diff --git a/pcb/Rakefile b/pcb/Rakefile
index 99ee76e..be6b0a7 100644
--- a/pcb/Rakefile
+++ b/pcb/Rakefile
@@ -8,14 +8,20 @@ require 'rake/clean'
 target = "led-controller"
 # schema
 sch = "#{target}.sch"
+# pcb layout
+pcb = "#{target}.pcb"
 # project version, read from "version" file
 version = IO.read("version").chomp
 # current date for stamping output
 date = Time.now.strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
 # schematic revision, based on the number of schematic commits)
 sch_rev = `git log --pretty=oneline "#{sch}" | wc -l`.chomp.to_i
+# pcb layout revision, based on the number of pcb commits)
+pcb_rev = `git log --pretty=oneline "#{pcb}" | wc -l`.chomp.to_i
 # schema name with version and revition
 vsch = "#{target}_v#{version}.#{sch_rev.to_s.rjust(3,'0')}.sch"
+# pcb layout name with version and revition
+vpcb = "#{target}_v#{version}.#{pcb_rev.to_s.rjust(3,'0')}.pcb"
 
 # ==========
 # main tasks
@@ -23,8 +29,8 @@ vsch = "#{target}_v#{version}.#{sch_rev.to_s.rjust(3,'0')}.sch"
 
 task :default => [:version,:print,:notes]
 
-desc "set version in schematic"
-task :version => vsch
+desc "set version in schematic and layout"
+task :version => [vsch,vpcb]
 CLEAN.include(vsch)
 CLOBBER.include("#{target}_*.sch")
 
@@ -103,11 +109,21 @@ file vsch => sch do |t|
   sh "cp #{t.prerequisites.join(' ')} #{t.name}"
   # on \ is to prevent ruby interpreting it, th other is for sed
   # the version
-  sh "sed -i 's/\\(version=\\)\\$Version\\$/\\1#{version}/' #{vsch}"
+  sh "sed -i 's/\\(version=\\)\\$Version\\$/\\1#{version}/' #{t.name}"
   # the date
-  sh "sed -i 's/\\(date=\\)\\$Date\\$/\\1#{date}/' #{vsch}"
+  sh "sed -i 's/\\(date=\\)\\$Date\\$/\\1#{date}/' #{t.name}"
   # the revision
-  sh "sed -i 's/\\(revision=\\)\\$Revision\\$/\\1#{sch_rev}/' #{vsch}"
+  sh "sed -i 's/\\(revision=\\)\\$Revision\\$/\\1#{sch_rev}/' #{t.name}"
+end
+
+file vpcb => pcb do |t|
+  sh "cp #{t.prerequisites.join(' ')} #{t.name}"
+  # on \ is to prevent ruby interpreting it, th other is for sed
+  # the version and revision
+  version_revision = "v#{version}.#{pcb_rev.to_s.rjust(3,'0')}"
+  sh "sed -i 's/\\$version\\$/#{version_revision}/' #{t.name}"
+  # the date
+  sh "sed -i 's/\\$date\\$/#{date}/' #{t.name}"
 end
 
 file "#{target}_schematic.pdf" => vsch do |t|