Rave review for free PCB layout manual
The latest issue of the Analog Devices Sensor IC newsletter I subscribe to had an offer for a free hard copy of the booklet, “PC Board Layout and Design Techniques” by James Bryant, Walt Kester, and Walt Jung. I clicked, filled out the relatively painless information page, and it arrived about 5 days later.
It’s a gem, and should be given to every third-year engineering student, because it will save them many painful hours in the lab trying to figure out why their new design is acting wiggy. For example, we often hear that it’s wise to separate sensitive analog parts from noisy digital components – but what does this mean? Separate by distance, and if so, how much? Or create a physical separation, and if so, how? The booklet includes a discussion of each, as well as pretty clear diagrams, and also includes proper grounding and decoupling methods. But this is just one section. The whole booklet is a little over 50 pages, and has an addendum on protyping best-practices with breadboards. As far as I know my link will work for anyone: Try it here to order: “PC Board Layout and Design Techniques” by James Bryant, Walt Kester, and Walt Jung.” UPDATE: ADI has run out of copies of the book — I’m checking with ADI to see if they can post the pdf…
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