What's with All the Layers in Your PCB Footprint?

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Tech Consultant Zach Peterson responds to a viewer question regarding footprint layers. These layers correspond to PCB layout layers that designers work with in their PCB editor. So the question is, which of these layers are absolutely necessary, which ones do you need to create in pairs, etc? Zach dives into these areas and more in this PCB design video.

0:00 Intro

0:35 Essential PCB Footprint Layers

4:19 PCB Footprint Example

11:27 Keepout Layers

14:05 Assembly Drawings

16:15 Essential Exports

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