Tutorial on EasyEDA desktop software for PCB and schematic design

In this article, I am going to write a tutorial on how to use EasyEDA desktop application for creating a schematic and for PCB design. One of best advantage of this software is that you can create design offline and can automatically synchronize your design with your online EasyEDA account.  It can be used for circuits simulation, PCB deign and electronics circuits design. You can download EasyEDA desktop application by clicking on following link and it will work on windows 7 or its greater version. They are also releasing soon offline application OSX and Linux users. So keep visiting their website for more information.

                                                  https://easyeda.com/page/download

So let’s start and see how to design a schematic and PCB using EasyEDA offline desktop application. So first of all lets see how to create a schematic. Now I will write step by step guide on how to make schematic using EasyEDA desktop application.  I will make a schematic of 5 volt regulated power supply first and after that I will design its PCB. After that I will show you how to order your PCB board from EasyEDA from directly your designed PCB which you designed using EasyEDA.

Some useful features of EasyEDA

• It can be used in both online and offline mode.
• Another great feature of using this tool is you can also share your design with online community which is increasing every day.
• You can use any P.C, mobile device, weather in internet café and computer lab of a university, you just need to connected your device to internet. Where you login in your own account to start designing, save your data into the cloud and you can access it safely at any time in any way you like.
• EasyEDA collaboration is really made easy, you can invite colleagues and partners to collaborates in electronics engineering design.
• You can also have works on Open-source Hardware modules developed by thousands of electronics engineers World Wide.
• EasyEDA is supported in many languages , so you can design any of the supported language like in English, French, Spanish and so on.
• EasyEDA provides Cool Schematic Capturing, Clever Spice Simulation, Online PCB Design, Import PCB and Schematic Files.
• Let start any project to see how can we use EasyEDA desktop application to design a simple circuit and a PCB design.

• First of all you need to install software by downloading It from a link given above. Installation process is very easy just you follows steps when the downloading is complete
•  After installation just double click on the EasyEDA desktop icon to open it.
• Click new project as shown below:

• Start with New Schematic
• From left hand side, you can select your components simply which you want to place. So if you click on ground symbol .You can select ground 1, ground2, ground 3. And by clicking it on symbol and then on project, you can place it on project as you want
• To search any component, you have a portion to search your required component by writing that’s component name. As if you want 7805 voltage regulator, you just type its name 7805. 
• you can click on more libraries. Its has thousands of components with category. Now I am going to place this component on project schematic window
• Now open the resistors and select your required resistor from resistors library. First click the resistor and then place it to project.
• After designing your canvas, to join the components and resistors You press W on from your keyboard. Now you can join your components. you can join the component with the 
• help of wiring tool shown in wiring tools. As shown in figure below:
  

• Now we will see how to convert this schematic to PCB design layout. To convert it into PCB design just click on convert project to PCB.
• you can view your PCB design layout how it will look like by clicking on photo view
• You can also create solid copper area at the top layer of PCB
• Once you have done, save it.
• Now you can simply place the order of your PCB on easyEDA website which I will show you in video.
• Now you have created your design in offline mode. you can easily fabricate this PCB design from EasyEDA website in very low price.
• Just go to their website and signup for EasyEDA account and also sign in to your account.
• After sign in on their website, come back to your EasyEDA desktop application and click on fabricate PCB and it will ask you to login again with their desktop application.
• When you sign in, simply click on save project, it will save your project automatically to EasyEDA website and after that click on fabrication PCB as shown below: 

• After you click on fabrication output it will take you to following window where you can easily order your PCB boards in minimum price.
• so this was a step by step guide on how to use EasyEDA application for schematic and PCB design. But if you still have any issue,write in comments