IPC 7351: The SMT Footprint Design Standard
Is familiarity with the IPC-7351 standard necessary? Yes, if you want to ensure that your footprints adhere to industry requirements
Understanding Active Electronic Components in Your Circuit Designs
Do you have an infinite amount of time to spend searching for active electronic components for your PCB layout? No? In this blog, we explain how to quickly and conveniently find the right component for your project.
How to Identify Electronic Components
Whenever you start looking at an unfamiliar design or you need to reverse engineer an old layout, how can you identify the existing components? Here are some strategies you can use to identify electronic components.
LM317T Datasheet: Important Considerations and Design Options
The LM317T datasheet is your best resource for product specifications, important considerations, and options for an efficient PCB design workflow.
AD7147 Datasheet: Explanation and Analysis
For touch-based consumer electronic devices, the AD7147 datasheet provides a vital resource to achieve an ultrathin design.
Operational Amplifier Applications and Characteristics
Amplification is one of an electronic circuit’s most basic yet critical functions. Amplifiers, however, are used to change signal amplitudes and many other signal-processing actions. BJTs, FETs, and MOSFETs often fulfill these requirements on circuit boards. Still, a wide range of operational amplifier applications remains due to these devices’ unique component characteristics and flexibility. Therefore, […]
Building A Component Library: Customizing Needs
The best PCBA design workflow starts with building a custom component library. Why are PCBA designers a special group? One obvious reason is they have acquired—whether by nature or through nurture—the ability to interject the boundlessness of imagination into the constrained world of scientific paradigms to create unique and custom designs. Fully capitalizing on this […]
ATmega328p Pinout: Architecture and Application
The ATmega328p pinout guides you in choosing the best MCU architecture for your application.
Electronic Component Allocation & Lead Times: 2023 Update
Electronic component allocation complicates product development from design to procurement; preparedness in an evolving market is key.
Optimizing Circuit Board and IC Packaging Design for Power Density
Optimizing IC packaging design increases power density and allows you to push the capabilities of your advanced technology design even further.