Category: EDA


  • State of the EAGLE 2017 – Autodesk EAGLE Turns One Year Old

    Today Autodesk EAGLE turns one year old! Our hats go off to all of our customers who made this day possible. Read on to learn about what the year had in store for our State of the EAGLE 2017.


  • Tin Whiskers: PCB Soldering Issue

    What can destroy your manufactured PCB without you ever knowing about it? Tin whiskers, and they mean business. Read on to learn what they are, and how you can fight back.


  • The Future of Electronics with MIDs

    Ready to start thinking outside the box? Molded interconnect devices (MIDs) are here, and these aren’t your father’s PCB layouts anymore. Learn all about this new design technology, and how it’s going to change the way you engineer!


  • What is an Inductor, In Plain English

    Can you name the 3 P's of electronics design? We’re talking about passive components here, learn all about inductors and how they work, in plain English.


  • How Do Microcontrollers Work?

    Honey, I shrunk the computer! Learn about the hidden world of computers all around us that take form as a microcontroller.


  • Op-Amps: A Beginners Guide

    What are operational amplifiers (op-amps), and how do they work in an electronics circuit? Read on to find your answers!


  • Top 10 PCB Soldering Issues

    You’ve got 99 problems, and soldering might be one. Learn about the top 10 soldering issues that can ruin your PCB design.


  • Amazon Go & RFID – The Automation Dilemma

    The more we automate, the fewer jobs we create. It’s a strange dilemma that hasn’t gotten any easier thanks to Amazon and RFID. Read on to see if this is the end of the retail employee.


  • Wireless Charging: How Qi Charging works

    OHM...Time to channel your inner Chi; We mean Qi, to keep your smartphone charged! Learn all about how wireless charging works with electricity and magnetism...OHM


  • The Future of Computing – Quantum & Qubits

    Change is on the horizon, friends. Will quantum computing forever alter the world of computers that we have come to know? Long live the terminal!


  • Electromagnetic Waves and How They Work

    It’s time to do the wave, electromagnetic style! Learn the basics of wireless electronics with where it all starts, electromagnetic waves.


  • The Miniaturization of Electronics

    Were you born too late to enjoy the world of vacuum tube computing in the 1940s? Read this blog, and you might just find a newfound appreciation for your computer.


  • What is a Transistors: The World of Modern Electrons

    Come one, come all to the modern word of electronics! We’ve got rockets, drones, computers, oh my. All thanks to the transistor.


  • Arduino Shield Buying & Designing

    Need to power up your Arduino-based electronics project? Come learn about our top 10 Arduino shields inside and even how to design your own in Autodesk EAGLE!


  • Graphene & the Future of Electronics

    It’s the Game of Thrones, electronics style! Join us for a look into the potentially new future of electronics if graphene dethrones silicon.