Easy PCB Board Layout Routes with Altium Designer There are not too many things better than a good road trip to a new location. The excitement mixed with anticipation is like a perfectly proportioned libation. However, I always have the same apprehension in looking at a new map and wonder how I will ever become familiar with all the streets. Yet, somehow I always manage to learn them. A map is just a layout which is just the realization of a plan and underneath every plan are patterns to be Read Article What's New In Altium Designer 18 May 17, 2018 Webinar Slides Read Article What's New In Altium Designer 18 Webinar Recap May 17, 2018 In case you missed our Altium ® live webinar, no worries. You can catch up here with the video recording and presentation slides. If you’re not a fan of videos I’ll try my best to summarize in the webinar notes below. The key takeaways will be the same as the April 19th webinar but do take a look at the questions as they’ll be different. Also for next month's Altium webinar I plan to show more, I’m thinking ActiveBOM® but if you all have Read Article CircuitStudio 1.5 Is Available Now We’re happy to announce an update for our PCB design software CircuitStudio® 1.5. Although this is not a major feature-packed release -that's on its way- it's still important and admittedly much needed. CircuitStudio is alive and still being developed. What this means is more regular updates, we even have planned another update by the end of this year. I’m sure you guys want to know what’s new and what’s coming, so let me just jump into it Read Article Why You Need BOM Management Tools for PCB Design Although, I do not drive as much as I once did being on the road is still one of my most favorite activities. Not many things can equal the thrill and freedom that comes from being behind the wheel. Yet, there can be a great deal of difference in the experience depending on the vehicle you are driving. Almost any vehicle will perform the basic function of getting you from point A to point B, but there comes a time when basic is not enough. Moving Read Article The Fundamentals of Programming a PIC Microcontroller One thing I’ve learned from parenting: it can be incredibly difficult to teach a child something. While they might be very interested, and they might have all the time and resources in the world, if the child isn’t ready to learn or is missing some crucial building block, they might just not get the skill or lesson. Thankfully, programming a PIC microcontroller unit (MCU) is considerably easier. With the right programming tools, circuit, and Read Article How Do I Flip and Rotate Components in Altium Designer and Other Schematic Functions In this article, we'll give a brief overview of how to flip or mirror components in Altium Designer, as well as how to rotate components in different design documents. The functions in the schematic are slightly different than in the PCB layout, so follow along if you are a new user and want to learn these basic functions. These functions can be accessed in multiple places: from the main menu at the top of the application window, using a hotkey Read Article Conductive Ink Printing for PCB Designers: What You Need To Know When you’re a father, there are many things that you have to get really good at doing really quickly. While I could take some time in prototyping to work out all the kinks in my designs, I don’t have that luxury when trying to decipher why my kid is crying at 3 in the morning. As a result, I’ve developed some skill at making milk formula and changing diapers quickly. If only I could’ve developed that sense of god-like speed in printed circuit Read Article What’s the Future of WiFi for the Internet of Things? I’ve come to adopt several different modes of communication between the different social circles in my life. Slack, messenger, texting, calling, letter writing and various other messenger services - all of which are unique to particular people or friend groups. Most of the time, I can barely keep track of them all and more often I end up sending the right text to the wrong person. IoT protocols are just as diverse, and new options come out Read Article Pin Swapping Without Back Annotation Using Straightforward PCB Design Software When working with high pin count, fine pitch components like FPGAs or memories, pin swapping may need to be performed when laying out your PCB. Designing schematics based on these devices that perfectly translate into a sane layout is extremely difficult. But as you start placing components and routing connections, you may find that your initial layout is a tangled, crisscrossed mess. This is where pin swapping becomes invaluable. Once you start Read Article Altium User Groups: Starting, Finding, and Joining Back in my youth, I fondly remember the days of after-school clubs. Whether it be chess, band, or robotics clubs, these were the places to go to find like-minded, passionate folks eager to talk the talk. Although the days of youth are likely well behind most of us (rest in peace monkey bars), there still exist social environments where we can meet up with like-minded individuals. However, this time around, we’ll be able to reap far more than just Read Article 18:34 What’s New in Altium Designer 18 Webinar Performance Improvements in Altium Designer Multi-threading Multithreading allows Altium Designer to parse out different tasks to different cores making it Watch Video Effortless Circuit Design with a Hierarchical Schematic System There is a lot of joy in creating a new world schematic circuit design. Placing and connecting the netlist together so that their logic flows naturally can give you a feeling of great accomplishment. Using a hierarchical schematic circuit design flow to organize a larger schematic makes it even better. By including a top hierarchical sheet in your schematic, you can represent the circuit creation design with a logical hierarchical block that Read Article Creepage and Clearance Design Rules Require More Than Integrated Flow Occasionally, I get to drive through the Pacific Northwest on a clear day. Unencumbered by rain clouds, the mountain ranges are visible. So visible that I feel I could reach out and touch them. If I could fly the line of sight, I could be at the top of any mountain quickly. Since I can’t fly, driving my car along a twisting mountain highway would get me there on a longer route. So it is with PCB creepage and clearance design rules on a printed Read Article Upverter and The Future of Browser-Based PCB Design Curious about the future of Upverter and browser-based PCB design? Tune in to the Altium Podcast for answers. In this episode of the OnTrack Podcast, Zak Homuth is special guest. Click to listen now. Read Article Transmission Lines: Propagation Delay, Transmission Delay, and Analog Signal Resonance in Your PCB Legend has it that opera singers can break champagne flutes just by wailing at the right note. From opera singers to the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, and the high tide in the Bay of Fundy in Canada, resonance can be a beautiful and simultaneously destructive phenomenon. The terms “transmission delay” and “propagation delay” are sometimes used interchangeably. In analog systems, both terms can refer to the time required for a signal to travel between Read Article PCB Component Noise Reduction with Linear Devices in Electronics When I first got into electronics and PCB design as a student, I had the idea that noise suppression required a lot of elaborate (and expensive) equipment. I had visions in my mind of building complicated mainframe-style systems for the sole purpose of coaxing the perfect signal from a device. Sure, you can go that route if you like. But like many aspects of engineering, the best solution is often the simplest. Most PCB designers are considering Read Article Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹‹ Page145 Current page146 Page147 Page148 Page149 Page150 Next page ›› Last page Last » Load More
