Moore’s law, applied to data rates, has pushed PCB circuits so fast that the layout becomes part of the circuit. In designs such as DDR3 and PCIe, the fastest memory and high-speed serial performance ...

When current flows through a conductor it becomes an inductor, when there is an inductor there is an electromagnetic field (EM). This can cause a variety of issues during PCB layout if you don’t plan ...

One of the big problems with doing PCB layout is finding a suitable footprint for the components you want to use. Most tools have some library although — of course — some are better than others. You ...

This week Mentor Graphics released its Xpedition™ platform, which squarely takes aim at simplifying board layout and place and route. Long gone are the days when each component could be considered a ...

Designers who use today’s large FPGAs on their PCBs (printed-circuit boards) face an increasing problem: handling the pinout and board tracking around the packages of these programmable devices. The ...

Duplicate complex circuit blocks effortlessly to reduce design time, ensure consistency, and cut production costs—all with Altium Designer's PCB Layout Replication. PCB Layout Replication in Altium ...

MULINO, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ExpressPCB®, whose mission is to provide software and manufacturing solutions for low cost, fast turnaround prototyping, has just announced the new PCB layout software ...

6. SOT-23 and SOIC packages are typically used in low-power motor drivers. Standard leaded packages, like SOIC and SOT-23 packages, are often used for low-power motor drivers (Fig. 6). To maximize the ...

We all know that the successor towards AMD's Polaris (Radeon 570/580/590) is to be released, with some announcements already expected during Computex late next month. Indications for this are getting ...

A clear photograph of the Radeon RX 9060 XT PCB surfaced following a factory tour by Slovakia’s HW Cooling site. The image, marked with the internal code ‘R906XTG’, depicts the board intended for one ...