Printed Circuit Board Design

I had been assisting my co-workers with much of the electrical cabinet wiring and integration before this point and was looking for the chance to be more involved with the robots electrical system.
This PCBs purpose is as a general purpose communication board, offloading computer power from our main CPU through a CAN connection.
Part of this projects purpose was also allowing me to learn AutoDesk EAGLE and gain a much deeper understanding of Electrical Engineering.

Independently learning ECAD software, EAGLE, from part generation to Gerber exporting and submitting designs to manufacturers
Had to learn shortcuts and advanced functions such as multi-wire routing, part grouping, and prefixing footprints
Learning to navigate electrical part websites to find useful and relevant parts
Took a deep dive into many different data sheets to learn more about the chosen parts and how to properly design around their requirements
Learning how to do trace width calculations for a given power draw
Refreshing myself on what the different types of schematic symbols meant, especially for more nuanced things like transistors and switches
Figuring out what some of the different routing techniques were to make wire routing easier and cleaner
Moving components around and re-running traces to account for labeling the different components for assembly and usability
Ensuring that designs met the manufacturers specifications and generating the relevant information needed to produce the PCB

This PCB has been fully validated and integrated into a complete robotic subsystem (see video)
I found some unused real estate on the board and was able to add a few sketches on the silkscreen layer
Final design included communication through CAN, I2C, SPI, ADC, FTDI, Optocoupled inputs/outputs, and GPIO
This PCB is getting integrated into the rest of the platform to perform a variety of functions.
This design went through 2 different review stages allowing me to run a meeting and solicit feedback to improve design

Highlights my ability to learn on that job and then apply it to the task at hand
Electrical engineering ability in circuit design, digital i/o, and EAGLE
Able to work with experienced engineers to quickly solve problems as they arise and solicit feedback in designs
I am a self-starter that not only does work asked of me but can see what work needs to get done
Able to finish a project from initial requirements to validation and integration.

STERLING GRAY