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DIY Two-Channel 120W DC Power Supply

Build a custom dual-channel 12V AC-DC power supply with 120W capacity for projects and tools.

March 28, 2020 • 8 min read

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Electronics Hardware Design

Engineered to Doom - Red Flags for PCB Design

Identify critical PCB design mistakes: clock selection, signal routing, and grounding pitfalls.

May 19, 2019 • 3 min read Electronics Hardware Design

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Strategy for component placement

PCB component placement strategies considering mechanical, manufacturing, and circuit design constraints.

May 17, 2019 • 8 min read Electronics Hardware Design

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Checklist for error-free optimized PCB layout

Comprehensive PCB layout checklist covering footprints, placement, routing, and verification steps.

April 15, 2019 • 8 min read Electronics Hardware Design

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Board bring up: Giving life to the design

Complete board bring-up process covering assembly verification, testing, debugging, and validation steps.

April 9, 2019 • 4 min read Electronics Hardware Design

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100 Point Checklist for Schematic Design

Comprehensive 100-point schematic design checklist covering design rules, components, and verification steps.

April 6, 2019 • 7 min read Electronics Hardware Design

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Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)

Generating and Configuring Xilinx FPGA with MCS

While working with Xilinx FPGA and Vivado design suite, you might come across many binary file formats. Most of them are …

February 14, 2018 • 3 min read

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GNU Octave - Scientific Programming Language

Octave:2> Functions

Define and use custom functions in GNU Octave: MATLAB files, inline, and anonymous functions.

April 19, 2020 • 4 min read GNU Octave

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Octave:2> Scripts and Algorithm

Create reusable Octave scripts and implement algorithms through sequential command execution.

April 18, 2020 • 5 min read GNU Octave

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Octave:3> File Operations

Learn file operations in GNU Octave including saving/loading workspace and data import/export.

April 19, 2020 • 5 min read GNU Octave

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Octave:3> Data Visualization

Create professional data visualizations using Octave plots, graphs, charts, and figure windows.

April 25, 2020 • 10 min read GNU Octave

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Introduction to Diode

Avalanche Diode

Avalanche diode characteristics, breakdown mechanisms, and applications in surge protection and RF.

March 10, 2019 • 4 min read

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Memristor

Memristor Development - A Chronological Perspective

With the radical capability to retain its state memristor is going to bring a revolutionary change in the way, we store …

March 19, 2018 • 3 min read

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Memristor - A Brief Overview of Missing Basic Element

If you are keeping up with the latest technology, it will be no wonder to be aware of a memristor. Well, we are aware of …

March 18, 2018 • 3 min read

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