Some initial research points to yes, for certain applications. Here's a preview of a paper I'll be sharing at this year's IEEE EMC + SIPI conference in Spokane. There's still a lot of work to be done, and I'm admittedly …
Read articleA few months ago, I had the wonderful privilege of presenting a webinar with the great team at Nine Dot Connects (NDC). I've been a huge fan of NDC ever since I first started learning Altium at my first job out of …
Read articleI recently presented (another) webinar with EMA Design Automation to discuss DDR5 ! This time the discussion was centered around a live post-layout demo. In the example, I showed the analysis of a board with PowerSI …
Read articleI recently presented a webinar with EMA Design Automation to discuss DDR5 ! I cover the new features added compared to DDR4 then spend some time showing a demo of Cadence Topology Explorer ( TopXp ) including simulation …
Read articleWe've all been there: you've got a problem to solve and are faced with the make versus buy decision. In my case, I wanted to switch a USB peripheral between two PCs; that's the only hard requirement. The easiest …
Read articleDuring a recent weekend, I found myself with some parts laying around which I hadn't used in quite a while. First in the bin was an old Orange Pi One1 (an underpowered SBC similar to the Raspberry Pi) which I was going …
Read articleI recently presented a webinar with EMA Design Automation to explain some common signal and power integrity problems that I've encountered. All of these issues are ones which I've dealt with in the past, and each one …
Read articleShield Digital Design and MAB Labs have collaborated to publish a white paper describing both hardware and software methods of reducing power consumption for an Industrial IoT (IIoT) wirelessly networked device.
Read articleThe dreaded P0171 code… If you've experienced it, just the mention likely gives you nightmares. If not - here's the rundown. P0171 is the automotive On-Board Diagnostics ( OBD ) code1 for a lean condition on the engine. …
Read articleThe Question A recent homework problem had us derive the parallel plate capacitor1 equation for electrostatics. This gives the capacitance of a parallel plate structure in terms of the plate area, distance between the …
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