Whether you’re building a wearable device, or an industrial system, chances are you’ll be integrating an accelerometer. Accelerometers are electromechanical devices that measure acceleration across one, or multiple, axes. Some common uses are to detect position, velocity, vibration, and to determine orientation (for example, to orient the display in your smartphone or tablet). The most important factors to consider when…
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Engineer Spotlight: Suresh Joshi from Vicara Solutions Inc
Read moreName Suresh Joshi Company Vicara Solutions Inc Role Principal Consultant Location Toronto, Canada Hi Suresh. Which tools do you use for circuit board design? Why? Suresh: At my first start-up, we began by using Eagle Lite and KiCAD, because well…let’s be honest, they were free and we had no money. That doesn’t imply that they…
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The Top 10 Bluetooth Components
Read moreEver wonder which Bluetooth processors and modules are most designed-in to products? We took a look at the most designed-in Bluetooth components based on our download data at SnapEDA, which provides free symbols & footprints for millions of electronic components. Note: This data is gathered based on the most downloaded parts on SnapEDA over the past few…
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How to pick a bluetooth module
Read moreWhen selecting a Bluetooth solution for your designs, you might compare a processor and a module and think “well the Bluetooth processor is cheaper, so let’s go with that.” But the decision isn’t always so clear cut. We had the opportunity to interview Sam De Marco, a sales engineer at Laird Technologies, to get his opinion on the…
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Engineer Spotlight: Derek Smith of Tesla Controls
Read moreName Derek Smith Company Tesla Controls Role CEO Chief Dancer Location Sunny San Diego, CA Hi Derek. Which tools do you use for circuit board design? Derek: Altium – It’s very fast and easy to generate high quality output. Also, I work on many projects with mechanical engineers and being able to output STEP…
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InstaPart Credits Now Rollover on Quarterly and Annual Plans!
Read moreGood news for anyone on our Professional or Premium plans: unused InstaPart credits now rollover on quarterly and annual subscriptions! InstaPart is our popular on-demand model request service that allows PCB designers & teams to get any symbol & footprint within 24 hours. InstaPart, along with several other features, is available with our paid plans, or can be purchased standalone.…
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How to Convert Eagle Libraries to Other Formats (KiCad, Altium, OrCAD, etc.)
Read moreYou can now convert your Eagle libraries to KiCad, Altium, OrCad (and other formats) on SnapEDA. Try the tool for yourself here, or watch the video below to see it in action!
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The Top 4 Desktop PCB Printers
Read moreView Post Deadlines are an unpleasant part of life for an electronic designer. While design of a printed circuit board (PCB) can be done internally, manufacturing is generally outsourced. This dependence often results in uncontrollable, and unexpected delays. Just imagine if you had to wait days or weeks to get an assembled PCB, only to…
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A Breakdown of Circuit Board Design Around the World
Read moreWhen you think about electronics design, you would probably guess that the vast majority is taking place in the U.S., India, China, Germany or Japan. But our data tells a different story. We discovered that design & innovation is happening everywhere, and that the electronics design industry is vast, global, and widely distributed. Let’s take a look at where PCBs are…
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How to Merge Eagle Library Files Downloaded From SnapEDA Into a Single Library
Read moreI am often asked how to merge individual Eagle library files downloaded from SnapEDA into existing libraries, or into one big library. Although this is available as a feature included in SnapEDA’s Premium version (ie. the ability to batch together parts and bulk download them into a single Eagle library file), there are also several other ways to…
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