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In today’s fast-paced world where iterations of electronics are spun at lightning speeds, we often forget one of the most critical aspects of development: testing. It’s always easy to overlook testing simply because it’s the last stage that prevents us from releasing our product. In product development, we constantly find ourselves in the camp of “good enough” versus “exhaustively tested.” This situation usually happens because we don’t have time...

If you’re an electronics designer or you’re just beginning your career as an engineer, the PCB stackup is probably one of the last things you’ll think about. I’ve seen professional designers jump into a new design  with full force and enthusiasm, only to end up totally forgetting about some of the critical board stackup details. Simple items like PCB copper thickness and board thickness can get pushed to the back burner, but you’ll need to think...

Take a moment to think about your schematic and your PCB layout: what if you had to manually draw out wires and nets in a PCB after you’ve already created them in the schematic? Electronics schematics form the foundation of your design data, and the rest of your design documents will build off of your schematic. If you’ve ever worked through a design and made changes to the schematic, then you’re probably aware of the synchronization you need to...

It would be nice if, at least in the US, the power that came from the wall was truly noise free. Unfortunately, this is not the case, and although a power system can appear to output a clean sine wave, zooming into an oscilloscope trace or using an FFT will tell you a different story. When you take dirty power, put it through rectification, and then pass it through a switching regulator, you introduce additional noise into the system that further...

“Engage your suppliers early on the design process” - Ed Becze Everyone wants a lower price, and often the “real cost” is not realized until it’s too late. In this episode, Ed Becze of Pegmatis, a highly experienced R&D company with end-to-end product development capabilities, joins us to help start-ups and design engineers like you avoid electronic product development failures.  Listen to the Podcast: Download this episode (right click and...

You already know assembly variants are a great way to make your files clean and easy to use as you create your PCB projects. They speed up your workflow while giving you a single source of truth for the rest of your design, only changing the elements that vary. But how do you best set them up for a smooth transition to manufacturing? Join us to learn about the Altium preferred way to get those assembly variants into designs and ready for creation...

Did you know: if you’re creating a product with different options or capabilities, there’s no reason to create a whole new version of your PCB project! Variants can offer you the ability to quickly layer different options for single components on the same source file. Join us to learn best practices and get into the details about setting up variants in your designs and speeding up your project development. In this webinar we’ll cover: Creat...

You already know assembly variants are a great way to make your files clean and easy to use as you create your PCB projects. They speed up your workflow while giving you a single source of truth for the rest of your design, only changing the elements that vary. But how do you best set them up for a smooth transition to manufacturing? Watch this video to learn about the Altium preferred way to get those assembly variants into designs and ready...

You already know assembly variants are a great way to make your files clean and easy to use as you create your PCB projects. They speed up your workflow while giving you a single source of truth for the rest of your design, only changing the elements that vary. But how do you best set them up for a smooth transition to manufacturing? Watch this video to learn about the Altium preferred way to get those assembly variants into designs and ready...