Questions tagged [best-practice]
A best practice is a method or technique that has consistently shown results superior to those achieved with other means, and that is used as a benchmark
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Does a ground cutout underneath an inductor make a difference?
Does a ground cutout underneath an inductor significantly reduce parallel parasitic capacitance and therefore extend the bandwidth of an inductor?
The context is that I am trying to filter noise on a ...
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Best practice for handling decoupling guidelines from both source and load
I'll often use tools for designing switching regulators that will give me a recommended amount of bulk decoupling to handle some amount of step load to get a desired transient response and ripple. ...
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Is there a standard or best practice way to draw sense connections for power rails?
I have a design that's effectively a baseboard for a system on module (SOM). As part of the power generation, for the various voltages that are supplied to the SOM, a sense line is fed back through ...
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Industry standard/best practices for connectors that I can't find in NFPA
I work in automation/fabrication and my duties often involve both designing the circuits and wiring the panels.
I'm wiring a couple of safety sensors (one magnetic door sensor, one latching door lock) ...
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Best practice for unused pins
I have a 74LS74 S-R Latch (Dual D-Type Flip-Flop). I'm only using one of the flip-flops though.
What's best practice for the unused pins? Should I ground them all, connect them together, connect ...
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Can you sum demodulated signals with a single summing amp, or is it best to demodulate individually then sum together?
I'm working with Delta-Sigma modulation signals for audio ADC/DAC, and I'm curious if there is a best practice when it comes to summing their signals. Demodulation is generally achieved with a simple ...
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What are techniques to fix/compensate parasitic effects that occur at very high frequencies in passive electronic components on circuit level?
There are of course equivalent circuit models for modeling practical passive components using idealized elementary circuit models that reflect the parasitic effects that occur at high frequencies , ...
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How should I store my oscilloscope and probes
What are the best practices for storing an oscilloscope and probes?
Should the probes be disconnected after use, etc.?
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Should I protect against collapsing field effects of a microcontroller-driven small-signal relay coil?
I am building a simple engage/bypass switch for musical (e.g. electric guitar) effects. The signal switching will be done by a single coil (bistable) latching relay, such as the Panasonic TQ2-L-5V. ...
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Specific Li-po, Li-ion and charging facts (low intensity, slow)
I have the following battery, but not its original charger:
12 V, 4.0 Ah
Cell Balancing Longer Battery Life Increased Battery Lifespan. Higher Battery Resources Due To Evenly Used Cells.
BTW ...
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Powering MCU and LCD screen
I’m using a 7805CT to regulate power for an Atmega328p for a project with an LCD screen. At first I was planning on having the LCD screen connected to the output of the regulator as well until I ...
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PCB tracks as wide as possible or just as wide as needed?
what is the best practice regarding the width of PCB tracks?
There are of course a few hard constraints :
wide enough to keep voltage drop acceptable
wide enough to prevent excessive heating
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Absolute Maximum logic voltage best practices
I'm interfacing a PIC24FJ MCU along with a Microchip BM83 BT module. The absolute maximum ratings for the "logic high" level show 3.6 V (with 3.3 V as nominal) on any given I/O port of the ...
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Wiring Home Alarm Motion Sensors into a Micro Controller
I have approx. 25 motion detectors designed to be wired into a traditional home alarm system. They take 12V DC and have two built-in switches that open when events occur. One switch opens when motion ...
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Best practices for low power consumption (battery operated) I2C pullups
I'm working on a battery powered device and am trying to extend battery life by using a lot of interrupt and timer driven code on the microcontroller (keeping it sleeping most of the time) and putting ...
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