Onboarding Task

Your task is to create a PCB for a potentiometer. This PCB should be square, 4cmx4cm, with M3 mounting holes in each corner, offset 5mm from each side. This PCB should have a potentiometer in the middle of it, specifically this one, as well, it should have a 3-pin, 0.1" pin header connected to each of the terminals on the potentiometer, with each of the pins labelled on the silkscreen.

Also, run this command in your EAGLE command prompt. (text bar on the top of the program)

set Interface.UseCtrlForPanning 1

Here is an itemised list to help get you started and on track.

• Create the board outline.
• Create the mounting holes in each corner.
• Create the device (symbol, footprint, then device) for the potentiometer in Eagle. Reference the recommended PCB layout section in the potentiometer datasheet.
  • Import a potentiometer symbol from the Eagle libraries.
  • Create a footprint based on the potentiometer datasheet.
  • Create a device, add the correct symbol and footprint, and associate the pins.
• Add the 3-pin 0.1" header (should be in the standard Eagle libraries).
• Route all the connections to the pins

Refer to this Eagle tutorial for help.

As well, this is an extremely good resource for PCB design.

Once you are done this, create a new branch named onboarding-yourname, and make a pull request to master.