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Mixed signal dev board

Board from course "Mixed signal hardware desing with KiCAD" from FEDEVEL

Apr 12, 2025 - 1 minute read

Introduction

This board is part of a personal electronics project aimed at exploring mixed-signal design with STM32 microcontrollers. It was developed as a compact audio effects platform, capable of capturing an analog signal (e.g. from a musical instrument), processing it digitally, and outputting the modified result through a DAC.

Key Features

  • 🎛️ Analog input path with anti-aliasing filters and buffering
  • 🎚️ High-resolution ADC (12-bit) to digitize audio signals
  • 🎧 Dual-channel DAC output with Butterworth reconstruction filter
  • 🔄 STM32 microcontroller for real-time digital signal processing (DSP)
  • ⚡ Powered via USB-C with onboard linear and switching regulators
  • 🔐 Proper decoupling, ESD protection, and impedance matching for signal integrity

This board is not only a demo of signal chain design — from analog front-end to digital processing and back — but also a flexible teaching and prototyping platform for embedded DSP, audio experimentation, or real-time control systems.

Designed to fit in a single compact PCB and built with a modular mindset, this board reflects my interest in practical mixed-signal applications.