Rachael's Blog

EAGLE Tutorial: Library Part Creation Part 6 - Adding Attributes and Technologies

rachaelp — Mon, 06 Nov 2017 14:25:18 GMT

1. Introduction This is the sixth part of my EAGLE Tutorial series, following on from EAGLE Tutorial: Library Part Creation Part 5 - Multiple Symbol Devices. If you haven't read the previous articles then I recommend you take a look there first ...(read more)

EAGLE Tutorial: Library Part Creation Part 5 - Multiple Symbol Devices

rachaelp — Mon, 06 Nov 2017 10:47:43 GMT

1. Introduction This is the fifth part of my EAGLE Tutorial series, following on from EAGLE Tutorial: Library Part Creation Part 4 - Advanced Packages and Package Variants. If you haven't read the previous articles then I recommend you take ...(read more)

EAGLE Tutorial: Library Part Creation Part 4b - Supplemental worked example

rachaelp — Mon, 23 Oct 2017 14:44:02 GMT

1. Introduction First of all I would like to start with an apology to those who started following this series early on, I appreciate that it's been a while since I have published any articles in this series, and for this I am sorry, but I wi...(read more)

EAGLE Tutorial: Library Part Creation Part 4 - Advanced Packages and Package Variants

rachaelp — Sun, 25 Jun 2017 09:30:34 GMT

1. Introduction This is the fourth part of my EAGLE Tutorial series, following on from EAGLE Tutorial: Library Part Creation Part 3 - Creating Devices. If you haven't read the previous articles then I recommend you take a look there first as the...(read more)

EAGLE Tutorial: Library Part Creation Part 3 - Creating Devices

rachaelp — Wed, 14 Jun 2017 13:54:03 GMT

1. Introduction This is the third part of my EAGLE Tutorial series, following on from EAGLE Tutorial: Library Part Creation Part 2 - Creating Symbols. If you haven't read the previous articles then I recommend you take a look there first as they...(read more)

EAGLE Tutorial: Library Part Creation Part 2 - Creating Symbols

rachaelp — Tue, 13 Jun 2017 21:15:09 GMT

1. Introduction This is the second part of my EAGLE Tutorial series, following on from EAGLE Tutorial: Library Part Creation Part 1 - Creating Packages. If you haven't read that article then I recommend you take a look there first as it sets the...(read more)

EAGLE Tutorial: Library Part Creation Part 1 - Creating Packages

rachaelp — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 18:06:58 GMT

1. Introduction One of the fundamental pieces of work that is required to create schematics and PCB layouts is creating library parts. Lots of packages ship with a large library of parts, including EAGLE, and there are numerous resources on the ...(read more)

EAGLE ULP Utilities Library

rachaelp — Fri, 03 Mar 2017 22:05:37 GMT

1. Overview For a while now I have been building up a library of tools and utilities written in ULP for EAGLE. Whilst some of them are very much tailored to my design flow, some of them are more generally applicable so I have decided to start to...(read more)

Lab Equipment - Keysight U1733C Unboxing and Very Quick Test

rachaelp — Mon, 13 Feb 2017 22:14:54 GMT

So some of you may have noticed my status update from last week confessing my weakness when it comes to purchasing test equipment Well that purchase was a Keysight U1733CU1733C LCR meter and I have been after one of these for quite some time I'...(read more)

Lab Experiments - The Mystery of the Magic Smoke from the LM2596 DC-DC Converter Board Solved

rachaelp — Wed, 08 Feb 2017 14:00:26 GMT

Overview For those of you that saw my blog yesterday on my experiments with a cheap LM2596S based DC-DC converter board you are no doubt aware that under one of the test conditions my first test board emitted the magic smoke. If you haven't seen...(read more)

Lab Experiments - Performance Evaluation and Testing of LM2596 DC-DC Converter Board

rachaelp — Tue, 07 Feb 2017 18:02:39 GMT

Overview Over the Christmas break I was thinking about my blogs for this year and decided as well as following the builds for my various lab equipment projects (they've unfortunately been on hold while other work took priority!), I would do a se...(read more)

Lab Equipment Projects - Vacuum Pick and Place Assistant Part 2 - Prototype Design

rachaelp — Wed, 04 Jan 2017 13:26:24 GMT

1. Overview This is the second instalment of my blog series following my Vacuum Pick and Place Assistant project. If you haven't seen the first part and want to get an overview of what this project is all about then I recommend you go take a...(read more)

Lab Equipment Projects - Vacuum Pick and Place Assistant Part 1 - Overview

rachaelp — Tue, 20 Dec 2016 18:35:02 GMT

There's been a lot of talk on shabaz's blog for his pick and place buddy recently and this gave me the motivation to get on with the very similar project I have been planning. There are some great ideas in that project and the subsequent disc...(read more)

A brief tour of my development lab

rachaelp — Fri, 16 Dec 2016 23:09:44 GMT

I thought I would give a brief overview of my current lab setup to show the equipment I use and how I have things configured, and outline how I want to change things etc, and what additional equipment I would like to have which will lead into a futur...(read more)

Fixing regular lock-ups on Gigabyte BRIX running Linux

rachaelp — Fri, 09 Dec 2016 11:40:57 GMT

1. Overview To maximise available space on my benches for actual electronics work, my lab bench PC is a tiny Gigabyte BRIX BXBT-1900 which I have mounted on the wall behind the bench. The monitor is then a 24" flat panel display mounted on an ar...(read more)