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How to CircuitMaker for OSURC Mars Rover
Install
Download and install CircuitMaker from here.
Starting a New Project
Start a new project and make sure to use the naming convention when making the title, you can't change it later -_-. We use MR1718 Name. For example, the motor node would be MR1718 Motor. To make things uniform there are generated project images you can download from here, so add that on the main project page as well.
Next download the sheets you will need for your project, at the bare minimum you need:
- mcu
- reverse protection
- rs485_tranceiver
- rs485_termination
- 5v_power
- 3v3_power
Now in CircuitMaker go to Home -> Project -> Add Existing Document and browse to where you downloaded those sheets, select them and you are done!
If you ever need to find the actual sheet file that CircuitMaker uses it keeps them in this directory:
C:\ProgramData\Altium\CircuitMaker {A bunch of garbage here}\Projects\Another string of garbage\More garbage
There may be multiple directories of Garbage strings, so just click around until you find it.
Using an OSURC template
Download the sheet template files from this repo and add them to C:\Users\Public\Documents\Altium\CM\Templates, then restart CircuitMaker.
Apply the template to any open schematic by going to Project-> Templates -> General Templates -> "A*_OSURC"
If you haven't used the template in a project before, you will need to set the project parameters. You can access these by going to Project -> Project Options -> Parameters.
Edit the parameters so they look something like this:
You'll also want to edit the Title parameter in the Document Parameters (found in Project -> Document Options -> Parameters) to reflect the title of your schematic document.
Conventions
Project Names
MR1718 Name
Sheet Names
lowercase_with_underscores
Sheet Symbols
UPPERCASE-DASHES
Sheet Formatting
See this.
Power Net Naming
voltage_descriptor
Where descriptor is either RAW or SYS. voltage is represented as shown in the example below.
RAW specifies any voltage that is not ready for system use, such as non-reverse-protected or non-current sensed portions of the circuit.
SYS is any voltage that is ready to be used by the system.
For example:
