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Circuit version of a simple if else program

I have written a simple program that controls two motors (outputs) each with two states ( positive, negative) with an Arduino. The motors states based on the status of four buttons (inputs) (Up, Down, ...
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What can I do as a student to be a better candidate for a hardware design job? [closed]

If you were looking to hire a student still in school for an internship position at a high-tech company (say, Microsoft, Apple, or Google) for hardware design. What kind of skills would you be looking ...
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Put component designators on the PCB's silkscreen in KiCad

I'm doing my firs PCB design, and I've choose to use KiCad. The problem that I'm encountering is that when I look at my board in 3D view, the components' designators does not appear to be on the ...
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In Orcad 16.5 is there a way to use a spread sheet to edit footprint padstack locations?

New user to Orcad 16.5 and having trouble finding how to access spread sheet for footprint symbol editing. Any help would be appreaciated as the online help is almost impossible to use.
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How to go from a development board to a production board

Ok, I am a software guy and new to electronics. My product needs a small computer and currently I have developed everything on development boards like raspberry pi and such. As the development board ...
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Ideas to stack multiple PCBs on top of each other?

My design has a number of boards stacked on top of each other. I would like to connect signals across the boards. The boards all need the same 10 signals running through them (all boards from top to ...
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Simplifying a relay network

I'm currently trying to design a relay network for a piece of laboratory equipment (PPMS). I would like to describe what the setup is, what I am doing now, what I hope to do, and how I hope to do it. ...
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electronic freelancing website [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Any reliable site where hardware engineers can be hired for small (work-from-home/telecommute) projects? I want to outsource couple of industrial electronics circuit ...
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What are good ways to improve physical hardware reuse?

How can I select generically re-usable parts for the unique things I build? What are good approaches for building unique devices, so that when I no longer need them, it's relatively easy to ...
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Where do I start for Arduino PCB design?

Looking for resources on how to start taking my creations to the next level. Where I'm at: I'm a software developer nerd with limited hardware design experience Comfortable creating stuff with the ...
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Getting started with PCB Layout for BGA Packages

Are there any good resources for learning the intricacies of PCB layout when dealing with BGA packages? I'm very familiar with layout for almost every SMT part that has leads on the edge (QFP, TSSOP, ...