Category:PCB PCB Layout
The connections on a PCB should be identical to its corresponding circuit diagram, but while the circuit diagram is arranged to be readable, the PCB layout is arranged to be functional, so there is rarely any visible correlation.
Bypass capacitor is a capacitor employed to conduct an alternating current around a component or group of components. Often the AC is removed from an AC/DC mixture, the DC being free to pass through t...(view more)
I remember when single-sided printed circuit boards (PCBs) with wires dominated many markets—like whitegoods—because it was possible to keep costs down. This is still done in some instances, but these...(view more)
Proper component selection and careful PCB layout are integral to power supply bypassing. Capacitance: How Much Is Enough? At the end of the previous article, we introduced the idea that a...(view more)
Fritzing is an open-source software package that makes designing a PCB a more attainable reality. You may have noticed that many of the Arduino projects here on AllAboutCircuits use a type of ci...(view more)
There are a few mistakes that I see over and over when it comes to hardware design. More specifically, I see errors with the design of the Printed Circuit Board (PCB) that connects and holds al...(view more)
Make important nodes accessible It will eventually happen that you are trying to figure out why something is not working and you want to measure a signal inside your PCB. Before designing the PCB...(view more)
There is a PCB has 3 normal ICs, so it need to be accurate in size. I used Adobe Photoshop software to measure size and it is accurate in photoshop. Then I saved it as a JPG picture but the size chang...(view more)
I having some trouble changing a resistor from a 1/4W package to a 1W package in Pads Layout. It seems like easy, but when trying to do, it is hard to me. (view more)
What is the intuition was behind widening PCB traces to minimize the inductance between a trace and its ground plane. Shouldn't the loop area between a trace and its ground plane stay the same, despit...(view more)
Can anyone give suggestions of setting up a PCB layout program and components to layout a double sided PCB? I am still using Protel 99SE, so I will translate if possible. If you remember what th...(view more)