstraintsDesign Constraints
•No physical constraints
•Fabrication process complexity
MilestonesMilestones
•Problem definition
•Technology and implementation consideration and selection
•Process design
•Process testing
•Process demonstration
•Process reporting
Proposed Approach and ConsiderationsProposed Approach and Considerations
Proposed ApproachProposed Approach
•Execute each fabrication process and document with digital pictures
•Create the flow chart from process execution and research
Technologies ConsideredTechnologies Considered
•Static vs. dynamic web page languages for the interactive website
•Available fabrication techniques: milling, wet etch, & commercial fabrication
Testing ConsiderationsTesting Considerations
•Test scenarios to check accuracy and correctness of flow chart
•Use previous senior design projects as additional test scenarios
•Interactive website results match the flow chart for identical test scenarios
SummarySummary
Many ECpE senior design projects have the need for a circuit board. To save these projectstime, effort, and money this project will guide the user to the best decision for their project’srequirements and specifics. To accomplish this important task we will:
•Research the numerous available methods
•Document the steps
•Set up the MRC PCB lab
•Design & implement an interactive website
•Provide a document containing full instructions and images to perform each process
The interactive website will compliment the document by being more readily accessible andusable. Through this project other senior design projects will be able to focus on their designsand not have to research about obtaining or producing a circuit board.
Problem StatementProblem Statement
To reduce research time spent by other senior design groups oncircuit board fabrication by providing documentation on how tofabricate or obtain a circuit board
Operating EnvironmentOperating Environment
Operating environment to be determined by end user
Intended UsersIntended Users
ECpE senior design students
Intended UsesIntended Uses
Guide the user in obtaining or fabricating a circuit board
Expected End ProductExpected End Product
Tutorial and flow chart document:
Flow chart for determining which process to use for circuit boardfabrication
Fully documented procedures for each fabrication process
List of commercial circuit board fabricators and their capabilities
Interactive website:
An online version of the flowchart
Assumptions and LimitationsAssumptions and Limitations
Server to host interactive website is sufficient
Students have access to web site via the Internet
Students are capable of generating a board layout
Materials and facilities are available
IntroductionIntroduction
Automated Printed Circuit Board Development
Dec 03-09 Team Members
Colin Burnett – CprE & EEKhawaja-Shahzad Butt – CprE
Christopher Rieck – EEChristopher Sosnowski – EE
Faculty Advisor
Dr. Gary Tuttle
Client
ECpE Senior Design
Your Circuit Board Solution Guide
Many ECpE senior design projects require the fabrication of a circuitboard. To aid these projects, the focus of this project is to providedocumentation on the available choices to obtain a circuit board by meansof “do-it-yourself” methods or out-sourcing to a commercial company. Thedocumentation will be in the form of an interactive web site and a printeddocument and will contain a flow chart and step-by-step instructions.
AbstractAbstract
Easy do-it-yourself steps
Project Schematic
Interactive Website
Outsource
Desired Circuit Board