Getting started with PCB designing using Altium Designer
Event Title: Getting Started with PCB Designing with Altium Designer
Organized By: IEEE-MSIT RAS Chapter
Date & Time: October 24, 2026 | 06:00 PM – 08:30 PM
Format: Online via Google Meet
IEEE MSIT Robotics & Automation Society presents a free online session, PCB Design Using Altium Designer.
Every electronic product, from IoT devices to robots and industrial controllers, depends on a well-designed PCB. This session walks participants through the complete PCB design workflow in Altium Designer, one of the most widely used tools in industry. It starts with schematic design and component selection, then covers component placement, routing and design rule checks (DRC), and ends with generating Gerber files for manufacturing.
The speaker will also explain the basic PCB design guidelines that separate a working board from a problematic one. A simple circuit will then be designed live, from schematic to manufacturing files, so participants can follow the whole process in one sitting.
Who should attend: ECE, EE and related students, embedded and IoT enthusiasts, and beginners who want to design their first PCB.
Key takeaways:
- An understanding of the end-to-end PCB design workflow
- How to create schematics and choose the right components
- Practical placement and routing practices
- How to run DRC and generate Gerber files for fabrication
- Basic PCB design guidelines for reliable boards
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IEEE MSIT RAS Chapter Core team:
Chairperson: Abhyuday Mishra
Vice-Chairperson: Manaswin Kath
General Secretary: Aman Jha
Treasurer: Keshav Bindal
PR Head: Jayant Gupta
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Yash Mane of President @ Embedded Systems Club
Getting Started with PCB Designing using Altium designer
Join IEEE MSIT Robotics & Automation Society for a free online session on PCB Design Using Altium Designer. It covers the complete workflow, from schematic design and component selection to placement, routing, DRC and Gerber generation, with a live demonstration of a simple circuit. It is aimed at students who want to turn circuit ideas into manufacturable boards.
Biography:
Yash Mane is the President of the Embedded Systems Club at RIT (Rajarambapu Institute of Technology, Rajaramnagar). He is an embedded systems, IoT and PCB design enthusiast who likes building energy-efficient, automation-driven solutions to practical problems.
He is an IndiaSkills 2026 State Gold Medalist and Regional Silver Medalist and a National Finalist at WorldSkills India, in the PCB design and embedded devices categories. He has been part of the Embedded Systems Club since 2024, moving from member to Vice President to President.
His expertise includes PCB design (Altium Designer and Eagle), Embedded C, ESP32, STM32, PIC microcontrollers, IoT, MQTT, UART, SPI, I²C and CAN. His projects include:
- Intelligent Phantom Load Detector: an ESP32-based IoT system for monitoring standby power consumption
- Endoscopy Rod Heater Temperature Control System: a microcontroller-based temperature controller for a medical device
- Custom ESP32 Controller: a controller for an RC vehicle and robotic arm
- Assistive Hospital Logistics Robot: a robotics, AI and ROS2 project
- IoT-Based IV Fluid Monitoring and Control System: his diploma project
He also completed industrial training at M/S Shankar Sargar Engineering in 2023, where he worked on PCB mounting, soldering and electronics assembly.
Address:Rajarambapu Institute of Technology, Urun Ishwarpur, Tal:Walwa, Sangli, Maharashtra, India, 415409
Agenda
- Welcome and introduction: IEEE MSIT RAS and the speaker
- Introduction to PCB design
- What a PCB is and why it matters
- Overview of the design flow
- Introduction to the Altium Designer interface
- Schematic design and component selection
- Creating a project and schematic sheet
- Choosing components and footprints
- Libraries and net connections
- Basic PCB design guidelines
- Trace width and clearance
- Power and ground handling
- Decoupling capacitors and layout practices
- Component placement
- Board outline and layer setup
- Placement strategy
- Routing
- Manual and interactive routing
- Vias and layer usage
- Ground planes
- Design rule check (DRC)
- Setting up design rules
- Finding and fixing violations
- Generating Gerber files
- Gerber and drill files
- Preparing files for manufacturing
- Live demonstration: a simple circuit taken from schematic to Gerber