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Modern products compress complex electronics and precise mechanics into tighter spaces and shorter schedules, pushing Design for Manufacturability (DFM) across traditional domain boundaries. DFM now spans electrical, mechanical, thermal, and manufacturing concerns that interact in increasingly complex ways. This complexity makes ECAD–MCAD collaboration essential. Working around a shared product model allows electrical and mechanical teams to...

In electronics engineering, documentation is either the blueprint for success or the architect of failure. While teams conceptually understand its value, documentation is frequently treated as a byproduct—fragmented across isolated folders, buried in email threads, or locked in a lead engineer's head. The result is a primary bottleneck for innovation: according to a survey of 128,000 designers, poor parts and data management consume 68% of...

a { text-decoration: none; color: #464feb; } tr th, tr td { border: 1px solid #e6e6e6; } tr th { background-color: #f5f5f5; } Sometimes, a designer needs to share an electronic design with a customer, a non‑engineering colleague, or the general public. In these cases, an ECAD file viewer provides a convenient way to review design data without requiring a paid ECAD license. Online ECAD viewers are typically read‑only tools...

Learn how to turn PDFs and documents into structured requirements with an AI-assisted importer. Engineering teams often receive requirements in emails or PDFs, then manage them in documents and spreadsheets. This way of working wastes time, causes errors, and leads to costly rework. Even if you use a requirements tool, getting your team’s data into an importable format takes effort. This article introduces the newest feature in Requirements...

Get an overview over this new Electronic Product Development Platform: Turning an idea into a fully connected electronic product shouldn’t be complicated. Yet, traditional workflows often involve fragmented tools, manual data transfers, and endless back-and-forth between teams. Altium Agile Teams changes that.  What You'll Learn See it in Action Follow along as a design team transforms an idea into a complete electronic product, from concept...

That moment when the BOM is 99% ready, the PCB is locked, and the build is scheduled – then procurement drops an email: a Nexperia part has slipped to a 36-40-week lead time. Not a custom IC. Not an ASIC. Just a diode, a TVS, or a tiny MOSFET. No alternates in the AVL. No time for a redesign. And suddenly, engineers are doing midnight datasheet comparisons just to keep the lines running. This is the new reality. Lead times are creeping up on...

For decades, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) was synonymous with massive on-premise servers and rigid workflows. While these systems provided control for a previous era, they have become a bottleneck for modern engineering. In an environment defined by global supply chain volatility, the friction of non-cloud PLM, characterized by high maintenance and data silos, is no longer a sustainable cost. Recent industry data suggests that the shift is...

For years, registration tolerance during PCB fabrication has been something that fabricators worry about. However, as we move into Ultra HDI and miniaturized feature sizes, registration tolerance becomes a crucial aspect that designers must incorporate into their PCB design checklist. I recently heard someone say, “But the fabricator should be able to hold that.” It was not said defensively. It was said honestly. The layout met every rule, the...

In part one of this series, How AI Broke the Memory Market, we looked at how AI data center demand turned memory into a bottleneck and why DRAM and NAND prices are unlikely to normalize quickly. Now we’ll explore how to operate in this environment. If you’re designing or sourcing hardware in 2026, you still need to make choices: which parts to spec, how to structure your designs for flexibility, and how to manage supply chain risk. We'll cover...