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Building the New Era of Footprint Intelligence
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Kaushal Kum…

Technical Edit…

Apr 12

Building the New Era of Footprint Intelligence

In the high-stakes world of hardware engineering, a footprint is never "just a land pattern." It is the critical interface …

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Vapor Phase Soldering The Secret to Perfect Boards
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Kaushal Kum…

Technical Edit…

Apr 05

Vapor Phase Soldering The Secret to Perfect Boards

Vapor Phase Soldering (VPS) is like a secret weapon for fixing a problem every PCB designer hates: boards that don't …

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Inside TI's Iso-Shield
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Kaushal Kum…

Technical Edit…

Mar 28

Inside TI's Iso-Shield

At eCADBridge, studying new-generation packages isn't a side task — it's the core of what we do. When a silicon …

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Turning Allegro Library Editor into autonomous Quality Auditor
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Kaushal Kum…

Technical Edit…

Mar 19

Turning Allegro Library Editor into autonomous Quality Auditor

If you’ve ever spent four hours staring at a 484-pin BGA footprint, cross-referencing a smudged PDF datasheet while your coffee …

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From Circles to Circuits: How Pi Builds Better Boards
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Kaushal Kum…

Technical Edit…

Mar 13

From Circles to Circuits: How Pi Builds Better Boards

Happy Pi Day! Every March 14th (3.14), the world takes a break to celebrate the most famous number in math. …

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Your EDA Tool Is Smarter Than You're Letting It Be
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Kaushal Kum…

Technical Edit…

Mar 11

Your EDA Tool Is Smarter Than You're Letting It Be

Let's be honest. Most PCB engineers are using a ₹50 lakh EDA tool like a glorified drawing board. You route …

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RAG: Giving Your AI a Librarian’s Brain
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Kaushal Kum…

Technical Edit…

Mar 04

RAG: Giving Your AI a Librarian’s Brain

Have you ever sat at your desk, staring at a 400-page datasheet for a new microchip, feeling like your brain …

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Stop Being a "Human OCR"
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Kaushal Kum…

Technical Edit…

Feb 26

Stop Being a "Human OCR"

Have you ever started your workday with a fresh cup of coffee, only to spend the next four hours squinting …

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The Breathing Room: A Simple Guide to PCB Component Spacing
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Kaushal Kum…

Technical Edit…

Feb 26

The Breathing Room: A Simple Guide to PCB Component Spacing

When designing a Printed Circuit Board (PCB), it is very tempting to squeeze all the components tightly together to make …

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The Silent Saboteur: Pin 1 Polarity Errors in ECAD Libraries
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Kaushal Kum…

Technical Edit…

Feb 26

The Silent Saboteur: Pin 1 Polarity Errors in ECAD Libraries

The Problem statement: In high-volume electronics manufacturing, a subtle error in the ECAD library can be a silent saboteur: inconsistent …

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Beyond Chat-bots: Automating the "Last Mile" of PCB Design with LLM4-IC8K
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Kaushal Kum…

Technical Edit…

Feb 26

Beyond Chat-bots: Automating the "Last Mile" of PCB Design with LLM4-IC8K

For decades, hardware engineers have been stuck manually translating PDF mechanical drawings into ECAD library parts. It is a slow, …

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ISO 9001 and Your PCB Library: Quality Document
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Kaushal Kum…

Technical Edit…

Feb 25

ISO 9001 and Your PCB Library: Quality Document

In the rush of product development, the PCB library often gets treated as a Digital junk drawer. It becomes a …

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