Creating custom symbols in PCB Design - Interactive Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the code to start creating a new symbol in the PCB design software.

PCB Design

symbol = pcb.new_symbol([1])

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A'symbol_name'

Bcreate_symbol

Cnew_component

Dcomponent_name

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using function names instead of a string for the symbol name.

You need to provide the symbol_name as a string to create a new symbol.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to add a pin to the custom symbol with the correct pin number.

PCB Design

symbol.add_pin(number=[1], name='Pin1')

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A'1'

Bpin1

C1

DPin1

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using a string instead of an integer for the pin number.

The pin number should be an integer, so use 1 without quotes.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the code to set the pin type correctly.

PCB Design

symbol.add_pin(number=1, name='Pin1', type=[1])

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A'input'

Binput

C'pin_type'

Dpin

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using unquoted words for pin type causing syntax errors.

The pin type should be a string like 'input' enclosed in quotes.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to add a rectangle shape to the symbol with correct coordinates.

PCB Design

symbol.add_shape(type=[1], coords=[2])

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A'rectangle'

B[0, 0, 100, 50]

C[0, 0, 50, 100]

D'circle'

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using wrong shape type or incorrect coordinate format.

The shape type should be 'rectangle' and coordinates a list like [0, 0, 100, 50].

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to finalize the symbol by setting its reference, value, and saving it.

PCB Design

symbol.set_reference([1])
symbol.set_value([2])
symbol.[3]()

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A'R1'

B'10k'

Csave

Dload

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using load instead of save or missing quotes around strings.

Set reference as 'R1', value as '10k', and call save() to save the symbol.