| This installment was inspired by an old Tektronix power supply I saw that used a neon bulb. I originally thought it was a power indicator bu...
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| Today let’s drop the manual PCB design work and look at DesignSpark’s automatic routing tools.
| Magnetrons are the key component in microwave ovens, but they are also used as heating, drying and curing elements for semiconductor manufac...
| Today let’s look at DesignSpark’s component placement tools.
| Have you ever wondered how one of those small, portable coolers keep things cold without any moving parts? Well wonder no more—they use smal...
| Today let’s look at how to use buses in your DesignSpark schematics.Last time we explored multiple page schematics and the cross probe tool...
| One part that’s always intrigued me was how Tektronix used tunnel diodes in some of their oscilloscope trigger circuits. They aren’t common...
| Today let’s try a larger, more complex design in DesignSpark PCB that uses multiple schematic sheets.So far I’ve been using small design exa...
| If you’ve ever touched any RF circuitry there’s a very good chance it contained at least one variable capacitor in its voltage controlled os...
| Let’s import our PCB back into our 3D model and have a little fun.Over the last couple of days (that mysteriously lengthened to months in El...