Technical Articles

How much do you really know about vias, one of the building blocks of PCB design?

Why you should care about even small amounts of inductance.

This article explains and discusses an important simplification technique used in op amp analysis.

This two-article series presents an overview of circuit symbols and also provides some information on the components themselves.

This two-article series provides an overview of circuit symbols, along with some information on the components that they represent.

Learn what ground bounce is and how you can avoid it with design decisions from PCB layout to programming.

High-speed signals don't follow the path of least resistance; they follow the path of least impedance.

This article provides an introduction to the characteristics and requirements of EV battery systems.

This article explores charge-amplifier design details, including ESD protection and frequency response.

In this article we’ll explore a circuit that produces an output voltage proportional to the charge generated by a piezoelectric transducer....

Circuit board stacks of four or more layers often have through vias that attach to pads on layers where there is no electrical connection. Should those non-function pads stay, or should they...

This article will explain some of the most important settings and design parameters for the Xilinx FFT IP core and function as a basic walkthrough of the Fast Fourier Transform interface....

This article explains some theory behind piezoelectric sensors and presents an equivalent circuit that you can use when you’re designing sensor systems....

This article presents Scilab code that allows you to generate I/Q, noise, and chirp signals from your PC’s headphone jack.

In this article, we’ll use Scilab to generate numerical signals that can be converted into analog waveforms by a computer’s audio hardware....

This article will discuss a well-known technique called “double flopping” to transfer a single-bit control signal between two clock domains....

This article discusses the mathematical significance of I/Q signals and presents the final steps in the DSP algorithm for decoding frequency-shift-keying baseband signals....

What is a PLC? This article will lay out a succinct definition of what a programmable logic controller is and lay out its basic components....

An improved algorithm, in conjunction with quadrature modulation, can achieve FSK decoding that is not affected by phase misalignment.