✍️✍️✍️ 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
🌏🌏🌏 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
📈📈📈 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐃𝐂-𝐃𝐂 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 In a DC-DC converter, a bootstrapping capacitor is often used with a high-side gate driver to provide a voltage to drive the gate of a high-side MOSFET (Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor). The high-side MOSFET is
🔌 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 „𝐁𝐨𝐬𝐬“: 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 🤗👷♂️ We often talk about the „𝐁𝐨𝐬𝐬“ as someone in charge of us, but in the world of connectors, the term „𝐁𝐨𝐬𝐬“ has a different meaning. Connector manufacturers like JST Corporation / Sales
🔋🔋🔋𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐃𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐁𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐃𝐂-𝐃𝐂 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 ⚡ When working with power supply designs, you’ll often come across two terms: DC-DC controllers and converters. While they may sound similar, they serve different purposes and have unique characteristics. Let’s
𝐄𝐦𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐬/𝐑𝐌𝟒𝟔 𝐌𝐂𝐔 𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐲 𝐓𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐬 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 🔐 When it comes to safety-critical applications, choosing the right microcontroller (MCU) is crucial. The Hercules/RM46 MCU family by Texas Instruments is specifically designed to meet the stringent
🎩🎩🎩 𝐊𝐢𝐂𝐀𝐃 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝟕: 𝐄𝐧𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐲𝐦𝐛𝐨𝐥 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐁𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐅𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 ⚙️ #KiCAD has always been a popular choice among hardware design engineers, and with the release of Version 7, it’s even more powerful! One of the standout features
🎩🎩🎩 𝟏𝟎𝟏 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐧𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐀𝐃𝐂𝐬 To design a low-noise power supply for the 24-bit ADC device, consider using a combination of a low-dropout regulator (LDO) and passive filtering components. The LDO provides stable
💡💡💡𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐬 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬‘ 𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐭 -𝐐𝟏 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 🚗 As a hardware design engineer, you’re likely no stranger to the Texas Instruments component families. But have you explored their impressive lineup of -Q1 components? These parts
🎩🎩🎩 𝐓𝐞𝐬𝐭-𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 – You need a tool to share project notes with everyone in the most portable format – a webpage. 𝗖𝗿𝗮𝗳𝘁 𝗗𝗼𝗰𝘀 is that tool for me. In today’s fast-paced world, effective communication is more important than