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Configurable Analog Circuit Synthesis and Implementation Kit: PCB Based Approach
(2018-05-15) Abisa, Girma; Getachew, Alemu (PhD)
The implementation of newly designed analog circuits in most cases is a merger of known analog circuit blocks. The testing of these analog circuits have challenges like schematic to prototype part discrepancy, being cumbersome, fragility and component value variation. Field Programmable Analog Array (FPAA), could be considered analog counterparts FPGA, have been used for the design and development analog circuits. FPAAs combine CAD tool with rapid prototyping of analog circuits. FPAAs are monolithic programmable and generic analog circuit building tools. In this paper a configurable PCB based analog circuit builder kit is to be designed and built as a possible rugged alternative to FPAAs. The need for this alternative is put forward to utilize the advantages of FPPAs in a more rugged and accessible analog circuit building. This kit contains real analog circuit components with configurable interconnecting switches on a single board. The building and validation testing of such a kit is performed in this research. It can handle more power and larger components. It contains on board power supplies and component banks. This kit could be instrumental in the education/training of analog circuit design both in academia and industry.