Hardware engineering from first principles
Guides, teardowns, and technical notes on schematic review, netlist analysis, BOM validation, and EDA workflows. Written by the engineers who build CADY.
Power Integrity
How CADY Flags Missing Decoupling Capacitors in KiCad Netlists
Decoupling cap errors are subtle and expensive. We walk through how our rule engine checks net connectivity around power rails to catch missing bypass caps before your board goes out.
Rule Authoring
Writing Custom DRC Rules for Mixed-Signal Schematics
Power Integrity
Power Integrity Rules You Should Be Running on Every Schematic
Fundamentals
Netlists vs Schematics: What CADY Actually Analyzes
Fundamentals
A Taxonomy of PCB Schematic Design Rule Categories