A differential pair dilemma

Differential pairs can be standardized and their parameters shared by all PCB manufacturers

🏭🏭🏭 𝐏𝐂𝐁 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐫𝐬 – 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐂𝐁 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤-𝐮𝐩 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬. PCB manufacturers openly share their manufacturing profile limitations and production capabilities. As a hardware designer, this information is pivotal in aligning our design with these boundaries

DAC board manufacturing

PCB manufacturing process

🛠🛠🛠 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝟐𝟎-𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐃𝐀𝐂 𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧 Manual solder paste application, component placement, and reflow soldering form the backbone of my DIY electronics assembly. 1️⃣ The process starts with the 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲. With the aid of a stencil

Pinout check

Pinout check of the new symbol

✍️✍️✍️ 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤 When creating or importing new symbols in #kicad I do a manual pinout check. 👩‍💻👨‍💻 I always check both Snapeda.com and Ultralibrarian.com for the availability of the symbol, footprint and 3D

Symbol and footprint checkers

Symbol and footprint checkers in KiCAD

🎩🎩🎩 𝐒𝐲𝐦𝐛𝐨𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐧 𝐊𝐢𝐂𝐀𝐃 I bet all engineers using #kicad know and use 𝗘𝗥𝗖 (Electrical Rule Check) and 𝗗𝗥𝗖 (Design Rule Check). Not everyone knows and uses Symbol Checker and Footprint Checker in the

Media independent interfaces

Media independent interfaces

🌏🌏🌏 𝐋𝐞𝐭’𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐌𝐈𝐈 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐈𝐈, 𝐑𝐌𝐈𝐈 and 𝐒𝐆𝐌𝐈𝐈 are standards for connecting Ethernet Physical Layer Transceivers (PHYs) to Media Access Control (MAC) devices in networking hardware. They define electrical and signalling characteristics for data transmission between