Hi!<p>I am an electronics novice who want to design my own PCB for some projects. I am looking for any resources or materials (apps, url, books) to guide me in my endeavor.
I have a youtube tutorial for making a PCB using KiCad (5.0) called "Getting To Blinky". It has helped some people design their first PCB. This will be a separate exercise from learning about actual electronics, but will help you get a PCB made: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVhWh3AsXQs&list=PLy2022BX6EspFAKBCgRuEuzapuz_4aJCn" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVhWh3AsXQs&list=PLy2022BX6E...</a>
As for books to learn from, get the latest edition of "The Art of Electronics", that is kinda like a bible to a lot of people. I have definitely learned a lot from it.<p>As for making PCB's, personally I pay for a subscription to Eagle. Yea there are better software solutions out there (Altium), but the cost is significantly more. I personally like Eagle better than KiCad, I think Eagle has made a lot of progress and I can tie it to Fusion360 now and do full design views, enclosures, heating etc. Altium is the more professional and complete solution, and they have a free version called CircuitMaker (same company IIRC just not as sophisticated). I like Eagle because there are tons of resources to help you with, getting parts into the library is easy and it isn't hard to use.<p>As for creating PCB's (assuming you are US based), Use Osh Park (<a href="https://oshpark.com/" rel="nofollow">https://oshpark.com/</a>) over seeedstudio, although I have used both. I'll still use seeed sometimes for prototypes and even small runs when I need more optionality than OshPark allows. There are some other US based production houses like OshPark that I use from time to time too.
Do you mean actually build a PCB? If so, there are many tutorials using different types of tools on instructables.com For best results you'll want to get access to a laser cutter or small CNC mill, perhaps through a local makerspace. That being said, there are now many short-run and one-off PCB manufacturing houses you can use for much higher quality boards than you can make yourself. People seem to like seeed for this - <a href="https://www.seeedstudio.com/fusion_pcb.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.seeedstudio.com/fusion_pcb.html</a><p>If you want to learn the design side, there are many other threads on HN with tool recommendations. Ex. <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16533475" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16533475</a>
Thank you!<p>I realised, that I was looking for a text book for electronics, because online courses had confused me as I had been doing it without a reference text. The Art of electronics, (PDF, IIIrd edition) appears to be the one I had been looking for. I shall definitely be checking seedstudio as well.