An electronic reference design is a full circuit PCB design for a particular use or application. Some examples of reference designs are DC-DC converter, battery charger, BLDC motor control, gate driver, inverter, and many more. Many manufacturers create reference designs that employ one of their new components or category of components. The element14 Community's parent company, Avnet, Inc., has an extensive library of reference designs called the "Design Hub". A key benefit of a reference design is that it can not only speed up the design time, but also it can includes a BOM, which saves time sourcing components.
