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Technical articles on PCB design, manufacturing, and industry best practices. Written by our engineering team.
Vietnam vs China PCB manufacturing compared for 2026: board cost, labor rates, Section 301 tariffs, capability gap in layer count and HDI, lead times
RS-485 and RS-232 PCB design guide covering transceiver selection, 120 ohm termination, fail-safe biasing, ESD and surge protection, isolated RS-485 layout
BLDC motor controller PCB design guide covering 3-phase inverter bridge layout, low-inductance power loops, gate driver placement, shunt current sensing
IoT hardware security PCB design guide. JTAG protection and key provisioning for connected devices that cannot be compromised
Ethernet PHY PCB design guide covering magnetics placement rules, Bob Smith termination, 100 ohm MDI differential pair routing
CAN bus PCB design guide covering differential pair routing and EMC rules that keep automotive and industrial networks error-free
Ultra-wideband PCB design guide covering 6.5/8 GHz impulse radio layout, antenna and phase-center rules, BLE coexistence, automotive digital-key requirements
System-on-Module carrier board PCB design guide covering SoM connector selection, multi-rail power tree design
PCB antenna design guide covering IFA and MIFA trace antennas, chip antennas, 50 ohm matching networks and tuning with a VNA, layout rules that preserve range