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[beginner] Simple board with only traces and pads

jaco.waes — Fri, 21 Apr 2023 10:49:02 GMT

I am making my first steps in electronics and i want to design a simple pcb that connects multiple WS2812B led strips.

To simplify, let's say i want to make a small pcb with two times 3 solderings pads and traces between them. There are no components itself on the board. The strips are adjecent and soldered to the pads on the pcb.

There is a WS2812B led component in the library with 4 pins, for simplicity this component can represent a whole strip. But actually resides twice out of my PCB.

Do i place those in my schema ? Or i create a component that represents the 3 soldering pads ?

Re: [beginner] Simple board with only traces and pads

jorge_garcia — Fri, 21 Apr 2023 21:27:03 GMT

Hello @jaco.waes,

Welcome to the wonderful world of electronics! In this case your first design is a good simple choice, but I would still recommend making a schematic. The schematic will just have 2 connectors connected together. In this simple case the schematic is not strictly necessary but it is a good habit to get into.

Let me know if there's anything else I can do for you.

Best Regards,

Re: [beginner] Simple board with only traces and pads

jaco.waes — Thu, 27 Apr 2023 07:37:43 GMT

Does that mean i have to make a '3pin connector' component with the corresponding footprint and use that in a schema ?

Re: [beginner] Simple board with only traces and pads

jorge_garcia — Thu, 27 Apr 2023 17:55:29 GMT

Hi @jaco.waes,

Correct, the from the available libs you can bring in the old EAGLE libs. The pinhead library has some good examples of how such a connector could be made.

Let me know if there's anything else I can do for you.

Best Regards,