Tag: PCB

Paul Rako @ edn.com discuss about thermal PCB layout tips. Texas Instruments' WEBENCH is a neat program, especially because it has Mentor Graphic’s FloTherm built in to help you see the hot spots in switching regulators. This is what taught me that a modern buck regulator will have...

Saulius made a DIY PCB inspection microscope and wrote a post on his blog about it: Despite how good microscope you have, stand is still very important part of final assembly. And while there are many commercial ones made of cast iron, they might cost more than a microscope head...

Michael Ossmann shared some of his practical experience and insights in designing RF PCBs, Michael designed a lot of RF PCBs like HackRF One, which is an open source SDR (Software Defined Radio) platform. Michael tips don’t include talking about Smith charts, Q factor, S parameters...

EasyEDA is a cloud-based EDA tool suite which supports open source and working collaboratively. Tools from EasyEDA include circuit simulation using Spice, PCB design, electronic circuit design and now RS-274X (Gerber) and Excellon gerber viewer, all are free. To use this viewer you need...

A.Qadry @ Intelligent Minds tipped us with their latest project, a PCB prototyping machine. They are going to crowdfund the project soon so if you are find it cool you can follow them on their facebook page. There are mainly two ways in talking about manufacturing, if you are going...

When you see some board designs, especially ones with high speed signals or differential pair signals, then you will notice a lot of zigzag/meander lines on PCB. If you’re wondering whether you can do differential pair routing, then the answer is simply yes by using Meander...

alex.puffer @ hackaday.io designed a nice PCB business card with onboard 555 timer IC. I decided I was tired of paper business cards, and wanted something more fun (and more impressive to show off). Having a PCB business card is also a perfect portable portfolio, showcasing my design...

Omniblox is a very good 3D Eagle .brd 3D viewer created by Benjamin D. Richards and David ten Have, but some script knowledge is needed to use it. Looking to render printed circuit boards (PCBs)? Look no further. This script loads and renders them visually using a .brd file created...