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10-Ounce Copper PCBs and Design Library Migration 10-Ounce Copper PCBs and Design Library Migration Today’s guest is Mario Strano, the senior PCB designer at Nikola and also president of ECAD Central. We will discuss interesting topics such as designing a 10-ounce PCB, setting up clearance and creepage rules, library migration, and a 57-ounce copper board; yes, you heard that right! Read Article
The High-Reliability PCBA Design and Test Challenge The High-Reliability PCBA Design and Test Challenge High-reliability PCBAs require careful design and analysis to ensure compliance with rigorous performance standards. Learn more about testing and evaluation of high-reliability PCBAs in this article. Read Article
PCB Design Software Download The Best PCB Design Software Downloads There are many PCB design software packages available for download or purchase. Newer designers and startups who are just starting out will likely build up their skills from a free software program just to get to a proof of concept and initial design of a prototype. Once a design has been proven and it is time to design for a real product, a new designer or startup startup company will need to make the switch over to a paid software package. To Read Article
SAP: PCB Reliability Beyond Test Results SAP: PCB Reliability Beyond Test Results Expert Tara Dunn explores options that are more qualitative than D-Coupon and IST testing that will improve micro via reliability or reliability in general terms by making the printed circuit board easier to manufacture. Read this blog to learn more. Read Article
Best PCB Design Software Altium Designer: The Best PCB Design Software Start working with the unified design environment in the best PCB design software. See what features you need in your design tools. Read Article
Studio Lighting Driver Studio Lighting Driver Join Mark Harris building a triple channel high quality LED driver. In this open source project article you will learn about LED Driver design and debugging circuit issues caused by incompatible component substitutions. Read Article
NVMe M.2 PCIe connector stubs A Brief Study of Stubs on a PCIe Connector Stubs are an important topic in high-speed PCB design, and there is a longstanding guideline that stubs should always be removed from all vias on high-speed digital interconnects. While stubs are bad for high-speed lines, they do not always need to be removed. What is more important is to predict the loss profile and frequencies, and to floorplan appropriately to try and prevent such losses. In this article, I’ll look at some simulation results Read Article
Insulated Metal Substrates: Building an LED Panel Insulated Metal Substrates: Building an LED Panel Learn about working with insulated metal substrates in this practical project with Industry Expert Mark Harris. This multi-white balance LED panel project covers the challenges of working with metal core boards in your lab with low cost tools to achieve a professionally manufactured result. Read Article
PCB Design Education Through Content Creation PCB Design Education Through Content Creation Phil Salmony, a successful youtube creator with 64.6K subscribers, shares with us how he was introduced to PCB design, his early career, and what got him to start his own Youtube channel. Watch this podcast episode and check out the additional resources below. Read Article
Cascaded transfer functions monte carlo Monte Carlo Analysis With Transfer Functions in Cascaded Circuits Pro circuit designers don’t just work with components in parallel and series when they design circuits. One way to build circuits is with circuit networks, which will have input and output ports. What happens inside each network can be analyzed in the traditional way (SPICE, by hand, etc.), but what is important is that the network maps an input voltage/current pair to an output voltage and current pair. Mathematically, this is quantified with a Read Article
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