MIMO Antenna Design and PCB Layout Tips Advanced products operating in the RF domain are increasingly using MIMO antenna arrays to provide high data throughput and serve multiple end users. Read Article How to Design High-Speed & RF Via Transitions High speed PCBs and RF PCBs often need to make via transitions that carry signals between layers. We’ll look at how to design these transitions in this article. Read Article Product Design in Altium Designer 23 December 9, 2022 ONTRACK BI-WEEKLY Product Design Features in Altium Designer 23 When you work on a product, you don’t just build boards. PCB designers have to work as part of a team to bring advanced products to market. The newest set of features in the upcoming release of Altium Designer 23 focuses on product design, spanning from ECAD to MCAD in multi-board systems with harnesses. New harness design tools - It is now possible to develop full Read Article The Path Forward for Embedded AI In April 2021, I published an article in Printed Circuit Design & Fab, where I proclaimed the future of AI is embedded. In short, my view is that embedded systems will leverage greater usage of AI on the end device, meaning they will rely less on cloud platforms or data centers for inference. Without a doubt, I believe the future of AI is still embedded, but not with the chipset or system architecture I would have thought. At the time of writing Read Article What's New Altium 365 December 2022 The latest Altium 365 updates are here. Read now to learn more. Read Article PCB Design Rules for Chip-on-Board Layout There is one simple type of packaging that is not really packaging in the conventional sense: chip-on-board. Read Article How Does the Package PDN Impact Power Integrity? Component packages have their own power distribution network (PDN) that influences their operation and drives compensation in the PCB. Read Article Altium Designer 23 Focuses on Product Design November 25, 2022 ONTRACK BI-WEEKLY Coming Soon in Altium Designer 23 Experience more advanced design tools, product design features, and expanded collaboration in the upcoming release of Altium Designer 23. Product Design Features - The upgraded multi-board design features include harness creation, multi-board support in CoDesigner, placement of cloud components in multi-board projects, and multi-board support in the Altium 365 viewer. Greater Read Article Chemical Processing in PCB Manufacturing Youngblood in the PCB industry, Christopher Bonsell talks about process engineering–the chemical involves in the PCB, etching and also encouraging the young generation to the “cool-tech” aspects involving PCB design and manufacturing. Read Article Designing Custom Hardware with Microcontrollers Learn how to design custom hardware using microcontrollers. Read Article IPC-2221 Calculator for PCB Trace Current and Heating The IPC-2221 standard provides guidance on trace current limit calculations for a given temperature rise limit. Read Article Everything You Need to Know About Stitching Vias Stitching vias are more than just periodic via arrays, they provide groups of net connections across layers that are needed in power, RF, high-speed, and more. Read Article Guide to Low-Dk PCB Materials Low-Dk PCB materials are often recommended for high-speed PCB design, but do you always need these? We’ll examine this question. Read Article Better PCB Buying with Greg Papandrew Expedite your transition from prototype to scale with the help of an experienced PCB broker! In this episode, a returning guest joins us to discuss everything that involves cost-effective PCB manufacturing. Read Article Designing for V2X Communication: Wireless Protocols and Standards Take your vehicle’s connectivity to the next level with V2X communication standards. Designing these systems may be easier than you think. Read Article Automating MicroPython Development and Testing Using Continuous Integration In Getting Started with MicroPython and the Raspberry Pi Pico we looked at how to set up, configure, and run MicroPython on a Raspberry Pi Pico device. In this article we will be focusing on automating that process and turning it into a Continuous Integration (CI) pipeline. Moving the automation into CI will guarantee that our code gets tested every time we push a commit to our code repository Automating MicroPython Commands and Development Now Read Article Do All Antennas Need a Ground Plane? The simple answer is “no,” all antennas will have a ground plane somewhere, even if it is not on the PCB. Read Article Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹‹ Page12 Current page13 Page14 Page15 Page16 Page17 Next page ›› Last page Last » Load More
