Assigning footprints to symbols in PCB Design - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the code to assign a footprint to a symbol in the PCB design script.

PCB Design

symbol.setFootprint([1])

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Afootprint

B"Resistor_SMD:R_0805"

CassignFootprint

DsetSymbol

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Passing a variable name instead of a string.

Using a method name instead of a footprint string.

The method setFootprint requires the footprint name as a string to assign it to the symbol.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to retrieve the footprint assigned to a symbol.

PCB Design

current_fp = symbol.[1]()

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AgetFootprint

BgetSymbol

CsetFootprint

DassignFootprint

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using setFootprint instead of getFootprint.

Using unrelated method names.

The method getFootprint() returns the footprint assigned to the symbol.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the code to correctly assign a footprint to a symbol.

PCB Design

symbol.[1]("Capacitor_SMD:C_0603")

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AsetFootprint

BfootprintAssign

CassignFootprint

DgetFootprint

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using non-existent methods like assignFootprint or footprintAssign.

Using getter methods instead of setter.

The correct method to assign a footprint is setFootprint. Other options are invalid or do not exist.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to create a dictionary mapping symbols to their footprints.

PCB Design

footprint_map = { [1]: symbol1.[2]() }

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A"R1"

BgetFootprint

CsetFootprint

D"C1"

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using setFootprint instead of getFootprint.

Using variable names instead of string keys.

The dictionary key should be the symbol name as a string, e.g., "R1". The value is obtained by calling getFootprint() on the symbol.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to assign footprints to multiple symbols in a loop.

PCB Design

for [1] in symbols:
    [2].[3]("Inductor_SMD:L_0805")

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Asym

Bsymbol

CsetFootprint

DassignFootprint

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using different variable names inside the loop.

Using incorrect method names like assignFootprint.

Use a loop variable like sym to iterate over symbols. Then call setFootprint on each sym to assign the footprint.