Designing Electronics that Work

Title Page Table of Contents Preface 1 What to Build and How to Plan for it 1.1 Discovering Product Requirements 1.2 Writing Specifications 1.3 Writing the Test Plan 1.4 Accurate Schedule Prediction 1.5 How Manufacturing Works 2 Selecting Components 2.1 How to buy parts 2.2 Passive Components 2.2.1 Capacitors 2.2.2 Resistors 2.2.3 Inductors 2.2.4 Ferrite beads 2.2.5 Connectors and cables 2.2.6 Circuit protection 2.3 Active components 2.3.1 Oscillators and crystals 2.3.2 ADCs and DACs 2.3.3 Power supplies 2.3.4 Microcontrollers 2.3.5 RF 2.3.6 Transistors 2.3.7 Diodes 2.3.8 Batteries 3 Prototyping 3.1 Hardware Prototyping Principles 3.2 How to Develop Hardware Quickly 3.3 Modules & Eval Boards 3.4 Breadboards 3.5 Prototyping Platforms 3.5.1 Arduino 3.5.2 Raspberry Pi et al 3.5.3 RF Prototyping 3.6 Lab Notebooks 4 Schematic Design 4.1 Conventions 4.2 Avoiding mistakes 4.3 Debugging 4.4 Ensuring performance 5 Layout Design 5.1 General 5.2 Performance 5.3 Stackup 5.3.1 Vias 5.3.2 Stackup Example 5.4 DFx 5.5 Mechanical 5.6 Thermal considerations 5.7 Avoiding mistakes 5.8 EMC and EMI 6 Cost engineering 6.1 Cost Reduction in your Schematic 6.2 Cost Reduction in your Layout 6.3 Cost Reduction in your Assembly 7 Fabrication and Assembly 7.1 Preparing for Fabrication 7.2 Buying parts 7.3 Finding and working with CMs 7.4 PCB fabrication 7.5 How Assembly Works 7.6 Soldering techniques 7.7 Tips for Assembly 7.8 System Integration 8 Testing 8.1 Regulatory testing 8.1.1 Approval marks 8.1.2 Electromagnetic compatibility 8.1.3 Medical devices 8.1.4 Getting standards 8.2 PCB functionality tests 8.2.1 Board bring up 8.2.2 Test fixtures 8.3 Designing Tests 8.4 Avoiding Testing Problems 9 Building a Lab 9.1 Lab furniture 9.2 Soldering equipment 9.2.1 Choosing a Soldering Iron 9.3 Organization 9.4 Test equipment 9.4.1 Test Leads 9.4.2 Power Supplies 9.4.3 Multimeters 9.4.4 Oscilloscopes 9.4.5 Logic analyzer 9.4.6 Spectrum analyzer 9.4.7 Vector Network Analyzer 9.5 Small Hand Tools 10 Troubleshooting 10.1 How Electronics Fail 10.2 Tips for Troubleshooting 10.3 Medical Model for Troubleshooting 10.4 Narrative Based Troubleshooting 10.5 Scientific Troubleshooting 11 Appendix A: Rules of Thumb 12 Appendix B: How to Give a Demo 13 Appendix C: Companies that can help 13.1 Tools 13.2 PCB Fabrication and Assembly 13.3 Contract Manufacturers 13.4 Part Fabrication 13.5 Materials 13.6 Paperwork 13.7 Shipping and Logistics 13.8 Design Services 13.9 Chip Fabrication 13.10 Component Distributors 13.11 Fulfillment