Schematic Design

Getting the fundamentals of power supply design right is critical to ensuring the reliability of a circuit. Here are some common challenges and key tips.

Learn the physics behind a forced harmonic oscillator and the equation required to determine the frequency for peak amplitude.

Learn how the resistance reflection rule is calculated to determine the characteristics and performance of an amplifier.

What is the resonant frequency of an RLC circuit and does it behave differently for series and parallel RLC circuits? Let’s explore this answer and more.

This article is about how CAD schematic pin arrangements should be done to create usable schematics and avoid potential errors.

This article defines damping and natural frequency, examines the effects of damping natural frequency, and how to compensate in electronics for these effects.

MPPT vs. PWM is a common comparison when designing solar charge controllers. See this article for which to use as well as some design tips.

Understand oscillating frequencies, their applications in electronics, and how to compensate for energy loss in oscillators in your design.

Check out this article for how to convert analog signals to PWM signals, as well as some design tips for analog to PWM converters.

This article discusses the necessity of PCB pad size guidelines and the resources you can use for information on the sizes and shapes of the pads you need.

The potential of biodegradable electronic components for agricultural, medical, consumer, and defense devices have increased the interest in the development of soft, transient components.

This article describes different ways for building and loading PCB footprints into the Allegro PCB Editor.

This article explains how and why to apply photodiode bias in a standard photodiode circuit for optical measurements.

A steering diode can be used to protect circuits from transient events such as power surges. This guide will explain how they work and how to use them.

This article is about how choosing the right component for your circuit from a library can help you to be more efficient in your design creation.

To make the best choice for PCB layout tools, here are some features to keep in mind during your evaluation.

Here’s a Nernst equation example for electrochemical systems designers.