Component Footprints for Hardware Start-Ups
Creating a hardware start-up is perhaps one of the most challenging tasks an entrepreneur can take on, especially because a hardware start-up requires a vast amount of resources.
SPICE Model Downloads in Library Tools
PCB design relies on accurate computer models of manufactured components. Since electronic designers need a wide variety of components to design their own devices, component libraries have become an indispensable part of modern CAD.
First Pass Yield in PCB Design
Making sure a PCB design is efficient is a significant challenge. Efficiency in PCB design minimizes waste of expensive materials, and eases the process of making revisions.
How to Create a Bill of Materials
Organizing an electronics project can be a daunting task. Collaborating between design and engineering teams—while making sure a project uses the best parts for the job—can get complicated quickly.
Component Price Comparisons and Cost Selection for Design Processes
Use the right component search engine for component price comparisons during design. Your new design won’t work at all without electronic components. There are plenty of component distributors in the marketplace that compete with each other on price, lead time, and range of component selection. Component price comparisons are often an early part of the […]
Electric Circuit Model Download: Schematics and SPICE Simulation
Each of these components needs a SPICE model if you need to perform simulations. I can’t count the number of times I’ve downloaded component data through my CAD software, only to find there was no SPICE subcircuit model attached to the component data. Circuit simulations from your schematics are a great way to verify your […]
Component Selection in Electronic System Design
My wife makes meticulous grocery shopping lists for us every week and we go to the store each weekend to restock the fridge and pantry. We know exactly what we need when mapping out each week and it causes us to spend less time wandering the aisles in the grocery store. Likewise, before you create […]
Top Four Recommendations for Component Courtyard Management
Your component courtyards are a useful tool for ensuring components have sufficient space between them. This is a critical part of design and assembly; you need to make sure your components have enough space such that they can be hand assembled, arranged with a pick-and-place machine, or wave soldered. Your courtyard information can be easily […]
Maximize Your PCB Design Productivity with New Interactive Reference Designs from Maxim Integrated
How many times have you wanted to leverage a vendors reference design yet the design wasn’t available in a CAD format you could use? Your options are to just start from scratch or invest tedious hours transcribing the design into your CAD tool. Not very exciting prospects right? Vendor reference designs provide a great resource […]
The Key to Universal Libraries, a Conversation with Digi-Key’s Jeremy Purcell
The Key to Universal Libraries, a conversation with Digi-Key’s Jeremy Purcell From selling product out of a car to a global electronic components distributor, Digi-Key has been providing the best possible service to its customers. We sat down with Jeremy Purcell, Senior Digital Product Owner at Digi-Key, to talk about the importance of universal libraries. […]