Nexperia announced the four pin X2SON4 package which is the smallest logic package that can be used without requiring an expensive and fragile step-down mask. Nexperia developed the X2SON packages — part of its MicroPak package range — to provide the smallest footprint for logic functions while ensuring pad pitch remains 0.4mm or over (step-down masks are only […]
PCB design
Free lit: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to PCB Design
EMA Design Automation announced the launching of its new and free eBook titled,The Hitchhiker’s Guide to PCB Design, a timely and much-needed resource for electrical engineers seeking to understand the complexities involved in PCB design. “The role of the electrical engineer in PCB design is changing,” said Manny Marcano, president and CEO of EMA. “EE’s are […]
CUI partners with SnapEDA to offer free PCB footprint files
CUI today announced that it has teamed up with SnapEDA to provide designers with a catalog of free, ready-to-download PCB footprints and symbols for CUI’s range of board mount electromechanical components. Circuit board design has historically been a time-consuming and challenging process due to the variety of product configurations and standards. With this partnership, users will […]
Free plug-in runs checks during PCB schematic entry
Zuken and XJTAG have released a plugin that will enhance Zuken’s CR-8000 with a design for test (DFT) capability improving test coverage by allowing additional design checks during schematic entry. The capability is based on XJTAG’s DFT Assistant and will be released as a free plugin for Zuken’s CR-8000 Design Gateway users at Embedded World […]
Low-loss bondply material for high-frequency circuit boards
Rogers Corporation introduces the RO4460G2, a low-loss bondply with a 6.15 dielectric constant (Dk). RO4000® thermoset high performance bonding layers have long been used by circuit designers for multilayer board constructions using Rogers high frequency and high speed digital materials where operating frequency, dielectric constant, or high-speed signal requirements dictate the need for high performance […]
What kind of electronic manufacturing files do you need for PCB assembly? More than just Gerbers.
Duane Benson, Screaming Circuits For PCB assemblers, manufacturing is all about taking design data and delivering good working circuit boards. Well, it can be just data — as in full turn-key, or data plus some parts, and PC boards — as in a partial turn-key or a kitted job. Regardless of whether designers send parts […]
Do you really need soldermask and silkscreen for PCB design?
Duane Benson, Chief Technology Champion, Screaming Circuits As PCB assemblers, we’ve been asked the question,”Do I really need soldermask and silkscreen?” many times. And, we’ve been asked with good reasons. To us, soldermask protects exposed metal, reduce the chance of shorts and keeps solder where solder needs to be. Silkscreen removes ambiguity, ensuring that parts […]
Analog Top Talks in December on EDABoard.com forums
Peer-to-peer, engineer-to-engineer questions and answers from the EDABoard.com engineering community around analog ICs and analog design. Click the “Read more” link and follow the entire conversation and maybe add your two cents by logging in to EDAboard.com. Low Dropout Voltage Regulator (LDO) design – Read more How to make a fast analog switch? – I would […]
Solid-state temperature sensing, part 1: principles
Temperature is by far the most commonly measured physical parameter in industrial, commercial, and even residential settings. It’s obviously about much more than just “what’s the temperature, so I will know what coat to wear?” Temperature readings are needed to control processes and systems via a negative feedback loop, PID algorithms, and comparators (References 1 […]
Analog Top Talks in November on EDABoard.com forums
Peer-to-peer, engineer-to-engineer questions and answers from the EDABoard.com engineering community around analog ICs and analog design. Click the “Read more” link and follow the entire conversation and maybe add your two cents by logging in to EDAboard.com. Adaptive biasing of source degeneration – I am designing an OTA with improved linearity, and I have used source […]
