🔝🔝🔝 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐄𝐄 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 As a freelancing engineer, I’ve always been searching for precise and reliable tools that can aid in my design process. The internet is teeming with electrical engineering calculators, each claiming to offer
KiCAD Speed wiring
🎩🎩🎩 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐊𝐢𝐂𝐀𝐃 When working in #kicad schematic editor, many might be in the habit of carefully routing wires to each component’s connection nodes. However, I want to present a handy approach that can significantly cut down on
Enter group in KiCAD
🎩🎩🎩 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐄𝐝𝐢𝐭 𝐚 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐊𝐢𝐂𝐀𝐃 Have you ever struggled with accessing and editing properties of individual elements within a group in #kicad? Enter the „Enter Group“ tool from the contextual menu of the particular group.
CMINOISELDO01 testing
👷♀️🔧👷♀️ 𝐂𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐎𝐈𝐒𝐄𝐋𝐃𝐎𝟎𝟏 testing Insight from my lab: Currently, I’m in the midst of testing the 𝐂𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐎𝐈𝐒𝐄𝐋𝐃𝐎𝟎𝟏 assemblies. This phase is all about ensuring the performance and reliability of these specialized PCB assemblies, each loaded with ultra-low noise LT3045 and LT3094
Drilling template
✏️✏️✏️ 𝟑𝐃-𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 Let’s say you need to drill your enclosure and the result must be perfect. 1️⃣ Design the PCB for your enclosure or buy a 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗧𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲 for verified templates at Beny-devices.eu. The second option is
Capacitive sensing
☁️☁️☁️ 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐲 Today, I want to recognize the 𝗔𝗧𝟰𝟮𝗤𝗧𝟭𝟬𝟭𝟬 device and this recognition will be brief, I hope. 1️⃣ The 𝗔𝗧𝟰𝟮𝗤𝗧𝟭𝟬𝟭𝟬 is a stand-alone solution for touch sensing. You do not need to program it or
AdafruitIO
📈📊📉 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥 Nearly six years ago, I transitioned away from programming and got busy with other ventures. Two years ago, I bid adieu to the world of coding. It was not an easy decision, but it was
A differential pair dilemma
🏭🏭🏭 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
Present A, prepare plan B
One thing is certain in the hardware design world: changes are inevitable. As a design engineer, you’ll often present ideas to customers, expecting acceptance and enthusiasm. However, it’s essential to be prepared for a change in direction and sometimes even
Pinout check
✍️✍️✍️ 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