PCB Power’s Flex PCB review

With their popularity among hobbyists and professionals alike, PCB Power is one of the top choices for PCB manufacturing in India. With their industry-leading online quotation system and hassle-free service, they have earned their place in the market. In addition to it they also works with a small quantity manufacturing run. Where as with traditional manufacturers you might struggle to…

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Design Tips: Reducing BOM items

While running yesterday, I noticed how this treadmill manufacturer used standard 7-segment displays with a decimal point to create a colon. The image shows the manufacturer rotating the 7-segment display and using its decimal point to form a colon for a clock. But why go through this effort? To understand that, let's discuss reducing BOM items and designing for manufacturing.…

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Lumos: a handy illuminating bookmark

I always have been a night owl, and I find myself motivated to dive into the deep end of the book at night. Lighting the whole room for reading was never an ideal choice. Using a desk lamp was not an option for me. I always found lamps so permanent and rigid that I was always looking for something better.…

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Precision Current Source : Part Three

In this post, we will finally look at the working Precision Current Source. We will assemble the device and calibrate it using a 34465A bench multimeter. Finally, I got this project almost to the finish line. I will tell you what is remaining. But for now, I am happy with how this project turned out. Precision Current Source Specification The…

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Design Tips: Over-Current Protection

Over-current protection is a type of circuit protection that stops your designs from releasing the magic smoke (getting damage). In some ways, most over-current protection circuits help with the over-voltage condition too. It's because as the voltage increases, the current draw increases too. What are our options for over-current protection? The simplest form of over-current protection is adding a current…

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