sch-rnd tutorial
The official sch-rnd video tutorial consists of three chapters:
- a longer "getting started" episode which serves as the backbone
- a series of short episodes that assume the base episodes and previos eposides has been watched
- a collection of independent episodes, each demonstrating a set of features, assuming only chapter 1 and 2 are watched
After watching all episodes of chapter 1, you will be able to use sch-rnd on
beginner level, for drawing simple circuits for the PCB workflow. After
watching chapter 2 you will be able to use sch-rnd in intermediate level,
much more efficiently, for more complex designs for the PCB workflow. Advanced
topics and non-PCB workflows are covered in chapter 3, which should be watched
selectively, on a per topic basis.
Chapter 1: getting started
(18 minutes)
Blinking LED board (also on youtube)
Topics covered:
- symbol placement,
- wiring,
- attributes,
- devmaps for pinout,
- export netlist,
- export to postscript.
Chapter 2: using sch-rnd
(1..5 minutes each)
- using the croshair to line things up (also on youtube)
- using undo and redo, undo list (also on youtube)
- Selections & layers (also on youtube)
- Operations on objects vs. selection (also on youtube)
- Paste buffers (also on youtube)
- Text
- Custom groups (also on youtube)
- Drawing polygons: polygon conversion from objects (also on youtube)
- Handling pinouts with generic symbols (the "transistor problem")
- Using propedit to mass-modify multiple objects (also on youtube)
- Creating new symbols (GUI) (also on youtube)
Chapter 3: advanced topics