Analog Circuits
Analog Circuit Design is a type of Integrated Circuit Design that reads signals as continuous and varying instead of a 1/0 value. Digital Circuits read signals as a static input or output in the form of a 1 or 0 much like a computer. Analog Circuits are are modeled in the time and frequency domains which increase consistency, accuracy, and performance of waveforms. Usually, a complete circuit design is built with an Analog Circuit foundation that supplies a constant and accurate stream of input/output signals with a Digital Circuit laid over to convert signals into action. The two together form a complete integrated circuit design found in electronic systems.
An analog circuit takes analog inputs, like electricity or sensor information, and converts it to digital outputs in order for a computer to process the data and act. The computer then converts the digital signal back to analog signals which are sent back out to a system through the analog circuit. This process can be very complicated with a complex system and is absolutely essential to building a IoT or smart device.
Tamarisk Labs has dedicated Electronics and Firmware Engineers that are experts in designing analog circuits and creating the foundation to the brain of a product. In addition, we have an Electronics prototyping studio located in Pasadena, CA to prototype and test circuit designs quickly. With an in-house library of electronic components, we can turn around an iteration of a design as quickly as one day.
Best Practices for Analog Circuit Design:
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Set functionality goals and constraints. Based on what your product does, you expect the circuit board to perform different functions under a set of constraints. The first step in designing an analog circuit is to determine what it should do and what it cannot do.
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Design a circuit in CAD space. Adding all of the electronic components in a CAD software to create a circuit board with a best guess of how it will work is the next step in designing an analog circuit.
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Iterate. At Tamarisk, we build out and test designs in house to determine if they work or not before implementing them into a prototype.

