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The Need for High-Accuracy Ultra-Low Pressure Sensors

Learn about the benefits of board-mounted pressure sensors and the considerations when selecting them.

November 23, 2021 by Craig Sanderson, Sager Electronics

Considerations for Including a Board Mount Pressure Sensor

In this article, find out what board mount pressure sensors are, how they work, their benefits, applications, and how to choose one for a design.

November 19, 2021 by Craig Sanderson, Sager Electronics

High-layer Count (HLC) PCB Technology for the 5G Era

One effective solution to the requirements of 5G technology is the use of HLC (High-layer Count) PCB boards that integrate key features such as skip vias, POVF manufacturing, advanced raw materials, and impedance control.

November 11, 2021 by Sarah Kuang, Kinwong

Intro to 5G NR

Learn the basics of 5G NR (New Radio), including its frequency bands, applications, and what technologies make it possible.

October 15, 2021 by Dale Wilson

Learn How Integrated Solutions Can Increase the Accuracy of Resistive Current Sensing

In this article, we’ll discuss why a discrete implementation cannot provide a high accuracy in resistive current sensing.

August 15, 2021 by Dr. Steve Arar

Using Single-Ended Amplifiers in Low-Side Current Sensing: Error Sources and Layout Tips

Learn how to use single-ended amplifiers in low-side current sensing, including PCB layout tips and considerations, as well as a layout example based on an op-amp in the SOT23 package.

August 10, 2021 by Dr. Steve Arar

Resistive Current Sensing: Low-Side vs. High-Side Sensing

What's the difference between high-side and low-side resistive current sensing? This article explains the basics, as well as when each is the more appropriate design choice.

August 01, 2021 by Dr. Steve Arar

Design Tips for Protecting High-Speed Interfaces

In this second installment of the "Protect Your Ports! Top Design Tips to Keep Your Communications Connected" series, we explore what protecting high-speed interfaces looks like, including USB, HDMI, DisplayPort, and eSATA.

June 29, 2021 by Todd Phillips, Littelfuse

Examining the Negative Resistance of a Quartz Crystal Oscillator

This article discusses how we can examine the oscillator circuit to make sure that it has sufficient “negative resistance” or “oscillation allowance”.

June 18, 2021 by Dr. Steve Arar

Assessing the Effect of Load Capacitance on the Frequency of a Quartz Crystal

Learn how the load capacitance mismatch can “pull” the crystal to oscillate at a different frequency and how we can circumvent this problem.

June 16, 2021 by Dr. Steve Arar

Protecting Power Over Ethernet (PoE / PoE++) Communications

This article is the first in the "Protect Your Ports! Top Design Tips to Keep Your Communications Connected" series from Littelfuse.

April 14, 2021 by Todd Phillips, Littelfuse

Four Lessons an Adult Engineer Can Learn From Children’s Toys

Children’s toys aren’t just for children. Inside every toy, there are hundreds of hours of engineering experience just waiting to be discovered.

March 24, 2021 by Mark Hughes

PCB Layout Techniques for Reducing Harmonic Distortion of a Differential ADC Driver

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February 19, 2021 by Dr. Steve Arar

Simplifying EV Power Design by Overcoming the Gate Driver Power Challenge

Power conversion systems in EVs follow the half-bridge configuration. This article explores the IGBT half-bridge design of a high-voltage side (output stage) of the gate driver.

February 16, 2021 by Charlie Ice, Silicon Labs

All About Seeing Your Projects: Optical and Digital Magnification

Smaller electronics call for more powerful inspection equipment. If you're building a collection of at-home lab equipment, these visual tools may help you see where you're going on minuscule boards.

February 14, 2021 by Mark Hughes

How to Use Decoupling Capacitor Placement to Reduce Harmonic Distortion

Learn how to reduce second harmonic distortion by following some guidelines for placing decoupling capacitors in your PCB layout.

February 12, 2021 by Dr. Steve Arar

Nine Factors to Consider for Board-Level Machine Vision Camera Integration

Leveraging board-level cameras offer a variety of benefits. To help identify the right mix of features and design elements, here are some factors to consider when selecting and designing in an embedded machine vision camera.

February 11, 2021 by Brian Cha, FLIR

Understanding and Mitigating Motor Driver Board Parasitics through Simulation

This article explores using PSpice for TI to simulate potential causes for parasitic effects in a motor-drive design and offers design tips to mitigate the negative effects common with high-power motor-drive systems.

February 04, 2021 by Matt Hein, Texas Instruments

Reducing Second Harmonic Distortion with Symmetrical PCB Layout

Need a low-distortion ADC interface? In this article, we'll discuss how to reduce 2nd harmonic distortion by using symmetric PCB layout.

January 18, 2021 by Dr. Steve Arar

Introduction to Thermal Characterization Parameters

In this article, we’ll discuss another group of thermal data, called thermal characterization parameters denoted by the Greek letter Psi (Ψ).

January 14, 2021 by Dr. Steve Arar