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Use this one simple tip to make your PCB design better.

When you place LEDs on the board, add them to the edge of the PCB. It’s even better if you place an edge lit LED. ...

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Why use two soldering irons?

When you are de-soldering SMD resistors or capacitors, use two irons on each pad, its sound complicated to use but its so easy ...

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Powering the System

Guide to power supply design. Power supply is one of the most critical components in any product, If the power supply is...

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Concept to PCB

Today we will talk about designing hardware in a systematic way. We will see what are the different approaches we can take and ...

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PCB Fundamentals

Introduction The older generation sometimes calls it a PW board (printed wire board). Today w...

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Diving into FEM for electronics

Recently, I’ve been dabbling into FEM tools for doing EM simulations. These have been very helpful full in improving my underst...

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Carrier board design - Part 4

The question is when is your design a high-speed design? When the trace length is greater than ¼ of TEL, the design is h...

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Carrier board design - Part 3

Welcome to part 3 of the series of carrier board design I know we have not even started to talk about the carrier board ...

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Carrier board design - Part 2

Transmission Line Continuing from our last week’s post, today we will look at transmission line...

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Carrier board design

This is part 1 of 4 part series. Introduction There is a shift in the industry where more and...