I need to design a simple PCB for a battery-powered power supply. The circuit is complete and is comprised mainly of SOT-23 packages.
The PCB should be a one layer and one sided rectangle, with all components SMD mounted.
I have access to NI Ultiboard, and the design seems straight forward to accomplish with the exception of:
The battery sockets - The design is to use four of coin these battery holders. I have no clue how to implement such a component into the board design software. The catalog page indicates that this product is "Available in Multisim Blue", so I suspected that it would appear in the Ultiboard database, but it does not. I have no experience with Ultiboard or any other board design software, and following several hours of attempting to resolve the issue I have had no success. I attempted to draw copper circles (as battery contacts) and then place SMD pads (for attaching the holders), but the software does not let you place pads unless you place a component from the database (as far as I know), and it does not seem to allow you to connect the circles.
It would be of great help if anybody could give advise, either as to how Ultiboard can be used to achieve this, or recommend another software in which such a task can be readily achieved.
-Thank you all
The PCB should be a one layer and one sided rectangle, with all components SMD mounted.
I have access to NI Ultiboard, and the design seems straight forward to accomplish with the exception of:
The battery sockets - The design is to use four of coin these battery holders. I have no clue how to implement such a component into the board design software. The catalog page indicates that this product is "Available in Multisim Blue", so I suspected that it would appear in the Ultiboard database, but it does not. I have no experience with Ultiboard or any other board design software, and following several hours of attempting to resolve the issue I have had no success. I attempted to draw copper circles (as battery contacts) and then place SMD pads (for attaching the holders), but the software does not let you place pads unless you place a component from the database (as far as I know), and it does not seem to allow you to connect the circles.
It would be of great help if anybody could give advise, either as to how Ultiboard can be used to achieve this, or recommend another software in which such a task can be readily achieved.
-Thank you all