Electronics System Design : Hands on Circuits and PCB Design with CAD Software | EveryEng

Skip to main content

Self-paced Advanced

Electronics System Design : Hands on Circuits and PCB Design with CAD Software

5(3)

5 enrolled

582 views

FREE

2108 min

Anytime

English

582 views

Telecommunication

Electronics & Telecommunication

Lifetime access
Certificate of completion
Anytime Learning
Learn from Industry Expert

Volume pricing for groups of 5+

Why enroll

People enroll in the course “Electronics System Design: Hands on Circuits and PCB Design with CAD Software” to gain practical, industry-relevant skills in designing real electronic systems. The course helps learners move beyond theory by working on actual circuits and PCB layouts using professional CAD tools, boosting their confidence, technical competence, and job readiness in electronics, embedded systems, and hardware design fields.

Your instructor

Vaibhav Raj

student

India

Is this course for you?

You should take this if

You work in Telecommunication
You're a Electronics & Telecommunication / Electrical Engineering professional
You have 3+ years of hands-on experience in this field
You prefer self-paced learning you can revisit

You should skip if

You're new to this field with no prior experience
You need a different specialisation outside Electronics & Telecommunication
You need live interaction with an instructor

Course details

Electronics System Design focuses on translating ideas into functional hardware through hands-on circuit development and PCB design using CAD software. It involves designing, simulating, and testing electronic circuits, then converting schematics into well-structured printed circuit boards while considering performance, reliability, and manufacturability. By using industry-standard CAD tools, designers can efficiently create layouts, verify designs, and iterate prototypes, gaining practical skills that bridge theoretical electronics with real-world product development.

Source: NPTEL [Youtube Channel]

Course suitable for

Key topics covered

Introduction

Passive Circuit Elements : R, L and C

Active Circuit Elements: MOSFET, BJTs

Network Theorems : Thevenin, Norton, Maximum Power Transfer etc

Interconnect design

Introduction to Verilog Simulations Software

KiCad Example : PCB design using OpAmp IC

Course content

The course is readily available, allowing learners to start and complete it at their own pace.

36 lectures35 hr 8 min

Lec 1 : Introduction
3 min
LECTURE 2 : Passive Circuit Elements : R, L and C
57 min
LECTURE 3 : Resistor color coding, Surface mount capacitors and inductors on PCBs
67 min
LECTURE 4 : Active Circuit Elements: MOSFET, BJTs
58 min
LECTURE 5 : Network Analysis: Kirchoff's Laws
59 min
LECTURE 6 : Network Theorems : Thevenin, Norton, Maximum Power Transfer etc
60 min
LECTURE 7 : Circuit Simulations using SPICE : Operating point analysis
66 min
LECTURE 8 : DC Simulations and Importing Third-Party Models
56 min
LECTURE 9 : Small-Signal Simulations, Transient Simulations
56 min
LECTURE 10 : PCB Substrate and layers
60 min
LECTURE 11 : Interconnect design
60 min
LECTURE 12 : CMOS inverter basics
59 min
LECTURE 13 : CMOS inverter design
58 min
LECTURE 14 : Combinational circuit design : Part 1
63 min
LECTURE 15 : Combinational circuit design : Part 2
60 min
LECTURE 16 : Dynamic Logic Circuit Design
60 min
LECTURE 17 : Sequential Logic Circuit Design
65 min
LECTURE 18 : Digital Design : Boolean Algebra
55 min
LECTURE 19 : Logic Families, Component Datasheet
57 min
LECTURE 20 : TTL / CMOS logic Interfacing Constraints
55 min
LECTURE 21 : Hardware Description Languages : VHDL and Verilog
62 min
LECTURE 22 : Introduction to Verilog Simulations Software
62 min
LECTURE 23 : Combinational Circuit Simulation using iVerilog
58 min
LECTURE 24 : Adders, Multiplexer Simulation using iVerilog
65 min
LECTURE 25 : High-Speed PCBs
60 min
LECTURE 26 : Signal Integrity in PCBs
61 min
LECTURE 27 : Signal Cross-Talk, Skews and Jitter in PCBs
63 min
LECTURE 28 : KiCad Software Workflow
68 min
LECTURE 29 : KiCad Design Modules
52 min
LECTURE 30 : KiCad Schematic Design Steps
58 min
LECTURE 31 : KiCad PCB Design Steps
60 min
LECTURE 32 : KiCad Custom Symbol and Footprints Creatio
61 min
LECTURE 33 : KiCad Example : PCB design using OpAmp IC
61 min
LECTURE 34 :KiCad Example : PCB design using 555 Timer IC
61 min
LECTURE 35 : RF PCB Design Guidelines
60 min
LECTURE 36 : RF PCB Example
62 min

Opportunities that await you!

Career opportunities

✎ Where this fits — what comes before, what comes next

FREE

Access anytime

Questions and Answers

Q: You're reviewing a 6-layer PCB stackup and googling "how to read controlled impedance note on PCB fabrication drawing". The drawing note says: "L3 microstrip, Z0 = 50 Ω ±10%, Er = 4.1, h = 0.18 mm". Elsewhere the stackup table lists L3 as an internal layer with prepreg above and core below. What's the real issue?

A: That's the most common mistake — confusing naming with geometry. Microstrip means an external trace with one reference plane; once the layer is buried between dielectrics, the field lines change and it's stripline. The fab can still hit 50 Ω, but they'll do it as stripline unless the drawing is fixed, which shifts loss and phase.

Q: Your lead sends you a failing board and you search "PCB DC-DC converter oscillation only at light load". Symptoms: 12 V in, 5 V out buck converter. Stable at full load, but at <10% load the output shows 200 mVpp oscillation at ~30 kHz. No audible noise. What's the root cause that fits all of this?

A: That's the most common mistake — blaming components when it's really operating mode. At light load the converter slips into DCM, the small-signal model changes, and compensation that was fine in CCM no longer damps the loop. The frequency and load dependence line up; saturation and ESR issues don't selectively appear only below 10% load.

Q: You're laying out a clock line and googling "series termination resistor value for CMOS clock trace". Driver output impedance is 22 Ω, trace characteristic impedance is 50 Ω. What resistor value do you place at the source?

A: That's the most common mistake — matching the line instead of the source. For series termination you're shaping the launch by making Rdriver + Rseries ≈ Z0. Putting 28 Ω in series with 22 Ω gets you there; a full 50 Ω would just slow edges and burn margin.

Q: You're reviewing an instrument list and search "schematic symbol vs PCB footprint mismatch how to catch". The schematic shows a TVS diode labeled SMBJ5.0A. The PCB footprint is DO-214AA. BOM calls out SMAJ5.0A. What's the real risk?

A: That's the most common mistake — assuming the letter swap is mechanical only. SMAJ and SMBJ families differ in power and sometimes clamping behavior; leakage versus standoff can bite you near nominal rails. The footprint mismatch flags it, but the electrical margin is what actually breaks systems in the field.