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Yes, I did try Saturn PCB calculator. In fact that was the first thing I tried. Saturn PCB Toolkit does not offer any specific method to calculate trace current for metal clad PCBs.
Is there a standard/calculator available to calculate trace width for designing metal clad PCBs? Many calculators available online can only calculate trace width for FR4 PCBs based on the IPC standard. I understand that due to better thermal performance of metal clad PCB, the temperature rise of...
I am worried about whether I am providing enough heatsink for the FET or not. Unless I know the exact power, I cannot be sure of that. The inductor is 4.5mH with 4 ohms of resistance. The frequency is 300Hz with a duty cycle varying from 50% to 90%.
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I am trying to calculate the RMS current through a MOSFET for the sake of calculating its power dissipation. The MOSFET is acting as a low side driver with an inductive load. Now most of the app notes and articles out there model the inductor current as ramp for calculations. This is ok for...
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I am designing a PCB for which I have to mention the stack up and do some impedance calculations. I have a basic question. When I say that I have a core with a thickness of 200 um, does this 200 um include the thickness of copper as well? I mean if i am using 35 um copper, is the cross...
There are three ground planes. One analog ground, one digital ground and one power ground which are ultimately connected as a star connection. They do not overlap with each other.
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I am designing a PCB which will be housed in a metal enclosure. Is it advisable to have plated PCB mounting holes and connect them to ground plane? I have seen some PCBs where the plated mounting hole is connected to the ground plane through an RC network. What's the reason behind this...
I believe that has got something to do with the automotive EMC standards. The way they define performance criteria for the ECUs especially for functions like headlamps, DRL etc. does make it mandatory that the lamp should remain ON even during disturbance.
Agreed. But voltages less than 10V...
Not a direct answer to your question, but as per my understanding LED drivers are mostly boost converters which use NMOS. Even Infineon recommends using 5V gate voltage compatible MOSFETs in their application notes.
Also, during worst case cold cranking the input voltage can go as low as 4.5V...
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For that matter, how much of capacitive load can any regular MCU pin drive? I mean, after how much load should I start thinking of buffers?
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I am using my MCU to drive select lines of ten 74HC series multiplexers connected in parallel. Each select line presents a maximum capacitance of 10pF as per the datasheet. Which means the MCU pin has to switch a maximum of 100pF. The select lines switch approximately every 250us. In this...
This means unless the circuit has patented blocks, any product as such cannot be copyrighted. In this case, if I have to copyright my product, how can I do it?
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If I am designing a new product and want to copyright the circuit, what is the scope of that copyright? Does it include the 'design' part of the circuit or is it just the 'schematic' or 'drawing'?
If the copyright holds only for drawing, what are the ways in which I can protect my 'design'?
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