A question that I often hear is: How do I prevent digital logic ground currents from contaminating my low-level analog circuitry on a mixed-signal PCB? This is a good question, without a simple answer ...
PCB Design Best Practices: Six things to consider when transferring a PCB schematic to layout. All the examples in this article are developed using the NI Multisim design environment, however the same ...
Most of us learned to design circuits with schematics. But if you get to a certain level of complexity, schematics are a pain. Modern designers — especially for digital circuits — prefer to use some ...
6. SOT-23 and SOIC packages are typically used in low-power motor drivers. Standard leaded packages, like SOIC and SOT-23 packages, are often used for low-power motor drivers (Fig. 6). To maximize the ...
Current printed circuit board (PCB) trends are leaning toward open hardware formats and control systems with PCB designs commonly accommodating existing development boards. These often employ daughter ...
The Ball Grid Array, or BGA package is no longer the exclusive preserve of large, complex chips on computer motherboards: today even simple microcontrollers are available with those little solder ...
Semiconductor manufacturers have developed innovative production techniques that enable the integration of multiple components and a dc-dc converter IC die into a single module. Producing such a dc-dc ...
A tool that can strip away complex CAD layers, revealing PCB signals instantly and hinting at a shift in how engineers access ...
It directly affects electrical performance, manufacturing yield, PCB layout complexity and long-term reliability. There are ...