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  • Day 1: Objective
    • 1.1 Goal
    • 1.2 Block Diagram
    • 1.3 Timeline
  • Day 2: Planning
    • 2.1 Planning Overview
    • 2.2 Microcontroller Selection
    • 2.3 Chip Selection
    • 2.4 Chip Organization
    • 2.5 Expected Power Consumption
    • 2.6 MCU Pin Selection
    • 2.7 Example Spreadsheet
    • 2.8 Resistors, Capacitors, Oh My!
  • Day3/4: Board Design
    • 3.1 Overview
    • 3.2 PCB Basics
    • 3.3 PCB Schematic and Layout Software Selection
    • 3.4 Eagle Basics
    • 3.5 Rules of Schematic Design
    • 3.5 Creating Components in Eagle
    • 3.6 Schematic Design in Eagle
    • 3.7 Layout in Eagle
    • 3.8 Bill of Materials
  • Day 5 and Beyond: Board Fabrication & Testing
    • Board Fabrication
    • Board Testing
    • Board Population
  • Additional Resources
  • Contact
There are many other sites with useful information that overlaps with many of the topics covered here.  Here are just a few:
  • Sparkfun -  There are many useful tutorials, including some detailed ones on Eagle software
  • Wikipedia - Useful reference for standard electrical component names


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