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IOT Security Modules: Modular Hardware for Software Engineers IOT Security Modules: Modular Hardware for Software Engineers From PCB designed in CircuitStudio to Zymbit finished product The Internet of Things - Big Promise or Big Problem? By 2023 the IoT promises to be 50 billion connected devices strong, transacting $8 Trillion of economic value! That’s orders of magnitude bigger and much more complex than anything we have seen before, and current models of development, deployment, device management and IoT security don’t easily translate to this new world disorder Read Article
Customize designs with Consistent and Flexible Custom Rules and Queries Customize designs with Consistent and Flexible Custom Rules and Queries In the early stages of a circuit design, I frequently consider mechanical dimensions along with circuit requirements. Knowing dimensions of large components helps me visualize where they will fit with respect to overall three-dimensional device enclosure and the board’s location within the space. During the thought experiment for fit, I begin making notes about tolerances I’ll push as a tradeoff between electrical functionality and mechanical Read Article
CircuitStudio 1.5 Is Available Now CircuitStudio 1.5 Is Available Now We’re happy to announce an update for our PCB design software CircuitStudio® 1.5. Although this is not a major feature-packed release -that's on its way- it's still important and admittedly much needed. CircuitStudio is alive and still being developed. What this means is more regular updates, we even have planned another update by the end of this year. I’m sure you guys want to know what’s new and what’s coming, so let me just jump into it Read Article
Manage Embedded Software through Design Rules for a No-Line PCB Design Manage Embedded Software through Software Architecture and Design Rules for a No-Line PCB Design Recently, Amazon opened its first grocery market where one of its main points was its refusal of lines. Of course, its first-day publicity was a line of people outside waiting to try it out. I’m sure that as the newness diminishes it will be able to fulfill its promise of no lines; however, for now, I am mostly hoping that the store still had some rules in place in-case there was a line. After all, if one of your basic premises is to avoid lines Read Article
How To Use Version Control in CircuitStudio How To Use Version Control in CircuitStudio This video will cover how to setup and use the built in version control in CircuitStudio. Read Article
How to Set Up Design Rules in CircuitStudio How to Set Up Design Rules in CircuitStudio Read Article
Paint by Numbers: Solder Paste Stencil Design Guidelines To Reduce Shortages Paint by Numbers: Solder Paste Stencil Design Guidelines To Reduce Shortages I’ve never had much artistic talent, but when I was a kid I loved those paint-by-numbers kits. Up until I saw those I’d only used watercolors, but I was enthralled with the thick, slow flow of the paint. I may also have killed some brain cells from breathing all the fumes. I was completely obsessed with keeping the paint in the lines, so I didn’t use the brush they gave you. Instead, I traced the outlines with a toothpick that had barely been Read Article
How To Find and Place Components in CircuitStudio How To Find and Place Components in CircuitStudio This video will cover some basics on how to find and place components in your design. Read Article
How To Start a New PCB Project in CircuitStudio How To Start a New PCB Project in CircuitStudio This video will cover how to get started with a new PCB project. Read Article
How To Navigate The User Interface in CircuitStudio How To Navigate The User Interface in CircuitStudio This video will go over how the user interface in CircuitStudio is organized. Read Article
How To Keep Organized with Multi-sheet Designs in CircuitStudio How To Keep Organized with Multi-sheet Designs in CircuitStudio This video will go over how to wire together and create a hierachical design structure in CircuitStudio. Read Article
How to Compare Differences in CircuitStudio How to Compare Differences in CircuitStudio This video will go over how to compare the differences between two documents in your PCB design. Read Article
How to Utilize Cross-Probe, Masking and Highlighting in CircuitStudio How to Utilize Cross-Probe, Masking and Highlighting in CircuitStudio This video will cover how to use the powerful cross probing feature in CircuitStudio, including masking and Highlighting. Read Article
How to Create and Edit Your Board Shape in CircuitStudio How to Create and Edit Your Board Shape in CircuitStudio This video will go over how to create and edit a customized board shape. Read Article
How to Route in CircuitStudio How to Route in CircuitStudio This video will go over how to edit and route not only single but multiple traces at the same time including different routing modes and options. Read Article
Internet of Things Security Issues Prompt Government Intervention Internet of Things Security Issues Prompt Government Intervention When you look at an Internet of Things (IoT) device like a fork or a juicer, what do you see? Like me, you probably see a gadget that was designed for a particular purpose. Less upstanding citizens may see a digital weapon instead of an innocuous gizmo. In the past several years, there have been several high-profile distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks that were enabled by poorly-secured IoT devices. Hackers infiltrate light bulbs and Read Article