I’ve experienced a lot of pain with a recent project and wanted to share some thoughts: I was doing the PCB layout on a time-critical project and needed component footprints and 3D step models. Many ...

In an open-source PCB design, layouts that have already proven effective can be copied – eliminating the need to start the design from scratch. Figure 1: Electronic design trends include the use of ...

Moore’s law, applied to data rates, has pushed PCB circuits so fast that the layout becomes part of the circuit. In designs such as DDR3 and PCIe, the fastest memory and high-speed serial performance ...

Similarly, it may make sense to move the ICs around inside the package, based on the overall layout of the PCB. Processors will generally run much hotter than the memory chips around them, so PCB ...

For instance, a single issue of quality grounding can affect the entire layout of a high - performance mixed-signal PCB design. And for this reason, this area should not be overlooked.

Of course, our PCB design rules should allow this: the minimum trace width and clearance should be no more than c = (p-d)/3, where p is the pad pitch and d is the pad diameter.

When you first start out in the PCB layout game and know just enough to be dangerous, you simply plop down a connector, run a trace or two, and call it a hack. As you learn more about the finer poi… ...

PCB design is a critical and complex process that involves multiple stages, from conceptualization and schematic creation to layout design and final manufacturing. Credit: adobe.stock.com As ...

Eventually, almost every EE must design a PCB, which isn’t something that’s taught in school. Yet engineers, technicians, and even novice PCB designers can create high-quality ...