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Cody Miller

Electrical Engineer and Web Developer

Focused on EMC, RF, and component level characterization. I enjoy spending time in the lab with a focus on test and measurement.

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“If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there.”

Lewis Carroll

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Discussions Comment: How to amplify a square wave cheaply?

May 22, 2012

You could just use the output of your generator to drive a FET as a switch. Check out this article

Discussions Comment: Basic Op Amp audio Listener

May 22, 2012

Did you build up the circuit and try it out? Just curious if it worked as you described.

Discussions Comment: RFM12 radio module for short distance trans/rec

May 22, 2012

What are you transmitting and what kind of data rate does your project require?

Discussions Comment: Dense board

May 22, 2012

The term dense board can mean lots of components and traces. I have attached an image of a dense board.

Discussions Comment: Signal Integrity

May 22, 2012

Here is a good paper by Raymond Y. Chen. He states:

The term Signal Integrity (SI) addresses two concerns in the electrical design aspects – the timing and the quality of the signal. Does the signal reach its destination…

Discussions Comment: Layer stackup

May 22, 2012

When I design a stackup I usually ask these questions:

  • How many routing layers do I need? How many plane layers are required? The sum gives you the total layers you need. If you get an odd number add an additional layer. PCBs generally have even number of layers.
  • Is there a board thickness…

Discussions Comment: Pulse Width Modulation

May 14, 2012

I am familiar with PWM inverters use to generate high current sinusoidal signals. Like described in this paper

Discussions Comment: Microstrip Impedance Calculator Inaccurate?

May 11, 2012

In Regards to Ricks Questions I think it may be that you used the wrong calculator. Use this link for Microstrip Impedance

I calculate 50.6 ohms

see attached screen shot

Discussions Comment: Microstrip Impedance Calculator Inaccurate?

May 11, 2012

Some online calculators use a very simplified approximation to calculate impedance. These formulas work if your looking for a ball park impedance. Then a few years ago a committee put together the IPC-2141A Design Guide for High-Speed Controlled Impedance Circuit Boards. This effort was to come up…

Discussions Comment: Three pole regulator : which way is current flowing?

May 01, 2012

When I think of current flow and direction I used the conventional current flow notation.

In this case if you have a positive voltage across a resistor to ground the current will flow toward the ground. For many of the…

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