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PCB silkscreen PCB Silkscreen Guidelines PCB silkscreen helps ensure your board is easy to read and test, and it aids assembly by clearly indicating component locations. Read Article
Ceramic Capacitors Maximum Voltage and Derating Ceramic Capacitors Maximum Voltage and Derating Operating just about any capacitor below its maximum rated voltage ensures a longer operating life. A capacitor's performance will degrade in response to the application of voltages approaching their rated limit and exposure to high temperatures. By choosing to limit the applied voltage, those degradation effects can be reduced. Ceramic capacitors are one of the most common types of capacitors that are in use today thanks to their compact Read Article
Resistor Derating to Improve Mean Time Between Failure Resistor Power Derating to Improve Mean Time Between Failure All resistors have a specified power rating that determines the maximum energy they can convert without its performance degrading or the component failing. Read now to learn more. Read Article
Methods of Circuit Protection Methods of Circuit Protection Overvoltage, overcurrent, and heat are the three most likely events that can destroy our expensive silicon-based components or reduce our product’s life expectancy. The effects are often quite instant, but our product might survive several months of chronic overstress before giving up the ghost in some cases. Without adequate protection, our circuit can be vulnerable to damage, so what should we do? Or do we need to do anything? For instance, if Read Article
rf power supply design RF Power Supply Design and Layout Guide Learn some of the basics on design, placement, and routing of RF power supplies. A good layout strategy helps prevent noise coupling in high power RF systems. Read Article
Low-Cost Verification for Digital and Analog Filters Low-Cost Verification for Digital and Analog Filters In Low Cost Solutions for Automated Hardware in the Loop Testing, we reviewed the idea of using low-cost testing devices to validate our hardware designs. In this article I want to zoom in on a specific application that can have a high barrier to entry when it comes to verification: Digital Signal Processing (DSP), specifically signal filtering. Rather than belabor the topic of DSP I will define it simply as “digitizing signals that come into Read Article
PCB fabrication notes Decoding PCB Fabrication Notes Your PCB fabrication notes contain important information that ensures your board can be manufactured exactly as you intend. See what you should include and what these mean. Read Article
AltiumLive Co-locates with IPC Apex Expo AltiumLive Co-locates with IPC Apex Expo Two executives are joining us in today’s episode. Ted Pawela of Altium and IPC VP Dave Bergman. Join us and learn what’s coming in AltiumLive 2022 and IPC Apex 2022. Read Article
connect grounds power supply How to Connect Grounds in an Isolated Power Supply PCB Layout Your isolated power supply PCB layout should still have connected grounds, but how can you physically make this connection? Learn more in our guide. Read Article
Power supplies - Buy, Outsource, or Design Power Supplies - Buy, Outsource, or Create Electronics Designs There is more stress on a power supply compared to most of the other parts of our design. Mark Harris addresses the most pertinent issues to consider and, in several places, adopt a checklist format for you to use. Read now. Read Article
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