Make Your Own PCBs with EAGLE: From Schematic Designs to Finished Boards

This is my third title on PCB design/production. It's the best so far. The book targets mainly the hobbyists, such as myself. I read this in my kindle. I was a bit skeptical in the beginning, since some tutorial oriented books gets all messed-up on a kindle, but this was not the case. I like the step-by-step approach of the book. I finally did my own PCB design and even though is somewhat more complex than the samples on the book, I found myself returning to the book to find some hints.As it ever happens with software oriented tutorials, the book might get dated in terms of the current version of the EAGLE software. Indeed, some of the menus and options described in the book has moved around, but the contents, the EAGLE practice and the methodology still stands.

There will come a time in your life when you want to take your projects off a breadboard or stripboard and onto a real PCB. It is true that there are many videos on how to do this however sometimes you need a guide that explains what you need to use, do, and in what order to do it to turn a schematic into a PCB. This book does exactly that. After running through the example projects you will be able to create through-hole and SMD boards and have the files to send off for manufacturing. Simon's writing style is relaxed and easy to read, for the hobbyist or interested beginner. Don't waste your time hunting around for free guides or piecing together information from multiple websites or listening to awful YouTube videos - just buy this book and start making.

I own most of Dr. Monk’s books and appreciate his clear writing style and depth. I worked through the bulk of the book over a couple of days after receiving my order and am happy to report that I am now reasonably fluent with Eagle. 20 bucks is a modest price to pay for the many hours I would have lost mucking around on the internet to try to develop a similar level of fluency.I only have two small quibbles:1. There seems to be a step missing in the section on importing a new libraries. Unlike the Arduino environment, you evidently need to visit the Library…Use menu for the parts to show up in the schematic view after copying them to the appropriate directory. I assume this may be a change with the newest version of Eagle.2. Given the highly-detailed information on using Eagle, it would have been nice to have more detail relating to making PCBs at home. I’ve made a few PCBs and would have appreciated following a more detailed walk-through involving the two DIY approaches he discusses in Chapter 6. There are only three sentences devoted to toner transfer and just a couple of paragraphs relating to photo etching. Even a list of vendors and products would be a good start in learning how to do an occasional “one off” at home.Overall a great book and well worth the modest price if you want to get up to speed with Eagle. Can’t wait to order my first PCBs!

This book is much more that a tutorial on how to use Eagle. It contains all of the nitty gritty details needed to take you from zero to a finished board in a couple of days. With all of the really good YouTube tutorials out there I hesitated to buy yet another book that was likely to gather dust on the bookshelf but I found myself constantly reaching for this when ever I had a question and I usually found the answer. My first boards came out perfect.Dr. Monk has several other books that I am now considering.

Sadly, the software this book was writte around is way out of date and the examples don't really work.

This is a very effective tutorial style book. I was able to learn Eagle in a few days with it. It covered everything I needed to know from entering a schematic, creating several new symbols, to laying out and routing, to submitting the finished board for manufacturing and assembly. I highly recommend it as Eagle is not very intuitive.

This book finally explains what I have been trying to find the answers for via Google. Dr. Monk's writing style is easy to follow, and he gives real world advice about design and layout. It is not the end-all-be-all book on eagle design, but it's a wonderful starter book to introduce you and get you moving in the right direction. I highly recommend this book to anyone getting started who is tired of floundering looking for he answers.

It's ok if your just getting started with Eaglecad (like me). But here's the deal. At first Eaglecad seems pretty intimidating as it's loaded with stuff - easy to get overwhelmed. But once you get going (after a good say 20 hrs with it), it's actually easy to use albeit the user interface is a wonderful case study on how not to design software. In a word just crap, it's obvious the designed have never studied Human Factors, or just ignored them and did their own ungodly mess of an interface, but I digress. Humans are an amazing bunch, even with piss poor user interfaces, we adapt and get with the program.Now back to the book: it's well written, easily understandable and will definitely get the new person up and running. My only complaint - and it's minor - is that it just doesn't cover in detail other ways of doing tasks, only one way. But like i said in 20 hrs you will need to learn other techniques. For example, Mr. Monk does a nice job of explaining ground pours. However, what if I have a mixed dual layer board with components on both sides of the board. You don't need a PhD in Physics to see the described technique isn't going to work. So, what's the work around? Nice follow up with be "Advanced EagleCad....". I would recommend the book for it's cost clarity of writing, worth a read.

Excelente libro para principiantes y nivel medio.

I chose this book among others but it is very basic and a part of the book is wasted teaching things such as soldering and desoldering.

l read this book in my local library and decided to buy it for reference as and when required.

Questo libro copre tutti gli aspetti fondamentali necessari per realizzare PCB con Autodesk Eagle.Il libro è scritto in modo molto chiaro e non si limita alla semplice spiegazione dei menu e delle opzioni presenti nel progamma ma propone un percorso guidato per la realizzazione di schede PCB di complessità crescente.Ho apprezzato la presenza di un paio di capitoli che trattano lo sviluppo di schede di espansione per Arduino e Raspberry e un capitolo dedicato all'illustrazione delle tecniche di saldatura e dei packages dei componenti più diffusi sia di tipo through hole che surface mount.Purtroppo non sono trattati argomenti più avanzati come i layout di schede a più di 2 layers (cosa che nel libro viene giustificata dicendo che il target sono coloro che vogliono usare la licenza free del progamma), l'adattamento dell'impedenza delle piste nei design ad alta frequenza e la simulazione spice dei layout. Per questi motivi difficilmente questo libro riserverà grosse sorprese per chi è già esperto.Eagle è inoltre un progamma in rapidissima espansione con aggiornamenti mensili quindi il libro pur non essendo assolutamente vecchio già si trova a non coprire alcune delle nuove funzionalità.In ogni caso se siete nuovi al mondo dei PCB o non conoscete affatto Eagle come CAD questo libro è un eccellente guida introduttiva che ho letto con molto piacere.

Really easy to follow and yet very in depth.