Here are 9 reference designs that can help you in becoming a better PCB designer. None of the below are any affiliations, these are the boards I’ve collected over a …
Clean up the text. First thing is to avoid overlapping texts, it’s very common to see the designators and values text overlap. Next when writing values such as …
When you have the right tools for the job, the process of making, becomes so much more enjoyable. The table. It’s very important to have the right table height not …
When designing for large scale production every cent counts. There was a smart watch company that made 10 million units in one production run. They found they can remove …
Beware of placing connectors on the board. When you place connectors on board, its easy to forget about the size of the connecting wire. When placing the connectors on …
When you place LEDs on the board, add them to the edge of the PCB. It’s even better if you place an edge lit LED. In one of my designs I placed the LEDs in the …
When you are de-soldering SMD resistors or capacitors, use two irons on each pad, its sound complicated to use but its so easy to solder and de-solder SMD components. …
Guide to power supply design. Power supply is one of the most critical components in any product, If the power supply is not reliable, the whole product becomes …
Today we will talk about designing hardware in a systematic way. We will see what are the different approaches we can take and how we break down the product brief into …
Introduction The older generation sometimes calls it a PW board (printed wire board). Today we’ll have a bird’s eye view of a PCB. How it is designed, manufactured, …