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Efficient Battery Power Supplies Expert Mark Harris tackles some important pointers to improve your electronics design’s battery efficiency. Read Article

An Overview of Power Supply Design Prevent potential problems from incorrect power supply design. This article talks about PCB power supply design guidelines and tips. Read Article

An Overview of Dual Power Supply Design In this article, you will learn about the numerous types and configurations for designing PCB with a dual power supply. Mark Harris included bonus design tips. Read Article

AC to DC Power Supply Design Mark Harris, an expert PCB designer gives us some pointers to keep in mind when designing your AC to DC power supply. Read it now. Read Article

What Target Impedance Should You Use in Your PDN? The target impedance in your PDN can be easily determined by looking at the datasheets for your components. Read Article

Overlapping Planes in Your Mixed-Signal PCB Layout Do you know which planes to overlap in your mixed-signal PCB layout? We’ll dig into these issues with overlapping planes at different potentials. Read Article

How to Combat Power Supply EMI in Your PCB Power supply EMI can be like a ghost lurking in your PCB layout, but some simple design choices can help you prevent excess EMI from your power supply or power regulator. Read Article

Switching Power Supply Output Filter: Design and Simulation SPICE packages can help you design a switching power supply output filter bby looking at transient response results and running parameter sweeps. Read Article

The Mysterious 50 Ohm Impedance: Where It Came From and Why We Use It 50 Ohm impedance became the standard impedance used in RF transmission lines long ago, but it is still useful today and is a standard reference impedance used in test equipment. Read Article

Build a DC-DC Buck Regulator - Student Project In this article, Mark Harris will go through the implementation of power supplies in a PCB Design project with a student. Curious how it turned out? Read now to learn more. Read Article

PDS Impedance: The Traditional Approach To PDS Design vs. Energy Flow Take a look at traditional PDS impedance versus the “energy flow” view of PDS design. We’ll debunk misleading information that could cause your designs to fail. Read Article

Decoupling Capacitor Optimization for Power Integrity Decoupling capacitor optimization is more than a buzzword, it’s all about selecting the right set of capacitors to keep power stable in your PDN. Read Article

How to Calculate PCB Power Plane Current Capacity Do you know how much current your power plane can accommodate? Learn more about PCB power plane current capacity in this article. Read Article

Making the Most of Your Crystal Oscillator “Blindly” adopting what a crystal oscillator data sheet says usually results in adequate frequency stability. An oscillator requires the phase shift around the loop to be 360° and this total phase shift must be a precise and stable oscillation frequency. Read Article

Huge Vu-meter with RGB LEDs Project A laboratory journal to guide you through the steps to develop a successful product that value-conscious customers are sure to love. Read Article

Developing a PCB Testing Procedure For New Designs Before your new device comes off the fabrication line, it will need to go through a comprehensive PCB testing procedure. Here’s how to create a PCB testing procedure for new boards. Read Article

Light Pipes Explained What do you do if you need to protect your device from the elements, be that wet or dusty conditions, high humidity, or external EMI? Read Article