Beginner PCB Layout Tutorial - Diptrace (DIY Guitar Pedals) 

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I had been using fritzing but wanted something a little more professional, came across DipTrace and realized I have no idea wth I'm doing. Thanks to your video alone it's like I've used this the whole time. Thank you.

would be great to get a whole series on this on how to create a pcb like this from the start! good work bud, watched most of your vids!

Thanks for the words of encouragement billy and your support! :)

Hi iviacrnec, thanks for sharing! I tired the panelizing option this morning and i agree, its much easier / better way of duplicating! I'll leave a detailed comment in the video on how to do it. Thanks again!

Beautiful! Been wondering how to do the pots for a while now! Thanks for the tip!

Thanks for this...I had a couple things I just couldn't get right and you helped a lot. Greatly appreciated!

dude, I love your stuff. You dont know how helpful this shizzle is to me at the moment but you're a lifesaver. I always find your vids very helpful & informative, no bollox or shite talk, you just say how it is & thats what people need. Nicely done mate, now off to watch the pcb board making vid. keeping doing what you do \m/ \m/

To do a multiple copy of a board use edit -> panelizing option. When you do it with this tool, you can change something on one board, and it changes automatically one every copy. Before you do that, you must place board outline.

OMG you are a lifesaver!!! I have tried to find the right components and you showed me!!! I LOVE YOU!!! LOL..

Thanks a lot for your videos, I love them! Please continue! I’d like to see a “massive” etched pcb, because that would be hilarious!!

Can't wait to do one of my own!

Thanks for this! I was incredibly frustrated, I just wanted a VERY simple layout but found all the software packages completely unintuitive. 20 mins after downloading this, I have my design completed.

You should download rullywows excellent guitar effects library. It has all the common component sizes such as leds, caps, resistors, diodes, etc, plus it even has things like enclosed pcb mount jacks, footswitchs, potentiometers etc, very easy to use and completely cuts out the battle to find the right size components.

There is a free version of Diptrace on the download page (300 pin limit, like windows).

Thanks Gledison! Yeah its not really necessary for what we do. Saves on etchant though :D

Try using circuit wizard, it is a much better program. Always in 3D. You could rotate parts without the traces getting all screwed up. The library is a bit limited though.

How do you deal with off board components like 3pdt switches etc? Do you make your own custom patterns? Great tutorial. Learned tons. I'm designing a splitter/distribution amp in schematic mode. I'm working through it but it's taking a while. Bit of a learning curve. Your tutorials helped me immensely.

Hey thanks! Would be very useful! Never tried it before though sorry, have to remember that for future, cheers.

Hi, Is there any news on your full tutorials for single sided and double sided boards - start to end?

Hey mate! another great video! thanks a lot for this very easy to understand starting point! im trying to apply it to the sound2light veroboard layout. just don't get it yet the copper pour stuff....its really necessary? cheers Paul

I need LM741, LDR where can i find in the library.

Sir is there any option of directly importing a JPEG image file of a Circuit and thereby making a shortest possible PCB Component layout

This is a great tutorial ! Thank you You saved me a but load of time.

Really helpful tutorial, thanks.

Great vid, I'm going to give this a go!

Great video! Thanks for sharing mate.

Yep, 300 pins is a decent amount for most guitar pedals!

Can you tell me what to do where paths cross and there is no other option? Should I use jumper wire? Great tutorial though!

Hi nice tutorial, ill watch the rest in the morning as its late and I need to sleep but I have a question. I did a search earlier about converting a .jpg to gerber and I saw someone write that you can import the .jpg into dip trace (as a reference image I'm guessing) and then draw your pads and track over the top. How you ever done this or know how it might be done? Could be useful if you want to duplicate an existing PCB from a photograph.

Any possibility of explaining how to add, (in-out)-for jacks ,(9v+- ground)- for power to the entire circuit? I cannot find any of them..

Your welcome! :D

hello. I m having trouble finding a proper component for 3dpt foot switch and 6.5 mm stereo socket. i am trying to design a board with all the elements connected to the pcb without any wires connecting the pots, jacks and switches. thank you.

what do the numbers after the resistors mean?

What foot print I will use for dual op amp? Dip 8 or dip 8 400mils?

DIY Guitar Pedals is there a reason for filling the board in with copper vs just leaving the circuit tracks on there?

what software should use in 2021 p.s:I still use diptrace

cant post links. just google diptrace

One Eagle user at a time, Ice...one eagle user at a time...

thanks you

is there anything like Diptrace for mac that is free?

Are you using the freeware version?

hi can you give me the link to download that program

what program u using

11:23 says, "press enter when you're done" and smashes enter button like anything

EAGLE is a better program ,EAGLE is #1.