Electronic enclosures tend to have high thermal mass, which gives an opportunity to use them as a heat sink for a design. By ...

When you first start out in the PCB layout game and know just enough to be dangerous, you simply plop down a connector, run a trace or two, and call it a hack. As you learn more about the finer points ...

Fundamental to careful system design of any DC/DC power converter is a well-planned and carefully executed printed circuit board (PCB) layout. An optimized layout leads to better performance, lower ...

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Combining the knowledge of an engineer, the skill of a printed circuit board (PCB) designer and the power of an autorouter, Wilsonville, Ore.-based Mentor Graphics Corp. has taken the wraps off of a ...

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A year ago, I’ve design reviewed an MCU module for CAN hacking, called TinySparrow. Modules are plenty cool, and even more so when they’re intended for remaking car ECUs. For a while ...

Considerations for dividing analog and digital blocks. Decoupling techniques. Breaking down the board layers. How best to deal with grounding. Similar to building a house, it’s essential to create a ...