Design Guides
Collection of articles to help you design better embedded systems.
Satellites Deciphered
We are nothing but a speck on the canvas of the universe; but this has not set a limit to our ambitions of exploring...
Simple Prototyping Platform
THE HARDWARE
SIMPP or Simple Prototyping Platform is an open source electronic prototyping platform used for building electronic circuits or projects that mainly use microcontroller....
Designing An Accurate Temperature-Monitoring System
Modern electronic systems use sensors to monitor parameters like temperature and provide protection from excessive temperature excursions with good accuracies, reasonable costs and often...
Electromagnetic Compatibility: Grounding (Part 3 of 5)
In the previous parts we covered multi-layer PCB designing. Now, let us look at grounding or earthing.
Grounding can be defined as a connection, whether...
Electromagnetic Compatibility: Multi-Layer PCB Designing (Part 2 of 5)
In the first part we touched base on multi-layer PCB design. In this part we discuss more about the same.
Multi-layer board and high-speed PCB...
Electronics in Production Machines and Robotics
The power of electronics was hardly realized before World War II. During that period and afterward, development in electronics technology took great strides. The...
SL100 Transistor Pinout | SL100 Transistor Datasheet
Transistors are the basic building blocks of integrated circuits (IC). Every electronic gadget you can possibly imagine today uses transistors. The development started off...
Four Steps To Protecting Wearables With Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) Diodes
How best practices in circuit protection and board layout ensure long-term safety and reliability
From smart glasses to fitness-monitoring wristbands, wearable technology has become one...
Developing Manufacturing Test for Electronic Products
Building a Manufacturing Test for the system which ensures quality and performance of the system is very critical and the pivotal task for every...
High Speed PCB Design For Electromagnetic Compatibility (Part 1 of 5)
In the world of electronics goods, where margins are razor thin, manufacturers try to keep product cost low to maintain a competitive edge. In...
A Guide To Model Rocketry
Model rocketry is an interesting hobby. To have a safe and predictable flight, rocketeers must have keen interest and some experience in the field....
Learn to Design: 4 Free Ebooks on Antenna Design
While there are a lot of books out there on EM waves and antenna design, they have been written for a very wide range...
How To Avoid Incorrect Use Of AC Fuse In DC Circuit
Using an incorrect fuse in a circuit could have potentially disastrous consequences to people and equipment. In a solar system consisting of multiple strings...
Exploring USB Type-C And USB Power Delivery
Every now and then there is an innovation or advancement that changes the way we operate, the way the world operates. These innovations and...
How To: Thermal Simulation with ANSYS
As electronic systems become more complex and integrated into nearly all the devices and networks we interact with today, the importance of systems reliability...
How To do Interpolated DDS Technique in SDG2000X
1 Preface
In the data sheet for Siglent’s SDG2000X arbitrary waveform generator series, the sampling rate specification (1.2GSa/s) is followed by a note of “4X...
How to Choose the Right Connector
A connector may seem to be a relatively unimportant component when we first look at any device. But design engineers know the importance of...
How to Select between FPGA Vs ASIC for High Volume
The choice of ASIC vs FPGA for volume production is on case-to-case basis. However, what if there were a way to get the best...