Best Practices for Finding and Using Electronics Reference Designs

Electronics reference designs

Electronics reference designs can help you quickly build a new product and develop your application. It can be difficult to start using new components, especially if you’ve never used anything similar. There are times when an engineer needs to jump into a totally unfamiliar area and may need guidance as to which components are needed […]

Interactive Reference Designs are Now Available From Trinamic in Cadence Systems Formats on Ultra Librarian

Trinamic Reference Design PR

Ultra Librarian® (http://www.ultralibrarian.com), the world’s largest free cloud-based CAD library provider, today announced its partnership with Trinamic and Cadence to provide intelligent reference designs for download from Ultra Librarian. “These top reference designs from Trinamic in Cadence formats with CAD models from Ultra Librarian help design engineers jumpstart the design process,” said Manny Marcano, president and CEO […]

Ultra Librarian Adds STMicroelectronics Reference Designs in Cadence System Design Formats

STMicro Press Release Reference Design

Rochester, NY (February 16, 2020) – Ultra Librarian® (www.ultralibrarian.com), the world’s largest free cloud-based CAD library provider, today announced the addition of 25 authorized STMicroelectronics interactive reference designs in Cadence system design formats, now available for download via Ultra Librarian. “These authorized reference designs from ST in Cadence system design formats, combined with CAD models […]

Fitness Tracker Design with the MAXREFDES103

fitness tracker design graphic

Use the MAXREFDES103 to get started with fitness tracker design Sometimes, a designer needs to pivot into a new application area and start designing unfamiliar systems. As fitness trackers grow in popularity, you might find yourself wanting to try your hand at designing these in-demand wearables.  Fitness trackers are small devices involving multiple microelectronic sensors […]

The CAD Librarian Role is Dead: Long Live the CAD Librarian

Computer-aided design (CAD) Computer-aided design, or CAD, has been around since the 1960s, largely thanks to a French engineer named Pierre Bezier. Math nerds know him better for Bezier curves, which are the backbone of calculating points in CAD. CAD programs have always been a great help to electronics manufacturers, but their capabilities have changed […]