Considerations for dividing analog and digital blocks. Decoupling techniques. Breaking down the board layers. How best to deal with grounding. Similar to building a house, it’s essential to create a ...

True 3-D interconnects and packaging. Rigid PCBs are inherently 2-D. Rigid-flex, however, allows you to fold, bend and twist ...

Printed circuit boards bring order and professionalism to electronics design. But high voltage and heavy currents introduce risks. This article highlights essential hints for safe PCB layout in ...

This ebook by John Burkhert is a step-by-step guide on printed circuit board design with information suitable for beginners to graduate-level users. This series is for anyone who wants to design their ...

Though often used as synonyms, Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) is really the controlling of radiated and conducted Electromagnetic Interference (EMI); and poor EMC is one of the main reasons for ...

This project is a custom PCB design using the STM32F103C8T6 microcontroller. It was created as part of Task 1 to practice embedded hardware development and PCB layout skills. The design includes a ...

This readme provides an overview of the design considerations and technical details for the STM32F103C8Tx-based PCB. The PCB includes a boot switch, exposed UART and I2C pins, utilizes SWD debugging ...

Part 1 of this series described how digital signals propagate through PC boards [Refs. 1, 2, 5, 6]. In part 2, we look at specific board designs to achieve low EMI. The biggest issue I see in my ...