Tutorial: Create a schematic design

The electronics design process is split into two distinct design stages, the schematic design and printed circuit board (PCB) layout. The schematic design serves as the logical representation of an electronic circuit. It defines how all of the components are connected together, but not how they are physically placed on a circuit board.

In this tutorial, you work on the schematic design portion of the process and you do the following:

• Place components.
• Manipulate components.
• Wire the schematic.
• Add power.
• Define values.

When done with this tutorial, you will have created a schematic of a PCB for a double LED flasher.

Schematic of the double LED flasher circuit

Prerequisites

1. In Fusion, click File and select New Electronics Design, to open a blank electronics document.

2. Click Create > New Schematic

3. Check to see if the Tutorial library is in use.

   1. In the Place Components panel, click in the All Libraries dropdown list field and enter Tut.

   

   1. Confirm the Tutorial - Fusion library is in the Design, click it.

   2. If the library is not listed, in the Place panel, click Open Library Manager at the end of the search field.

   3. Enter tut into the Filter results... field.

   4. Confirm that a library with the name Tutorial - Fusion is in the Results list.

      1. Select the library in the list.
      2. Click the In Use button at the end of the row. A confirmation badge displays when the library is downloaded.
      3. Click the X in the upper right of the dialog to close the Library Manager.
      4. Click on the Design tab.