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🔋 LiPo Battery Charger PCB Design

A complete LiPo battery charger PCB design developed using Altium Designer, covering schematic capture, component selection, PCB layout, routing, 3D visualization, and design outputs.

📌 Project Overview

This project focuses on the design of a dedicated PCB for charging a LiPo battery. The project follows a complete PCB design workflow, starting from the electrical schematic and component selection and progressing through PCB placement, routing, design verification, and manufacturing-oriented outputs.

The project was developed as a hands-on learning project to gain practical experience with Altium Designer and professional PCB design workflow.

🛠️ Tools & Technologies

• Altium Designer
• Schematic Capture
• PCB Layout & Routing
• Component Placement
• PCB Design Rules
• Design Verification
• 3D PCB Visualization
• Gerber / Manufacturing Outputs

🔧 Design Workflow

Project Planning
       ↓
Schematic Design
       ↓
Component Selection
       ↓
PCB Footprint Assignment
       ↓
PCB Component Placement
       ↓
PCB Routing
       ↓
Design Rule Checking
       ↓
3D PCB Visualization
       ↓
Manufacturing Outputs

📂 Repository Structure

LiPo-Charger-PCB-Design/
│
├── 3ds_model/
│   └── 3D component models
│
├── Project Outputs for LipoBattery/
│   └── Generated design and manufacturing outputs
│
├── src/
│   └── Project source/design files
│
├── LipoBattery.pdf
│   └── Project documentation / exported design
│
└── README.md

📐 Design Files

The repository contains the relevant Altium project and design outputs associated with the LiPo battery charger PCB.

Main Design Elements

• Schematic design
• PCB layout
• Component placement
• PCB routing
• 3D PCB representation
• Manufacturing-related outputs

🎯 Skills Demonstrated

• PCB schematic design
• PCB component selection
• Footprint management
• Component placement
• PCB routing
• PCB design-rule verification
• Altium Designer workflow
• 3D PCB visualization
• Manufacturing file generation
• Hardware design documentation

📚 Learning Resource

This project was developed while learning Altium Designer through the following tutorial series:

Altium Designer PCB Design Tutorial for Beginners

▶️ YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDclr_SCaTAxEpaE0uf9RDQUNtW5YSoxW

The playlist was used as a learning reference while implementing this project and gaining practical experience with the PCB design workflow.

🚀 Future Improvements

Possible future improvements include:

• Fabrication and physical assembly of the PCB
• Hardware testing with a LiPo battery
• Charging-current and voltage characterization
• Thermal performance evaluation
• Additional PCB revisions based on hardware testing

👤 Author

Mohit Koli Electronics & Communication Engineering

GitHub: https://github.com/mohit30905

⭐ Acknowledgment

This project was created as a hands-on learning exercise based on the concepts and workflow taught in the referenced Altium Designer tutorial series.