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IC Designers Now Have a Platform to Design Chips in the Cloud

IC Designers Now Have a Platform to Design Chips in the Cloud

Samsung Electronics, in collaboration with Rescale, has just announced the launch of the Samsung Advanced Foundry Ecosystem (SAFE) Cloud Design Platform (CDP).


News Jun 22, 2020 by Jake Hertz
What Do You Do When Your Design Gets Set Back by a Part’s End-of-Life Notice?

What Do You Do When Your Design Gets Set Back by a Part’s End-of-Life Notice?

Getting an end-of-life notice on a component can be a major setback for both new and existing designs. How do you work around the inconvenience?


News Jun 15, 2020 by Nicholas St. John
How Is the Laplace Transform Used in Circuit Design?

How Is the Laplace Transform Used in Circuit Design?

In this article, we briefly review how the Laplace transform can help us solve circuits involving damped and steady-state sinusoidal signals.


Engineers Create the First Double-Sided 10-Layer PCB Using 3D Printing

Engineers Create the First Double-Sided 10-Layer PCB Using 3D Printing

A new project indicates the value of 3D printing in PCB design: fast prototyping.


News May 22, 2020 by Gary Elinoff
MATLAB and Simulink Get a Major Deep Learning Facelift

MATLAB and Simulink Get a Major Deep Learning Facelift

MathWorks has revamped MATLAB and Simulink with a host of deep learning development tools—and they say these updates will be a major boon for automotive and wireless designers.


News May 09, 2020 by Robin Mitchell
Altium’s New Collaborative Platform Said to Slash the Lofty Price Tag on Design Miscommunication

Altium’s New Collaborative Platform Said to Slash the Lofty Price Tag on Design Miscommunication

There's a high price to pay when electrical engineers and mechanical engineers miscommunicate. Altium's new collaborative platform, Altium 365, may help.


News May 07, 2020 by Robin Mitchell
Printed Circuit Boards Receive an AI Boost Through Fraunhofer’s Modular Platform

Printed Circuit Boards Receive an AI Boost Through Fraunhofer’s Modular Platform

The AI platform from the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology (FIT) is comprised of modules for artificial intelligence, machine learning, and deep learning.


News May 06, 2020 by Luke James
Arm Now Offers Silicon Startups Free Access to Its Extensive IP Portfolio

Arm Now Offers Silicon Startups Free Access to Its Extensive IP Portfolio

For select silicon startups, Arm has swung open the doors on its IP portfolio.


What Is a Printed Circuit Board (PCB)?

What Is a Printed Circuit Board (PCB)?

This FEQ (Frequent Engineering Question) gives you essential information about the most important and widespread technique for converting a theoretical circuit into a functional physical device.


7 Collaborative PCB Software Programs for Designers Working Remotely

7 Collaborative PCB Software Programs for Designers Working Remotely

Social distancing doesn't mean your productivity must come to a halt.


News Apr 01, 2020 by Kayla Matthews
Cypress Semi Announces USB-C Controllers to Shrink Design Footprint of USB-Enabled Devices

Cypress Semi Announces USB-C Controllers to Shrink Design Footprint of USB-Enabled Devices

Cypress Semiconductor recently announced its latest USB-C controllers that are designed to improve next-generation PCs and notebooks.


News Mar 22, 2020 by Luke James
What Is a Hardware Description Language (HDL)?

What Is a Hardware Description Language (HDL)?

This FEQ (or Frequent Engineering Question) covers the basics of a crucial topic: hardware description languages.


Why CAD Models are Failing Professional Electrical Engineers

Why CAD Models are Failing Professional Electrical Engineers

In this article, Octopart's Director of Operations for Part Data Geof Lipman explores how traditional CAD modeling needs to change in order for electrical engineers to keep up with product design deadlines.


What 3D-Printed CurveBoards Offer for Circuit Design Testing

What 3D-Printed CurveBoards Offer for Circuit Design Testing

MIT has developed a software design kit that speeds up electronic device development and prototyping by creating curved breadboards with pinholes and connections mapped out automatically.


News Mar 06, 2020 by Luke James
What Are Zero-Ohm Resistors and How Are They Used In Circuit Design?

What Are Zero-Ohm Resistors and How Are They Used In Circuit Design?

In this FEQ (Frequent Engineering Question), we'll take a look at the advantages of zero-ohm resistors and where they're most suitable in design.


Magnetic Assembly: A New Option for Delicate 3D Integration?

Magnetic Assembly: A New Option for Delicate 3D Integration?

Pick-and-place can damage sensitive parts and contactless methods are inefficient for high volumes. What about magnetic assembly?


News Mar 04, 2020 by Robin Mitchell
Voltage Buffer Simulation in PSpice: Boosting the Output Current Drive of Op-Amps

Voltage Buffer Simulation in PSpice: Boosting the Output Current Drive of Op-Amps

Learn how simulating a voltage buffer can help you implement it more effectively to boost the output current drive of an op-amp.


How Is a Load Line Used in Circuit Design?

How Is a Load Line Used in Circuit Design?

In this entry of our Frequent Engineering Questions (FEQ) series, learn the basics of how a load line can be used in designing circuits.


The Curiously Low-tech Side of High-tech Manufacturing

The Curiously Low-tech Side of High-tech Manufacturing

In this article, engineers discuss seemingly primitive parts of the manufacturing process and the feasibility of replacing those processes with automation.


News Feb 08, 2020 by Ingrid Fadelli
How to Increase the Accuracy of a Hidden Layer Neural Network

How to Increase the Accuracy of a Hidden Layer Neural Network

In this article, we’ll perform some classification experiments and gather data on the relationship between hidden-layer dimensionality and network performance.