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I am a little late to the discussion, but I think I can provide yet another perspective. I found my way to this community via searching advice on improving my schematic clarity and found Olin's $...
Why are some PCB design software programs considered to be 'hobbyist' programs? Elitism and, folk with money to burn. I've used Altium, PADs, OrCad, Eagle and my current personal favourite is...
I am sorry for the aggravation. Clearly we're going to need to bump up the priority of voting-fraud mitigation. We've taken action against the user (yes, as you suspected, one user) and the votes...
I am analysing a pulse transformer which is required to transfer below communication protocol pulse from primary to the secondary side. The pulse duration is 32 μs and off time available to reset t...
For the benefit of later readers, I thought I would explain why the original circuit "didn't work" and how exactly the "correct" circuit differs from the original circuit. The issue is the 3-input...
It is a passive microwave/radio repeater. They were used as an economic way of getting around line of sight obstacles. I came across the information on these researching a way of passively linking ...
Recently I have heard this opinion from experienced engineers when discussing PCB design software. The common opinion was that Allegro and Altium are supposedly professional programs whereas Eagle ...
Signal characteristics are: 0 to 3.3V span 0 to 100Hz range( there will be noise superposed on top with unknown characteristics) Output resistance Rout=4700 ohm I want to sample that with a...
I'm designing a high side current source that can be controlled with a Digital-to-analog and can source up to 100mA with voltage supply up to 36V. By high side I mean one side of load will be alwa...
why water is such a danger for short circuits if the resistance is so high? Actually, the life safety danger for water is NOT a short circuit. In fact, a short circuit in a typical (all values...
The circuit above is used to control a 240W ceramic heater by means of a PWM signal at 30Hz, generated by a microcontroller, with 5V logic. The input is a standard 280W AC-DC external power adapt...
It takes high voltage to start the arc. Once started, the air is ionized, and becomes fairly conductive. It then takes much less voltage to keep the current flowing to sustain the arc. This also...
I don't have any special knowledge about how submarines get controlled, so this is mostly speculation. I expect that the actual controls are fine. There seem to be the necessary degrees of freedo...
Using pointer types In C, an object pointer such as uint8_t* ptr is the equivalent concept to use for hardware addresses. A compiler makes this pointer type large enough to contain all addresses in...
When writing firmware in C for a microcontroller, how can I directly access a memory location such as a hardware peripheral register, given its absolute address? Is there a way to do this safely an...
One rule of thumb is that a CAN network should never have any error frames when it is up and running. It is expected to have some when all nodes are "waking up", or if you hot plug something to the...
Although I have done multiple PCB designs which passed FCC and CE equivalents using the MCU's/Multiple MCU's, I have a doubt about how to approach the high speed design using FPGA SoC - main thing ...
This question popped up in the feed and I got curious. Here is what I could find. Note that I am not an IC engineer so my interpretation of some facts may be off. The 3.3V level is defined in the ...
I have also had this problem for production runs of 100s to 1000 where you don't want to spend too much on a full fancy jig. Put plain round pads on the bottom of the board. 50 mils is usually a ...
I think the point is simply that there are much more demand on the buck-boost topology than on the Cuk/Sepic ones. And there are GOOD reasons for that: Several years ago, I asked a question on th...
You really have to compare datasheets. There are some general differences, but you shouldn't go by those in specific instances. MOVs usually have softer knees, are available at higher voltages, a...
Yes, you should connect the scope probe ground to the circuit ground near where you are probing. The unit under test (UUT) and the scope may have their grounds connected, but that is via a round-a...
Self-answered questions can be OK here. Those are best when they are canonical questions on topics likely to come up. Some examples where I have done this are: What is a bootloader, and how would...
Bouncing signals When a mechanical switch opens and closes, there is often vibration in the contacts so that they open and close several times rapidly until the new steady state is eventually reach...
