Custom Electronics Design
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Design Philosophy
Altium
Free Altium Training Videos
Quick Start to Altium Designer
Productivity Hacks
Scripting
Schematic Capture
Import to Schematic From FPGA Pinout File
PCB Layout
Bill Of Material
Gerbers
Cost Reduction
Checklists
Contracting Out Your PCB Layout
LTSpice
Using Other Manufacturer’s Parts In LTSpice
Estimating Power Dissipation In A MOSFET
Digikey
Part Selection
Becoming a Digi-key Vendor
PCB Vendors
Chipsets I Like
FTDI
ST Microelectronics Stepper Driver / Controller
Circuits
External FET Regulator
Gas Gauge review
Ideal Diode Controller
Hobby Electronics
Beaglebone
Hobby Vs. Custom
Firmware
PID Control Loops
Tool Chains
Cypress PSOC Creator
Altium FPGA / Firmware Design
Communication Methods
UART
Bluetooth LE
Ethernet
Lantronix
Microchip Chipset
SPI – DPRAM, FIFO, IO Interface
FPGA
Verilog
Test Benches
State machines
Altera / Intel SoC
Analog Design
Calculating Noise
Power Supply Regulation
Simulation
Op-amp Non-ideal stuff to watch out for
Sensor Interfaces
PMT
Photodiodes
Thermistor
Rotary Encoder
Opto Slot Sensors
Bubble Detectors
Inductive Proximity Sensors
Actuators
Solenoids
Steppers
TECs
Brush Motor H-Bridge
AC Resistive Heaters
Custom Mechanical Design
Solidworks
Quick Start to Solidworks
Saving Altium boards for friendly Solidworks Import
Sheet Metal Enclosures
Designing Silkscreen