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Engineers Build A New Car From the Ground Up Engineers Show Us How to Build A New Car From the Ground Up Rose Hulman FSAE Car Judy Warner: Tell us about your team, what you make, and where you compete. Anthony Lin: We are the Rose Grand Prix Engineering team from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and we design, build, and race a Formula style (open wheel open cockpit) race car from scratch every year. This year marks our 7th year in the competition with RGP-7 (name of our new car). We compete in the Formula SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) Read Article
Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing Tips from Electronics Expert Duane Benson Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing Tips from Electronics Expert Duane Benson Judy Warner: Duane, please share briefly about your background in the electronics industry. Duane Benson: I first burned my fingers with a soldering iron when I was about fourteen. Though I was formally trained and started my career in software development, my first love has always been electronics. My early hardware projects included an electronic stethoscope used to listen through walls for termites chewing on wood, and a caller ID device Read Article
How to Automate PCB Design Effectively How to Automate PCB Design Effectively Become an expert PCB Designer when you use Altium Designer software. Learn how to automate as much as possible! Click the PDF above to read more about How to Automate PCB Design Effectively in this presentation overview. Or view the original content here: How to Automate your Component Management Process How to Automate your High-speed Design Process How to Automate your Design Review Process​ Read Article
PCB Design Errors PCB Design Errors Reduce Errors in your PCB designs. This presentation will discuss multiple ways good PCB design can help manage errors on your board. It covers tips and tricks for basics and beyond. Click the PDF above to read more about PCB Design Errors in this presentation. Or view the original content here: Preventing Critical PCB Contamination: There Goes the Boom Is It Hot In Here or Is That Your PCB Shorting? Common Causes of PCB Shortages What's Worse Read Article
Expedite Cost Savings with Continually Updated BOM Pricing Costed BOM: Expedite Cost Savings with Continually Updated BOM Pricing Knowing your market and providing supply for your customers is an art. Purveyors of commodities have long been negotiating with their clients to plan supply chain needs. Stock becomes more desirable as supplies diminish, especially if demand grows and the need is great. If need and demand remain robust, pricing holds and suppliers make money while offering fair deals to their customers. Electronic component vendors carefully plan their offerings Read Article
Use Unique ID EEPROM in Your Embedded System to Prevent Design Counterfeiting Use Unique ID EEPROM in Your Embedded System to Prevent Design Counterfeiting There’s a saying that smart people don’t always finish the race first. In college, I remember some classmates copying my assignments, only to end up getting better scores than I did. Being smart didn’t necessarily guarantee me the top grades in college and watching others achieve success based on my ideas became demoralizing. The business world is similar; it isn’t uncommon for companies to copy concepts that work well for their competitors and Read Article
Internal Versus External Surge Protection: What’s Best for Total PCB Protection Internal Versus External Surge Protectors: What’s Best for Total PCB Protection Whether its internal or external surge protection, your electronics device needs something to keep it healthy throughout the lifespan. Read Article
Small Electronic Circuit Design Demands Large Amounts of Attention Small Electronic Circuit Design Demands Large Amounts of Attention With new taxes regularly introduced to the rising costs of living, it’s only a matter of time before consumers suffer from chain effects. It gets to my nerves when my favorite local restaurants increase prices or resort to reducing their serving size. Of course, I would prefer for things to stay the same but I can at least satisfy my hunger by paying a little extra. In electronics, PCB designs are also getting smaller, just like my favorite plate Read Article
How to Use Testpoints on a PCB Design in Altium Designer How to Use Test Points on PCB | Altium Designer Maybe it’s because of the old memories of pop quizzes in grade school, but it seems like no one really likes the idea of “testing”. Just as the school children in “A Christmas Story” reacted badly to having to write a theme, people all over the world usually react just as negatively to the idea of taking a test. And yet, if you are going to be a circuit board designer, you are going to have to learn how to use a PCB test point. The good news is Read Article
Don’t Worry Over Your PCB Layout Files ASCII Dance, Waltz with Unified Tools Don’t Worry Over Your PCB Layout Files ASCII Dance, Waltz with Unified Tools Although competitive partner dancing looks complicated, the technique behind the art is precise. It is nothing like the PCB layout files ASCII dance. Dancers move their feet uniformly in intricate patterns set to the musical beat. If the technique is flawed, steps are missed, and feet collide, ruining the dance. Error messages are indications of missing steps in PCB layout software. When placing and routing components in the software, error Read Article
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