Design to Cost

Designing Controller PCBs

Designing General PCB Controller for your Circuit Board Layout I always thought that to be successful you need to emulate the success of others. When I started my career, there weren’t any single board computers like Raspberry Pi, and no one took Arduino seriously for industrial applications. You can imagine how bad it was the first time I did maintenance on a general purpose controller that I designed. It was a fire alarm controller that had over 50 wires manually screwed onto it. I had to replace a faulty Read Article

PCB Circuit Products: Should You Design for Repair?

PCB Circuit Products: Should You Design for Repairing? As an engineer, I always feel like it’s a personal failing when I have to call someone else in to fix my stuff. Whether it’s electronics or the occasional bit of haphazard woodwork, I can’t ask for help until I’ve tried to sort it out. Plumbing, however, is another story. Then I call for help immediately. The problem with the impulse to fix your own stuff is that a lot of companies don’t actually want you to. I can’t count the number of times Read Article

DC Analysis of a PDN: Essentials for the Digital Designer

DC Analysis of a PDN: Essentials for the Digital Designer PDN analysis is an essential element in any digital designer's toolbox, providing valuable insight into how to reduce a design's size and complexity while improving performance. To learn more about this topic please see the full solution - DC Analysis of a PDN - at Altium.com. Read Article