There are myriad of PCB manufacturers in the market and its very common as a customer to get confused in the process of picking the right one. If you have ever been in such situation or going through one right…
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What is Solder Mask: Solder mask aka Solder Resist or Solder stop mask is a polymer that is coated on the the surface of a PCB board. By doing so this polymer will prevent the PCB from degradation due to…
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Test points are defined as the terminals in a PCB which allows users to transmit test signals to the PCB to test its functionality or to monitor the parameters in a PCB to verify its integrity. Simply put these test…
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Function generators are quite expensive and due to that many engineers limit themselves by not getting one for their workbench. This hinders many testing and prototyping opportunities. Gladly there is a work around for this, a DIY Function generator that…
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My name is Sven Petersen. I am an engineer and into professionally developing electronic hardware since 1995. I started as a hobbyist in 1979 and soon after that, I have made my first PCBs using a permanent marker and ferric…
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For hobbyist’s, engineers, and electronic enthusiasts, knowing the states of a logic circuit are important pieces of information. In addition, it is important to know what the frequency is of a pulse train. Is it in the audio, ultrasonic spectrum,…
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Printed Circuit Boards or PCBs as they are called, have been one of the most important revolutions in the world of technology. Replacing redundant and inefficient wires, they helped to rapidly accelerate the world of technology, and thereby permitting of…
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