First Time Right Design of Low-Cost Boards with OrCAD Design Tools

Differentiating between AC peak voltage and RMS voltage is critical to circuit design, device functionality, and device lifecycle.

Capacitor impedance is the active resistance of an electrical circuit or component to AC current.

Why guess about PN diode operation when you can determine the characteristic explicitly using PSpice? We explain more in this blog.

Working through circuit board current and voltage necessities will want you to keep up-to-date with

Clamp diodes, or diodes in clamping circuits, are installed to help guard circuits from transient voltage.

Here’s what you need to know about bandpass filter Bode plot. You’ll find some simple examples in this article

A Monte Carlo sensitivity analysis affords several advantages over single-point estimate or deterministic analysis.

Different design methods can reduce noise caused by AC and DC currents.

Working with nodal analysis in the frequency domain is easy with the right set of simulation tools.

PWM frequency and duty cycle determine how much power is delivered to a device and can be used to control a wide variety of devices.

A shunt voltage regulator gives you a simple way to build a linear regulator with reasonably high efficiency.

The steady state value in nodal analysis can be easy to determine if you have the best circuit design and simulation software.

The Laplace transform is an important generalization of Fourier transforms for time-domain waveforms. Here’s what Laplace transforms mean and how to use them.

What is a small signal model BJT analysis? In this blog, the model is defined along with why you need the power of PSpice for accurate and efficient evaluation.

There are various ways to use multiple batteries in a circuit depending on the desired outcome. Here is a guide about how to do so safely.

Series RLC circuit behavior is best known for producing resonance, but it also arises in describing parasitics. Here’s what you need to know about series RLC circuits.

Knowing the peak current flows on your board will allow you to optimize the design, as we describe in this blog and avoid severe consequences.

You don’t need to use pen and paper for tracking voltage and current in your circuit—use an integrated SPICE simulator instead.

Decoupling capacitor placement is important in circuit design and layout for controlling voltage flux as well as EMI in your electronic hardware.

Transistors operating in the diffusion regime can be described using a Warburg impedance and equivalent Warburg circuit model.