📍 Designed in Altium Designer | 🎥 Explained on Sly Fox Electronics
🛠️ Schematic | ✏️ Custom Footprints | 📐 PCB Layout | 📁 Gerber & NC Drill Files
This repository contains the complete Altium Designer project files for a custom-designed Infrared (IR) Sensor Module PCB, fully explained and demonstrated on the Sly Fox Electronics YouTube channel.
Whether you're a beginner trying to learn PCB design or someone looking to expand their experience with custom footprints, schematic design, and Gerber generation, this project provides a hands-on, practical guide.
👉 Watch the Full Tutorial on YouTube »
The video covers every step in detail:
- Circuit Explanation – Understand how the IR sensor works and interacts with other components.
- Schematic Design – Draw the full schematic from scratch.
- Custom Footprint Creation – Learn to build non-standard footprints (e.g. IR receiver module).
- PCB Layout & Routing – Arrange components, route signals, and optimize the design.
- Gerber & NC Drill Export – Generate production-ready files to send to a PCB manufacturer.
You can directly send the files from the OutputFiles/ folder to your preferred PCB manufacturer.
✔️ Gerber Files
✔️ NC Drill File
✔️ Assembly Drawing (Optional)
By following this project, you’ll learn:
- How IR sensor modules work
- Schematic design techniques in Altium
- Creating accurate custom footprints
- PCB design best practices (e.g. trace width, clearances)
- How to prepare your board for fabrication
- Altium Designer (tested with version 20 and above)
- Basic electronics knowledge
- Curiosity and passion for learning 🧠✨
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- 🔴 YouTube: Sly Fox Electronics
- 💬 GitHub: AliQorbaniFard