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As robotics systems become increasingly compact, complex, and demand higher performance, the traditional boundaries between mechanical and electrical must be broken. Engineers face mounting pressure to ensure that every component, from printed circuit boards (PCBs) and connectors to enclosures and actuators, fits into more complex casing.  Design flaws related to fit, form and function can derail development, increase costs, and compromise...

As electronic products continue to become more compact and interconnected, the use of multiple PCBs within a single device has become standard practice. From modular medical equipment to industrial systems and consumer tech, multiboard design architectures allow engineers to optimize layout, improve serviceability and manage complexity through functional partitioning. Multiboard Design: The System-Level Challenge of Multiple PCBs But complexity...

Today’s consumer devices pack more electronics into smaller, more mechanically complex products than ever before. Mechanical engineers are under constant pressure to design slimmer, lighter, and more unique enclosures while keeping costs down. But even with well-developed skills in their own domain, one of the biggest challenges remains the outdated and disjointed workflow between mechanical (MCAD) and electrical (ECAD) design teams. A Web of...

As a mechanical engineer, you own the form, fit, function, and manufacturability of a product’s final assembly. But as products have become smarter and more connected, the PCB that powers them has transitioned from a simple component to be housed into a complex, 3D subsystem with its own mechanical constraints. Despite links between MCAD and ECAD software, engineering teams still rely on manual data sharing that compromise designs, resembling not...

The defining trend in modern electronics is a paradox: devices must shrink in size while expanding in power and functionality; this relentless push for miniaturization, from handhelds to wearables, has fundamentally reshaped the role of the mechanical engineer. The days of designing a simple ‘box’ to house a PCB are gone. Today, the enclosure is an active, elaborate system that must provide structural integrity, manage heat, and shield from...

The modern electronics landscape rewards teams that coordinate early and often. With tighter schedules, more complex systems and volatile supply chains, the cost of misalignment is too high to ignore. Success depends on context sharing, collaborative processes and fewer late-stage surprises. That level of collaboration can’t be achieved with static design reviews and a jumble of email threads. It must happen inside the tools where engineers and...

Wearables continue to get smaller and smarter, delivering seamless experiences that consumers are beginning to adopt like second nature. And while a skin patch, ring, or pair of sunglasses may appear simple, inside there’s a fully integrated wearable PCB system that senses, computes, and communicates while withstanding motion, moisture, and everyday use. In this type of product, PCB layout determines whether a design will work as intended. The...

In this webinar, we will show you how easy and fast it is with Altium Designer in combination with Altium 365 to create a prototype from scratch, cooperate with mechanical tools and automatically generate manufacturing files and standardized documentation. All of this by only using the tools included in the unified design environment of Altium Designer and the cloud base data management system Altium 365. We will showcase the following: Schema...

Modern electronics run hotter than ever. From AI datacenters and electric vehicles to smartphones and medical wearables, today’s devices push serious power through smaller footprints. And when the heat builds up, performance, safety, and reliability are all on the line. For today’s high-performance electronics, thermal management is often the make-or-break factor that separates products that thrive from those that throttle. Fortunately...