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PCB Designing Embedded, IoT & Automation

PCB Designing

Every electronic device starts as a PCB, and PCB designers are essential to hardware development. This course covers drawing schematics, laying out boards, routing traces, and preparing designs for manufacture. It's a practical, in-demand skill for electronics and ECE students heading into hardware work.

Duration
1.5 months
Format
Live 1-on-1
Level
Professional
Certificate
Osian
Overview

What this course is about

Osian Academy teaches PCB Designing through live one-on-one online classes built around clear explanations and practical work. You will study schematic design, component libraries, footprints, net classes, board layers, routing, ground planes, design rules, gerber files and basic signal integrity. This PCB Designing pathway gives that point a course-specific practice focus, reference 196-7. This PCB Designing pathway gives that point a course-specific practice focus, reference 196-7. This PCB Designing pathway gives that point a course-specific practice focus, reference 196-7.

Practice centres on a small regulated sensor board with schematic, footprint checks, routed tracks, silkscreen and manufacturing files. This PCB Designing pathway gives that point a course-specific practice focus, reference 196-7. The lessons use kicad or the agreed pcb tool, datasheets, a laptop and optional breadboard or low-cost prototype parts, with version or access checks discussed before setup. This PCB Designing pathway gives that point a course-specific practice focus, reference 196-7.

This course is especially useful when you want pcb documentation, component selection, layout review and manufacturer-ready file generation. It is distinct from an embedded systems course, this course concentrates on circuit documentation, board layout and fabrication outputs, because the lessons here prioritise the tools, vocabulary and practical decisions specific to pcb designing. This PCB Designing pathway gives that point a course-specific practice focus, reference 196-7.

By the end

What you’ll be able to do

  • Explain the core ideas behind pcb designing using accurate terminology
  • Set up and use the main tools for pcb designing practice
  • Apply schematic design in a guided practical task
  • Build and review a small regulated sensor board
  • Practise PCB Designing in a guided task, course note 196-7.
  • Present a portfolio or study outcome relevant to pcb layout and electronics design support
Syllabus

How the course flows

  1. 1
    Electronics BasicsWeek 1

    Circuits, components and safe hands-on work.

  2. 2
    Microcontroller ProgrammingWeek 2

    Programming boards to sense and respond.

  3. 3
    Sensors & ActuatorsWeek 3

    Reading the world and controlling devices.

  4. 4
    ConnectivityWeek 4

    Getting devices online and talking to each other.

  5. 5
    Capstone BuildWeeks 5–6

    A complete working project of your own.

Toolkit

Tools you’ll use

  • Arduino
  • Raspberry Pi
  • Sensors & modules
  • Python / C
  • PLC / SCADA
Audience

Who this course is for

  • Beginners seeking pcb designing classes with a personal teacher
  • Learners selecting PCB Designing for a focused pathway, group 196-7.
  • Learners selecting PCB Designing for a focused pathway, group 196-7.
  • Learners selecting PCB Designing for a focused pathway, group 196-7.
  • Learners selecting PCB Designing for a focused pathway, group 196-7.
Where it leads

Roles this opens up

  • PCB Layout Designer

    Use pcb designing knowledge to support practical tasks, projects and continued skill development.

  • Electronics Design Technician

    Contribute to a small regulated sensor board with schematic, footprint checks, routed tracks, silkscreen and manufacturing files under the guidance of a senior practitioner or team.

  • Hardware Prototyping Assistant

    Apply the course workflow in documentation, troubleshooting and day-to-day delivery settings.

Questions

Before you enrol

Basic electronics, voltage and current concepts are recommended, though the trainer can revise essentials. This PCB Designing pathway addresses that point through guided practice, reference 196-7.

Plan to use KiCad or the agreed PCB tool, datasheets, a laptop and optional breadboard or low-cost prototype parts. This PCB Designing pathway addresses that point through guided practice, reference 196-7.

A central exercise is a small regulated sensor board with schematic, footprint checks, routed tracks, silkscreen and manufacturing files. This PCB Designing pathway addresses that point through guided practice, reference 196-7.

It develops pcb documentation, component selection, layout review and manufacturer-ready file generation through demonstrations, practice and feedback. This PCB Designing pathway addresses that point through guided practice, reference 196-7.

Compared with an embedded systems course, this course concentrates on circuit documentation, board layout and fabrication outputs, this course gives priority to schematic design, component libraries, footprints, net classes, board layers, routing, ground planes, design rules, gerber files and basic signal integrity.. This PCB Designing pathway addresses that point through guided practice, reference 196-7.

This PCB Designing pathway addresses that point through guided practice, reference 196-7. This PCB Designing pathway addresses that point through guided practice, reference 196-7.