John Burkhert

John Burkhert Jr is a career PCB Designer experienced in Military, Telecom, Consumer Hardware and lately, the Automotive industry. Originally, an RF specialist -- compelled to flip the bit now and then to fill the need for high-speed digital design. John enjoys playing bass and racing bikes when he's not writing about or performing PCB layout. You can find John on LinkedIn.

  • An Origin Story - How I Decided On A Career In PCB Design

    An Origin Story - How I Decided On A Career In PCB Design

    A look into John Burkhert's start into PCB Design

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  • Gaining Your Well Deserved Respect As A PCB Designer

    Gaining Your Well Deserved Respect As A PCB Designer

    A story about how John Burkhert became a reputable PCB Designer

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  • DesignCon 2023 - A New Year Brings a Better Convention

    DesignCon 2023 - A New Year Brings a Better Convention

    A quick overview of the 2023 DesginCon conference

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  • Isolating Noise on a Printed Circuit Board

    Isolating Noise on a Printed Circuit Board

    Learn about what causes noise on a PCB and how you can mitigate it

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  • Mechanical PCB Outline Transfer -  Room for Better Communication

    Mechanical PCB Outline Transfer - Room for Better Communication

    Better communication between the MCAD and ECAD worlds allow for a smoother PCB layout process

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  • Interface Control Drawings - Bridging the Gap in the Signal Chain

    Interface Control Drawings - Bridging the Gap in the Signal Chain

    Learn what's necessary within Interface Control Drawings

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  • PCB Design in a Chip Company: Some Significant Particulars

    PCB Design in a Chip Company: Some Significant Particulars

    Things to be aware of when working as a PCB Designer in a chip company

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  • Practical Tips For Printed Circuit Board Component Placement

    Practical Tips For Printed Circuit Board Component Placement

    Here are some quick tips for PCB Component Placement

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  • PCB Design for the Internet of Things

    PCB Design for the Internet of Things

    PCBs are a part of bringing IoT devices to life

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  • The Quarantine May Have Created the Biggest Shift in How PCB Design Works

    The Quarantine May Have Created the Biggest Shift in How PCB Design Works

    Advances in technology and the global pandemic has made successful remote work a reality

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  • PCB West 2022 Another Chance to Learn About the Occupation

    PCB West 2022 Another Chance to Learn About the Occupation

    A summary of the PCB West 2022 conference as an attendee.

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  • Printed Circuit Board Layout - An Executive Summary

    Printed Circuit Board Layout - An Executive Summary

    A summary of what it takes to design a PCB Layout

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  • Electro Static Discharge: As Old as the Hills and Still Something To Consider

    Electro Static Discharge: As Old as the Hills and Still Something To Consider

    Learn about how poor ESD safety can effect PCBs

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  • Darn, It’s Good To Be a Designer!

    Darn, It’s Good To Be a Designer!

    Short story on how John became a PCB designer

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  • Cadence Live 2022 - A Chance to Network and Learn How Others Have Succeeded

    Cadence Live 2022 - A Chance to Network and Learn How Others Have Succeeded

    A designers insight into the Cadence Live conference

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  • Back To Work From Work - or Anywhere in Between

    Back To Work From Work - or Anywhere in Between

    Exploring the hybrid work life in 2022

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  • Audio Circuits For (Bass) Guitars

    Audio Circuits For (Bass) Guitars

    Understanding electronics in bass guitars

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  • There May Come a Time When PCB Design Requires People Management Skills

    There May Come a Time When PCB Design Requires People Management Skills

    It's important to communicate and work with the necessary stakeholders to get the PCB design to manufacturing and signoff

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  • How to Specify Impedance on a Printed Circuit Board.

    How to Specify Impedance on a Printed Circuit Board.

    Factors that influence impedance on a PCB

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  • A PCB Designer Looks at Sixty

    A PCB Designer Looks at Sixty

    Life is good. It turns out that you can be what you want to be and do what you like to do if you develop a particular set of skills.

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