Electronics

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Beware of Inrush Current: Why More Capacitors Aren't Always Better

When you design a product and if you are not really sure if you need an extra capacitor for one of the IC or a module. You add ...

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Warning: Your Pin-Compatible ICs Are Lying To You! (And Why It Matters)

Today, I want to talk about two ICs with the same footprint and the same function, yet they may not work interchangeably. <...

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Add those mount hole folks!

It’s such a small thing to add and yet it’s forgotten. All PCB must have some way of mounting the board insi...

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Develop this 5 Rules set before starting any PCB design

The first thing you should do after importing the net list to your PCB design tool, is to define the rules. The rules de...

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Don’t forget about thermals when levelling up

At some point in your design journey, you will take the leap from designing products around microcontrollers to designing produ...

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How to know if your design is high speed design?

First of all when I say high speed, it doesn’t mean high frequency, it means quick signal transition. If the trace is lo...

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Save this Reference designs list

Here are 9 reference designs that can help you in becoming a better PCB designer. None of the below are any affiliations, these...

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8 ways to make your schematic more readable

Clean up the text. First thing is to avoid overlapping texts, it’s very common to see the designators...

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Can’t be productive in Electronics design? Try setting up your desk like this

When you have the right tools for the job, the process of making, becomes so much more enjoyable. The table. It’s ...

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$100,000 saved by removing this one component from PCB.

When designing for large scale production every cent counts. There was a smart watch company that made 10 million units ...