Electronic Design

Understanding Onboard Flash Programming

This file type includes high resolution graphics and schematics. Firmware often is preprogrammed into flash memory devices prior to the printed-circuit board’s (PCB) manufacture to maintain high ...
EDN

System update – Enhanced Allegro and OrCAD PCB design, Freescale Cortex-M0+-based MCUs, TI Delfino MCUs tackle motor control, Extreme Programming competition

Cadence released major updates to both its Allegro and Orcad PCB design systems, providing significant performance boosts for both products as well as new features. Allegro version 16.6 extends ...
IEEE

Hybrid Genetic Algorithm-Constraint Programming Framework for Multi-Zone PCB Production Scheduling with Sequence-Dependent Setups

Abstract: Printed Circuit Board (PCB) manufacturing involves complex scheduling due to multi-zone production constraints and sequence-dependent setup times (SDST). Traditional optimization methods ...
EDN

PICKit 2 Programming Socket Using PIC16F676

An ICSP pin header has been placed on PCB to create a programming socket for PICKit 2 programmer with the utilization of PIC16F676. An experiment board was used to build the ICSP socket for the PICKit ...