Placing components on PCB in PCB Design - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to place a component at the origin on the PCB.

PCB Design

component.place(x=[1], y=0)

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A0

B1

C-1

D10

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using a non-zero x coordinate places the component away from origin.

The component should be placed at x=0 to start at the origin.

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medium

Complete the code to rotate the component by 90 degrees before placing.

PCB Design

component.rotate([1])
component.place(x=10, y=5)

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A90

B270

C180

D45

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 45 degrees which is uncommon for standard component placement.

Rotating by 90 degrees is common to orient components correctly on PCB.

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hard

Fix the error in the code to correctly place the component with offset.

PCB Design

component.place(x=base_x [1] offset_x, y=base_y)

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A-

B+

C*

D/

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using '-' subtracts offset which may place component incorrectly.

To add an offset to base_x, use the plus (+) operator.

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hard

Fill both blanks to place a component with rotation and mirrored flag.

PCB Design

component.rotate([1])
component.set_mirror([2])

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A90

BFalse

CTrue

D180

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Setting mirror to False when flip is needed.

Rotate by 90 degrees and set mirror to True to flip component.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to place a component with position, rotation, and layer.

PCB Design

component.place(x=[1], y=[2])
component.rotate([3])
component.set_layer('Top')

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A15

B20

C90

D45

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 45 degrees rotation which is less common for standard placement.

Place component at x=15, y=20 and rotate by 90 degrees on top layer.