Chapter 3. Project Structures and the PCB Editor Tool Set
This chapter explains what you did when making the simple design in Chapter 2 and why. It also introduces and describes the PCB Editor tool set in greater detail, so that you will be well equipped to lay out more complicated boards in the PCB Design Examples in Chapter 9.
Project Setup and Schematic Entry Details
Capture Projects Explained
When you set up your project by following the
File → New → Project menu path, you had five options from which to choose: a project, a design, a library, a VHDL file, or a Text file. The options we are most interested in are projects and libraries, and we look at those in great detail throughout the book. VHDL files are used in field programmable gate array ...
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