Configurable Analog Circuit Synthesis and Implementation Kit: PCB Based Approach
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2018-05-15
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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.
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Analog Circuit, PCB, Analog Circuit Synthesis