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The goal of voltage monitoring is often to identify fluctuations or surges that can damage equipment in power electronics. However, voltage monitoring is not only performed in power electronics; it can be used in sensing or specialized applications in precision measurement. Voltage monitoring in these applications relies on a very small list of components and circuits, but these designs can take up a lot of board space on the PCB. It often...

Flex and rigid-flex circuits are often a PCB designers' first choice when they need to save space, shed weight, or eliminate clunky connectors. They've enabled incredible achievements in miniaturized electronics, from medical wearables and drone systems to ruggedized aerospace applications. But as more demanding applications emerge, even the best-designed flex circuits start to show stress. In many cases, it’s not the routing or signal flow that...

For most electronic product teams, thermal failure isn't just an engineering inconvenience, but a business emergency. When a product overheats, the time-to-market clock stops, and the cost of a design re-spin easily explodes into the tens of thousands of dollars. The ultimate penalty is a catastrophic late-stage failure that confirms your electrical, mechanical, and supply chain disciplines were never truly aligned. Modern product development...

The way from an individual PCB to devices connected by cabling harnesses in a product can be challenging because of the need of multi-discipline cooperation and the translation of design data needed in these domains. By using the powerful tools of the Altium platform this process can be realized efficiently without cumbersome steps. What You'll Learn: Introduction of the needed development Tools Presentation of the full Process - step-by-step...

The component looked perfect. Single-source, yes, but with specifications that exactly matched the design requirements. Engineering signed off and the board went to layout. Then procurement opened the datasheet and saw the end-of-life notice dated three months earlier. Six weeks of rework and a product launch pushed to next quarter, all because no one checked the part’s lifecycle status during component selection. This scenario plays out daily...

Key Takeaways Modern supply chains are design inputs, not afterthoughts: resilience starts at schematic capture. Engineers and procurement teams increasingly rely on AI, regionalization, and transparency tools to manage volatility. Tools like the Octopart BOM Tool and Altium’s design environment help teams plan, automate, and stress-test supply decisions early. Your BOM Is Now Your Biggest Design Risk Component supply chains face relentless...

Understanding Power Integrity in PCB Design: Power Analyzer by Keysight Whitepaper In modern electronics, power distribution is no longer a simple matter of connecting traces and planes. As designs grow more complex, with high-speed digital logic, dense multilayer PCBs, and precision analog circuitry, the way power is delivered across the board can make the difference between a reliable product and one that fails in the field. This whitepaper...

In our first article, we explored how Jira, originally designed for software, can be customized for hardware teams facing physical constraints, long lead times, and cross-discipline dependencies.  The next article builds on this foundation and shows how to anchor project management with Vision Briefs, On-Ramps, and execution cycles.  In this article, we’ll focus on a practical challenge for electronics teams: improving visibility and...

When it comes to electronics manufacturing, few things are as costly and disruptive as a sudden stockout, which contributes to an estimated $50 billion in annual losses for industrial manufacturers due to unplanned downtime. When a critical component is suddenly unavailable during volume production, SMT lines grind to a halt, deadlines are missed, and everyone scrambles to find an alternative part number. The solution lies not in better guesswork...