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Setting Your Personal Electronics Lab: What Do You Need?

Welcome to the world of electronics! Whether you’re a hobbyist or a professional, having a personal electronics lab is an exciting step towards exploring the wonders of electronics engineering. As an experienced and professional electronics engineer with over a decade of experience as both a hobbyist and professional, I can assure you that having your own personal lab offers countless benefits for your future career. Your personal lab will serve as your sanctuary for creativity and experimentation, enabling you to work on projects at your own pace and explore your ideas freely. In this article, and based on my long… Read More »Setting Your Personal Electronics Lab: What Do You Need?

Doing PCB for a Switching Power Supply, What to Do?

Nowadays, the demand is drastically increasing for efficient switching power converter applications. As such applications are being involved more and more in all of our daily-use electrical and electronic devices, the demand for professional design and PCB engineers is increasing as well. If you just started working in this field, this article is just for you!

10 Tips for Efficient PCB Design

Component Standards Systematic and consistent component selection helps a lot in speeding up the process of coming up with your PCB product. Make sure to have standard sources of component symbols and footprints, regardless of your ECAD software. It is a great idea to use a mixture of your own standardized library for commonly-used parts, and off-the-shelf blueprints for rarely-used parts, as provided by several websites on the internet. Organized Schematics An organized schematic with standard graphical parameters is the key for easy transfer and modification of the design. Pay careful attention to designators, sheet templates, the component parameters you… Read More »10 Tips for Efficient PCB Design