The assignment this week: Design a development board for a microcontroller using an EDA.
This week was pretty simple, and seeing as it was a holiday weekend, I kept this one pretty simple. I made sure to ask a lot of questions to make sure I understood well how the software worked, and to ensure that this week's assignment was truly as simple as it seemed.
I chose to use Eagle in Fusion 360, since I was already familiar with the interface. It took me a bit to realize how I was supposed to start the circuit board design, but once I got in there, once I understood what the 3 files meant (a wrapper file, the schematic, and the diagram), I was golden!
My design was simply to include a general purpose button on the board, and to connect the RP2040 outputs to more accessible pins. Selecting and connecting the proper components in the schematic was straightforward, and routing was a fun game! It sorta reminded me of a game I've played before called Dot Link .
Here's my full designs!