🎩🎩🎩 𝐕𝐢𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐊𝐢𝐂𝐀𝐃 Do you know what the probably best-hidden feature of all #kicad symbols, footprints, schematics and boards is? 🚀 All those objects are text-based 🚀 Examples? 🟢 Do you want to rename particular labels
🎩🎩🎩 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
🎩🎩🎩 𝐂𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐲𝐦𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐊𝐢𝐂𝐀𝐃 In a nutshell: 1️⃣ You need a custom Power symbol (for a ground or power domain). 2️⃣ Copy the existing generic symbol. 3️⃣ 🔴 Edit 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗯𝗼𝗹 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲, 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗯𝗼𝗹 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲 and 𝗣𝗶𝗻 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿
📈📈📈 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
📐🖥️ 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝟑𝐃 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥? 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧💡🚀 Did you know that creating custom 3D models for your KiCAD footprint libraries is easier than you think? 🤔 Although manufacturers or the community might not always provide valid 3D
🔋🔋🔋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
🎩🎩🎩 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
📡📡📡 𝐢𝐧𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐚 I am going to test the inPlay beacon with a full-fat antenna. I am curious what the maximal reach will be in my facility. I cannot stop loving the #nocode inPlay beacons. This
🎩🎩🎩 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐊𝐢𝐂𝐀𝐃 Solder mask expansion, also known as solder mask clearance or solder mask swell, is the distance between the edge of a pad and the edge of the solder mask opening. The expansion is essential