Editor’s note: Here’s a scorecard from Ohio PCB design house White Knight that helps answer the question posed in the title: Design in-house, or outsource? While we might expect a touch of bias, the ...

Printed Circuit Board design is a complete vertical in the electronics industry. Whether a fresh graduate or a mid-level experienced designer, we all get better in PCB design by following rules and ...

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 ...

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 ...

Welcome to the STM32 + USB + Buck Converter PCB Design project! This repository contains all the files and documentation for designing a PCB using KiCad that integrates an STM32 microcontroller, a USB ...

Quilter, an AI startup, recently garnered $10 million in Series-A funding to revolutionize the process of designing printed circuit boards (PCBs). Their approach combines machine learning with ...

With the significant reduction in package parasitics provided by the eGaN FET, the package inductance is minimized and is no longer the major parasitic loss contributor. The high frequency loop ...

Electronic enclosures tend to have high thermal mass, which gives an opportunity to use them as a heat sink for a design. By ...