This article is about the parasitic properties of capacitors. It discusses the issues they cause, mitigating the parasitic properties, and even how to turn them into something useful. Note: This article assumes an understanding of basic circuit theory. In particular, it assumes knowledge of the behaviour of ideal capacitors, resistors, and inductors.
When designing an electrical or electronic system, product designers may find themselves asking “Should we be spinning a custom PCB (Printed Circuit Board), or hand-wiring on a perfboard or breadboard?” This article discusses some of the advantages and disadvantages of Designing a Custom PCB identified during a group discussion of StarFish Medical electronic engineers.
One task that I’ve seen grossly under-estimated (and have under-estimated myself) is the time that it takes to construct and debug prototypes. This blog has a few tips on saving time (money) during the build and debugging of a prototype.
Assembling, testing, modifying. These are things we do with PCBs every time we build them. This blog offers a few tips to design your board for ease of assembly, testing, and modification.
Designing a printed circuit board (PCB)? Is it for a prototype? I’m a Junior Electrical Engineer at StarFish Medical. This article summarizes some of the things that I’ve learned since I’ve been here. It is intended to serve as some words of advice to the novice PCB designer. The focus is on medical device PCB […]