EE Bookshelf

Brief

This document has some good quick resources for WARG EE members. Any WARG members can add to this!

TODO: Add table of contents and proper headings

Favorites

• Wild Problems: A Guide to the Decisions That Define Us

  • A short book which has nothing to do with electrical.

• https://ridleyengineering.com/design-center-ridley-engineering/39-magnetics/66-031-choosing-the-inductor-for-a-buck-converter.html

  • A fun concise article about complexities of component selection and pitfalls/gotchas of following formulas / rules of thumb. Ultimately you should understand the implications of design decisions and allow those to guide your design because “There is … no single specific value that is correct for all converters.”

• Maxwell's Equations: <https://www.maxwells-equations.com/ >

• Antenna Theory: <https://www.antenna-theory.com/m/index.php >

• Fourier Transform: < >

Even More

• Soldering Guides

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpkkfK937mU

    https://youtu.be/3NN7UGWYmBY

    https://youtu.be/Z38WsZFmq8E

  • https://youtu.be/I_DAhAXARuI

• What is a decibel?

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpkkfK937mU

• random buck app note: https://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/en/Appnotes/Buck-ConvDesign-Feedback-Ctrl-Using-CIP-DS00003725A.pdf

• power path protections TI app note: https://www.ti.com/lit/eb/slyy168/slyy168.pdf

• What is the difference between VCC, VDD, VEE, VSS:

• The Art of Electronics pdf -

• Hardware Interview Questions:

  • More bigger list (embedded/coding questions):

• VectorNav 300 User Manual (Given from manufacturer in November 2021)

Open

• Watered down online ltspice clone:

• ZP Breakout Schematic:

• STM32L5 General Series Datasheet: https://www.st.com/content/ccc/resource/technical/document/reference_manual/group0/32/e9/c4/9a/ee/a4/43/f8/DM00346336/files/DM00346336.pdf/jcr:content/translations/en.DM00346336.pdf

• BLDC Motors Application Note: https://www.monolithicpower.com/pub/media/document/Brushless_DC_Motor_Fundamentals.pdf

• BLDC Motors ESCs:
  

• TI Designs 12V to 24V, 27A Brushed DC Motor Reference Design: https://www.ti.com/lit/ug/tiduaw3/tiduaw3.pdf

• Vector Nav INERTIAL NAVIGATION PRIMER :

• The Motor and how it works: The motors of a FPV quad explained:

• VESC – Open Source ESC:

• Buck Layout Tips: https://fscdn.rohm.com/en/products/databook/applinote/ic/power/switching_regulator/converter_pcb_layout_appli-e.pdf
  https://www.ti.com/lit/an/slyt614/slyt614.pdf?ts=1675319689544

• CAN: https://www.ti.com/lit/an/sloa101b/sloa101b.pdf?ts=1675319328781&ref_url=https%253A%252F%252Fwww.google.com%252F

• Quick Reference Guide To TI Buck Switching DC/DC
  Application Notes: https://www.ti.com/lit/an/slva958b/slva958b.pdf?ts=1675154460098&ref_url=https%253A%252F%252Fwww.ti.com%252Fproduct%252FTPS82085

• How to Use LiPo Battery for FPV Drones Beginners Guide:

• EE Knowledge Base:

• Adjustable Current Limit of Smart Power Switches: https://www.ti.com/lit/an/slva859b/slva859b.pdf?ts=1675424016002&ref_url=https%253A%252F%252Fwww.google.com%252F

• LiPo Battery Safety:

• Charge Pump Explanation (Would highly recommend this to any EE that does not understand how this circuit works, really good explanation in a quick 10 minute video!):

• Protector, monitor or gauge – selecting the correct battery electronics for your Li-ion-powered system:

• Five steps to a great PCB layout for a step-down converter: https://www.ti.com/lit/an/slyt614/slyt614.pdf?ts=1670800684601

• Ceramic caps vs electrolytic. What are the tangible differences in use?:

• Common Resistor Values: http://www.interfacebus.com/resistor_table.html

• Layout Guidelines for Switching Power Supplies: https://www.ti.com/lit/an/snva021c/snva021c.pdf?ts=1675714770790&ref_url=https%253A%252F%252Fwww.ti.com%252Fproduct%252FLM22676%253FHQS%253Dti-null-null-custommanuf_df-manu-pf-EDI-eu

• PWM:

• Rick Hartley on Proper Grounding:

• Robert Feranac & Rick Hartley on Layering + Stackups: < >

• Resistor Color Decoder: https://www.digikey.ca/en/resources/conversion-calculators/conversion-calculator-resistor-color-code

• Think in current loops - the key to reliable PCB layout: (really good resource on basics of grounding, does skim over some important notes though)

• An IC Amplifier User’s Guide to Decoupling, Grounding ... : https://www.analog.com/media/en/technical-documentation/application-notes/AN-202.pdf

• "High Speed Digital Design: A Handbook of Black Magic"
  "High-Speed Signal Propagation: Advanced Black Magic"

• Altium MCAD Co-Designer:

• Eric Bogatin Decoupling Capacitors:
  Decoupling Capacitor Value Selection:
  Rick Hartley on Stackups & Ground:

• PCB Assembly Video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=x3hKPOlG934

• Murata Sim Surfing for MLCC data:

• Resume Guide:

• BLDC ESC TI Series:

• High Speed Digital Signal Integrity Introduction: < >

• Speedcrunch Calculator:

• https://github.com/kitspace/awesome-electronics

• https://www.ti.com/lit/an/slva958b/slva958b.pdf?ts=1719775854142 list of all TI buck app notes

Buck Converter Circuit

Multiphase Buck Design

Instruments

• Electronic Load Fundamentals, see picture below on how an ELoad draws constant current, applicable to any Load Regulation/Sweep testing on Bucks and LDOs

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  Electronic load circuit in constant current operation