Ground pour on PCB in PCB Design - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to define a ground pour area on the PCB.

PCB Design

ground_pour = pcb.create_pour(layer='Bottom', net=[1])

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AGND

BSIGNAL

CVCC

DPOWER

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'VCC' or 'POWER' instead of 'GND' for ground pour.

The ground pour must be connected to the ground net, which is usually labeled 'GND'.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to set the clearance for the ground pour.

PCB Design

ground_pour.set_clearance([1])

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A0.5mm

B5mm

C0.05mm

D50mm

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Setting clearance too large or too small causing design issues.

A typical clearance for ground pours is around 0.5mm to ensure safety and avoid shorts.

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hard

Fix the error in the code to correctly add a thermal relief to the ground pour.

PCB Design

ground_pour.add_thermal_relief([1]=True)

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Athermal

Benable

Cenabled

Denable_thermal

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using incorrect parameter names causing runtime errors.

The correct parameter name is 'enabled' to turn on thermal relief in the function.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to create a ground pour with a specific shape and net.

PCB Design

ground_pour = pcb.create_pour(layer=[1], net=[2])

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A'Top'

B'Bottom'

C'GND'

D'VCC'

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Mixing up layer names or net names.

The ground pour is usually on the 'Bottom' layer and connected to the 'GND' net.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to define a ground pour with clearance, thermal relief enabled, and on the correct layer.

PCB Design

ground_pour = pcb.create_pour(layer=[1], net='GND')
ground_pour.set_clearance([2])
ground_pour.add_thermal_relief([3]=True)

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A'Top'

B0.5mm

Cenabled

D'Bottom'

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using wrong layer names, clearance values, or parameter names.

The ground pour is on the 'Bottom' layer, clearance is set to 0.5mm, and thermal relief is enabled with 'enabled=True'.