1 - Bootcamp Design Challenge

In the WARG EE W2023 bootcamp, you will be using Altium Designer to design a custom voltage regulator printed circuit board (PCB) from scratch! In fact, your PCB will be completely unique to you as you will have many opportunities to customize it. At a high level, the custom voltage regulator PCB will consist of:

• An input power connector

• An output power connector

• A linear voltage regulator integrated circuit (IC) and the passive components to make it functional

• LEDs to indicate the state of the voltage rails

Note: When designing your LDO, you will need to decide an appropriate voltage input and output also the power your design can supply

So why are we interested in teaching you about PCB design and voltage regulation? Let’s take a look at a few important ideas in the next section and perhaps you’ll understand why!