Insights & News
Technical deep-dives from our engineering work, plus the latest news from MicroBitDesign.
EMC Testing Shouldn't Start and End in the Test Chamber
Why we built in-house EMC pre-compliance capability, what it can and can't tell you, and how it helped a 6-to-4-layer redesign pass emissions, ESD and immunity tests.
From Nanotech Labs to Automotive Production: Our Visit to Braga
As part of the SystemEU Valley Summit, we visited INL, Bosch Braga and the University of Minho in Portugal to see research, engineering and manufacturing side by side.
MicroBitDesign and Puerta Diaz Engineering Join Forces
A new partnership combining mechanical engineering and DFM with electronics, PCB design and embedded firmware, from the first concept to a product ready for manufacturing.
The Whole Team at Embedded Meetup Bosnia & Herzegovina 2026
The entire MicroBitDesign team attended the 4th Embedded Meetup Bosnia & Herzegovina. A highlight: a hands-on session on conducted emissions with real measurements.
42 PCBs in a Week: Why We Brought Pick-and-Place In-House
Hand-assembling 0402 parts for 14 prototype sets convinced us to automate. How a desktop pick-and-place, stencil printer, reflow oven and OpenPnP changed our prototyping.
Bits & Pretzels 2026: Showing Munich What Bosnia & Herzegovina Can Build
Our first conference of this size: three days in Munich meeting startups and investors, and showing that great electronics development is available 50 km from the EU border.
Team Building 2026 at Ajdinovići
Two days away from the office: tennis, darts, good food and the World Cup with Bosnia & Herzegovina playing. Strong teams are built outside work too.
MicroBitDesign Wins the Audience Award at SystemEU Summit 2026
At SystemEU Summit 2026 in Tuzla we showcased our embedded engineering work, pitched to startups, researchers and investors from five countries, and won the Audience Award.
Industry Meets Education: Visiting Our Local High School
We spent time with IT and electrical engineering students at the local high school, sharing real projects and showing how engineering works in industry.
MicroBitDesign Turns 3
Three years of embedded engineering for international clients. Good food, great company and a moment to reflect on how far we've come.
When Debug Logging Triggers Interrupts: A Hidden STM32 Pin Function
Random Hall sensor interrupts that got worse every time we printed debug logs. The cause was a USB-C dead-battery function hidden on our UART TX pin.
A Christmas Tree Made Entirely from PCBs
We wrapped up 2025 with a fun side project: a Christmas tree built from PCBs, complete with lights and sound.
x1 vs x10: The Oscilloscope Probe Setting That Changes Your Measurement
Rounded edges and sluggish signals aren't always the circuit's fault. Why the x1/x10 switch on your probe matters more than most scope settings, and when to use each.
Random HardFaults, Flaky SPI and One Wrong Capacitor
Two identical boards, one perfect and one cursed. How a VCAP capacitor populated in pF instead of µF caused HardFaults, ISR jitter and SPI errors, and how we found it.
STM32H5 GPDMA: Why Only a Quarter of My PWM Values Were Transferred
DMA completed, callbacks fired, but the timer only received 22 of 88 values. On STM32H5's GPDMA the transfer size is counted in bytes, not data items.
3D Modelling and Printing Workshop in Srebrenik
We held a hands-on 3D modelling and printing workshop at the Srebrenik Tourist Board, where participants designed their own models and watched them being printed.
Learning EMC at the Würth Elektronik Seminar in Zagreb
We attended Würth Elektronik's EMC seminar in Zagreb: electromagnetic compatibility, filtering techniques and practical PCB design tips for reducing noise.
On-Site Testing at 3,000 Metres in the Swiss Alps
Our work sometimes takes us far from the lab. This time: field testing in Switzerland, surrounded by glaciers at around 3,000 m altitude.