Hackaday

Creating A PCB In Everything: Eagle, Part 2

In the last (and first) post in this series, we took a look at Eagle. Specifically, we learned how to create a custom part in Eagle. Our goal isn’t just to make our own parts in Eagle, we want to make ...
Electronic Specifier

Why your PCB design could be limiting antenna performance

Antenna performance isn't just about the antenna itself. The PCB beneath it is determining range, efficiency, & wireless ...
EDN

6 tips for choosing PCB components

PCB Design Best Practices: Six things to consider when making PCB component choices based on part footprints. All the examples in this article are developed using the NI Multisim design environment, ...
EDN

The Nature of PCB Losses — Part 2

Consider the frequency effect of attenuation constant. The higher harmonics are attenuated the most. In the digital signals the effect of higher harmonics is visible mostly at the signal transitions.
Hackaday

Creating A PCB In Everything: KiCad, Part 2

This is the continuation of a series where I create a PCB in every software suite imaginable. Last week, I took a look at KiCad, made the schematic representation for a component, and made a schematic ...