Applied Circuits & Practices

The recurring building blocks and conventions you reuse across boards — the things experienced designers add almost without thinking, plus the standard sub-circuits (power paths, converters, interfaces) you'll meet again and again.

In this section

Topic	Covers	Page
Common practices	Decoupling, pull-ups, straps, series R, unused pins, test points	Common Practices
Power management	Reverse/over-current/over-voltage protection, power path & arbiter, load switches	Power Management
Power topologies	Buck, boost, buck-boost, flyback, plus USB-PD and PoE	Power Topologies
High-speed interface layout	Routing playbooks for DDR/RAM, HDMI, PCIe, USB	Interface Layout

See also

• Components & Parts — the parts these circuits are built from
• Design by Circuit Block
• Signal & Power Integrity