PCB
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🔄 Value in connected products comes from things that can change
In the realm of industrial connected devices, the era of “develop, lock it down, and ship it forever” is largely behind us. I’ve observed there is always another improvement that will add value to the system. And because modern platforms (l…
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🧪 Is 13 board revisions too many?
I was in a meeting recently with a potential customer, and they said they did not want to go through 50 prototypes to get a product out the door. 50 is a bit of an exaggeration, but I routinely see printed circuit boards (PCBs) at version 1…
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Reflections on KiCad and EDA Tools
A recent interview with a KiCad developer prompted some reflection on KiCad and EDA (electronic design automation) tools in general. Below are samples of several PCB (printed circuit board) designs, created with KiCAD, and implemented as pa…