Practical guides for working engineers — no fluff, real numbers.
A practical guide to designing controlled-impedance microstrip traces. Covers Hammerstad-Jensen equations, material selection, and manufacturing tolerances.
Read article →Learn how to perform an RF link budget analysis from scratch. Covers FSPL, antenna gain, cable losses, receiver sensitivity, and link margin.
Read article →How to calculate PCB trace width for a given current. Compares the two IPC standards and covers temperature rise, voltage drop, and copper weight.
Read article →How to design a synchronous buck converter from scratch — duty cycle, inductor value, output capacitor, and efficiency analysis with worked examples.
Read article →How to choose and design active filters. Practical comparison of the three main filter types with design examples for ADC anti-aliasing and signal processing.
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