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Read ArticleSchematic Tips for Better Electronic Design Readability
Creating the best schematic design is more than circuit innovation, you also need electronic design readability for those who will be using the schematic.
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Read ArticleAn Introduction to Stereolithographic Apparatus for Electronic Manufacturing
Stereolithographic apparatus are used still in electronic manufacturing for the printing of circuit boards and are improved with the rapid development of 3D printing.
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Read ArticlePassive Pi Filter Design and Simulation
Your next power supply design or impedance matching network might be a pi filter. Here’s how these work and how to simulate them.
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Read ArticleKeys to Success with Your PCB CAD Parts Library
If you want more information on what your PCB CAD parts library does and how you can better work with it, take a look here at some of these ideas.
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Read ArticleBGA Design in 4 layer PCBs: Circuit Routing and Pin Limitations
Ball grid arrays or BGAs in 4 layer PCBs can be difficult to rout and manage adequate transmission voltage with, here are design tips that can help.
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Read FlipbookPDN: Gives Your Board Life
See how you can design with confidence knowing your PDN is up to the task and keep your products humming smoothly.
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Read ArticlePower Supply Design for 12V: Challenges and EMI Reduction Tips
Power supply design for 12v electronics maintains traditional power supply design requirements and vulnerabilities.
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Read ArticleDesigning a Flex PCB Prototype: PCB Design Tips and Considerations
Designing a flex PCB prototype will test your ability for layout with time and material constraints, as well as require cost considerations.
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Read ArticleWhat Are The Advantages Of Rigid Flex PCB
Rigid flex PCBs can have advantages ranging far and wide from easing enclosure and mechanical constraints to improving manufacturing yields.
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Read FlipbookFLEXing Like a PCB Expert
Flex PCB design has many advantages. Along with those benefits come new design challenges that weren’t present in “standard” 2D PCBs. This e-book discusses common flex design issues and...
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Read ArticleWorking with Thin Film Resistor Components in Your Next PCB
Using a thin-film resistor provides lower profile and more reliable operation up to high frequency.
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Read ArticleForce and Pressure Sensors with Piezoelectric Load Cell Transducers
Piezoelectric load cell transducers provide high sensitivity measurements with broad range and low threshold.
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Read ArticleChoosing Schematic Grid Sizes to Increase Your Design Productivity
To create complex schematics, you need a lot of control over your design environment including choosing schematic grid sizes. Here is more about that.
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Read Flipbook10 Common Design for Manufacturing (DFM) Issues and How to Solve Them
Every day is a busy for PCB Designers; strict schedules and tight deadlines. From layout to manufacture and testing, a single holdup can cost a business untold amounts in lost productivity.
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Read ArticleDo Your Circuits Need a Schottky Diode?
Schottky diode components are less well-known than silicon diodes, but they provide some important advantages in rectifying circuits.
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Read ArticleCircuit Design Tips for a 4x4 Matrix Keypad
When creating and installing a 4x4 matrix keypad in your device, you’ll want to keep these reminders in mind.
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Read ArticleAdjustments to Default CAD Settings to Ease Life as a PCB Designer
To be more productive with your PCB design tools, there are many different default CAD settings that you can change. Here is more information on how that works.
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Read FlipbookYour Route to Design Success
Achieving routing closure can be one of the most difficult tasks in the PCB design process. User surveys have shown that routing often takes up 50% or more of the PCB design cycle.
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Read ArticleNon Conformal Coating on Printed Circuit Boards
For the best protection around sensitive printed circuit boards, here is some information on what non conformal coatings are and how they should be used.
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Read ArticleBalanced Modulators in Analog Designs
You’ll need to know about amplitude modulation and signal integrity when working with balanced modulator circuits in your designs.
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