Jeremy Blum at Shaper Tools and the CNC Router Revolutionizing Hardware Design Jeremy Blum is working at Shaper, reinventing hand held power tools starting with the revolutionary CNC router, Shaper Origin. Join Altium’s Judy Warner and Jeremy for a conversation on making tools for making things. Listen to the Podcast: Download this episode (right click and save) Watch the video: Show Highlights: Shaper is a human in the loop company CNC, or computer numerical control varies in implementation. Large CNCs can be Desktop size Read Article From Tape-ups to ActiveRoute, a discussion with Charles Pfeil Join Charles Pfeil and Judy and take a look back on the days of manual design, before exploring today’s very different eCAD competitive landscape in the second episode of OnTrack Podcast. Read Article Multi-board Design, a discussion with Ben Jordan Join Altium’s Judy Warner and Ben Jordan for a conversation on Multiboard PCB design. 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We often have our old-timer pioneers to thank for laying down the groundwork for our continued success and future growth. These old-school designers had nothing more than theory and confidence to drive their designs, or more specifically, to drive their failures. But as stated by a multitude of wise individuals, each failure is nothing more than a discovery of how not to do something. However, with the discoveries of failures also come Read Article Embedded RF Design: Ceramic Chip Antennas vs. PCB Trace Antennas Knowing ceramic antennas vs PCB trace antennas will enable you to design the PCB that meets your frequency needs. Read Article PCB Chassis Might Keep Your PCB Design From Exhausting Itself The world of racing is something that both fascinates and eludes me. On one hand, it’s thrilling to watch cars that have been fine-tuned to the most minute weight and aerodynamic requirements go flying down a road or around a track. On the other hand, from my experience, the majority of thrill from the sport largely comes from the accumulation of narratives and knowledge beforehand. I don’t care so much about actually watching the cars run smooth Read Article Even Simple Schematic Drawing Programs are Better than Pencil and Paper My mother used to clean all of her dishes in the sink with soap and water, and then put them in the dishwasher to finish the job. Perhaps when she was young those older dishwashers weren’t as good at cleaning dishes as they were later on. Years later when I was married and was cleaning up the kitchen, my wife looked at me as if I had lost my mind. “Why are you doing the same job twice,” she asked? It was the way that I had always done it, of Read Article Left Hand Robotics Autonomous Snowbot Judy Warner: Shane, so nice to meet you. Before we get started, I just had to ask what the story is behind your unique name? Shane Zinner: In this area, there was an American Indian Chief Niwot or Left Hand (-ed) (c. 1825–1864) who was a tribal leader of the Southern Arapaho people and played an important part in the history of Colorado. Many 'Left Hand' things, such as Left Hand Canyon, Left Hand Brewery, and the town of Niwot, Colorado were Read Article James MacKinnon’s Career Path to NASA Judy Warner: James, please share a little bit about your academic background and how you learned to design PCBs. James MacKinnon: In my junior and senior year at the University of Florida I had some classes where we were required to do some fairly simple PCB design. Basically, if you don't pass those classes, then you don't graduate. And since it's an EE-type class, they want you to create a PCB. They were simple circuits for junior design Read Article How Blind, Buried and Through-Hole Vias Can Impact Your PCB Design Growing up, I was obsessed with all things Super Mario, but honestly, who wasn’t. 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Read Article Best PCB Routing Practices after Auto Routing Goes the Distance PCB auto-routing and routing techniques that will help you to finish your PCB layout once the auto-routing is completed. Read Article Optimize PCB Designs Before Product Development With Clear Client Requirements I swear I clearly heard my son asking for a McFish in his Happy Meal. But when he insisted that he asked for nuggets, I had no choice but to buy another set, although I strongly suspected he was just after the toys. This may not exactly be what you’d call “good parenting” but it is a great example of how misunderstandings can occur when you don’t get requirements jotted down on paper. While the cost of not paying attention to my son simply cost Read Article Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹‹ Page156 Current page157 Page158 Page159 Page160 Page161 Next page ›› Last page Last » Load More
