Salute the Eagle

Ahh, just finished the 3 Eagle tutorials, and all it took was a trip to Starbucks, about 3-4 hours, and Kid Cudi in the headphones. They are easily worth paying for! So, to pay hommage, I will list them here, in case you havent found them already.

1. Eagle Basics: Schematics


2. Eagle Basics: PCB Layout


3. Eagle Basics: Creating a Part

Take these with a grain of salt. There will be small stuff they don't cover, so feel free to get your hands dirty! Also, if your a fan of command line commands, Eagle has a text box at the top where you can enter text commands for things like changing colors of layers, refreshing windows, etc. (I don't know all the possibilities) and I found these useful from time to time. Now, before I go to church this morning, I will meditate on my next project. Deuces.

**NOTE**

Eagle also comes with a 71 page pdf tutorial also. I will be checking this out for myself in the future.

New Shipment

My shipment from Sparkfun came last night. Priority shipping was worth the extra $3, only 2 days to ship! It may not look like much, but this holds a great deal of power.

• 2 Max232 ICs
• 1 AVR Programming Adapter
• 1 3 to 8 line decoder
• 1 4 digit 7 segment display
• 1 Strip of Break-Away Header Pins

As you can see, this is worth celebrating! First things first though. Before I delve in, I'm going to finally learn this thing called Eagle. Most circuit/schematic programs seem to operate off of the SPICE Engine, but from what I'm told, Eagle is somewhat of a standard, and who doesn't love a good standard? So, It's off to the #2 Google result for 'Eagle Tutorial'. At least it's number 2 today. I'll be in touch.