Month: October 2022

  • FreeCAD and KiCAD workflow for Product Design

    They are two software packages designed by two independent teams. Both of them are free to use. To create a product you will need an enclosure that will house all the essential components inside it. And this enclosure can be built in FreeCAD. I am using FreeCAD 0.20.1 There are some Addons that I have…

  • Standard Screws

    Whenever you have to mount a pcb in place. Most of the time it is easier if we use the screws it on/in the enclosures. There are standards for screws which are already available in the market. Which will reduce the BOM cost. If you happen to calculate the screw dimensions based on the mechanical…

  • MC34063 DC-DC Step-Down Voltage Regulator

    MC34063 is an integrated circuit which has all the essential components to make a DC-DC switching voltage regulator. There are other popular switching regulators in the market. And the mc34063 IC is not the very best. But this chip is cheap. As you can see from the block diagram. This chip contains an AND gate,…