Welldone Blog About Board and Hardware Design

Why? In some cases it is not clear if the signals are connected or if wires are just crossing. Also, it can cause problems when manipulating with wires (e.g. moving or copying them). Note: This is a tip from my new book which I am preparing. If you would like …

Why? It helps everyone read and understand your schematic very quickly. Note: This is a tip from my new book which I am preparing. If you would like to be notified when this book is ready, just fill out this form >

TIP #092: Under a component with exposed pad (EP), you may want to place decoupling capacitors the way, that the GND pads will be located under the EP Why? It’s easy to connect them to GND and it keeps current loops small. Note: This is a tip from my new …

Why? So you don’t forget about them until you are ready to create variants. Note: This is a tip from my new book which I am preparing. If you would like to be notified when this book is ready, just fill out this form >

Why? Sometimes you may be very limited in space and it can be the only way to place the crystal. Tested on many boards, it works. Note: This is a tip from my new book which I am preparing. If you would like to be notified when this book is …

Why? The solder transfers heat to all the pins at once and you can easily remove the component. Do not worry to short all the pins with a lot of solder. It can be easily removed. Note: This is a tip from my new book which I am preparing. If …

Why? You do not want to forget them, but you do not want to have them in BOM. Note: This is a tip from my new book which I am preparing. If you would like to be notified when this book is ready, just fill out this form >

Why? Sometimes you may need to open two different versions of the same board and you would like to know what version you are looking at. Note: This is a tip from my new book which I am preparing. If you would like to be notified when this book is …