A PCB ruler is a common promotional item, or design exercise. Usually they have some sample outlines and holes as an aid to PCB design, but sometimes they also incorporate some circuitry.

Although DIY PCB making has made great strides since the early days of chemical etching, there’s one fly in the ointment: vias. These connect individual layers of the board with a conductive ...

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One of the big themes in 2024 is MSI Project Zero where the cables in your PC connect to the back of the motherboard, instead of snaking around to the front. James has recently featured the MSI Z790 ...

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The little brother of ASRock's flagship X870E Taichi motherboard, the X870E Taichi Lite isn't cheap at $399.99 but gives you ...

A PDN is a combination of passive components (typically capacitors) and the routes (the metal layers and vias ... back side of the PCB, directly beneath the load (Fig. 6). 6.