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ChatGPT to design circuits?

nuclearrambo — Mon, 26 May 2025 18:42:13 +0000

With AI making waves in every sector around the world, why should electronics engineers stay off the wagon? Can you really use ChatGPT to design circuits? A lot of electronics engineers slide off the...

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Designing and testing a low-noise amplifier – Part 2

nuclearrambo — Fri, 01 Nov 2024 12:30:14 +0000

In the last post, I explained my thought process behind designing the low-noise amplifier around the PGA-103+ chip from Minicircuits. I started with defining the specifications, converting those into the schematic, making the PCB...

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Designing and testing a low-noise amplifier – Part 1

nuclearrambo — Sun, 13 Oct 2024 14:51:09 +0000

There are plenty of amplifier designs available online. You can simply purchase one and be done with whatever you plan on doing. However, designing your own low-noise amplifier can be fun. For someone into...

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A short tutorial to simulate your Kicad PCBs in openEMS using Gerber2EMS

nuclearrambo — Sat, 06 Jul 2024 18:22:07 +0000

OpenEMS, an open-source tool for simulating electromagnetic structures, has been a valuable resource for the scientific community for some time. Its capabilities continue to expand, thanks to ongoing contributions that add new functionalities. While...

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Disable the Altium Designer Constraints Manager

nuclearrambo — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 08:44:32 +0000

Altium Designer‘s Constraint Manager acts as a central hub for managing all your PCB design rules, electrical properties like trace width, physical dimensions, and clearances. It simplifies organization by offering a table format for...

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DIY STM32 and AD9913 signal generator board

nuclearrambo — Sat, 13 Apr 2024 15:02:40 +0000

The AD9913 direct digital synthesizer works as a digital waveform synthesizer that can generate signals with very precise resolution. When it comes to radio receivers, the AD9913 with <0.05Hz resolution can be used as...

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Experiencing the significance of Friis transmission equation and Knife Edge diffraction at Kolhapur Medical camp

nuclearrambo — Sat, 24 Feb 2024 09:14:49 +0000

It was only through Sadguru Shree Aniruddha Bapu’s arrangement for us to be present as a support function for the “Old is Gold” distribution in remote villages that I had the chance to operate...

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PCB layout of the ADL5801 RF mixer

nuclearrambo — Sat, 18 Nov 2023 19:07:32 +0000

I show the process of designing a RF PCB for ADL5801 in Altium Designer. The mixer is part of a multi-channel RF front-end.

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Transmit channel phase shifting on PlutoSDR

nuclearrambo — Sat, 05 Aug 2023 16:23:58 +0000

The PlutoSDR Rev C brings out both the transmit and receive channels. Thus, making it an even more capable device, especially for advanced RF stuff. A phased array is an advanced RF application that...

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Easy to use AD9833 C Library

nuclearrambo — Mon, 10 Jul 2023 17:48:31 +0000

Hey there, fellow electronics enthusiasts! If you’ve ever tinkered with the signal generation, you’ve likely come across the AD9833 waveform generator chip. But did you know that this little gem can do so much...

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