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Imagine shrinking all the equipment shown in the above image down to a single chiplet. Getting a set of networking equipment shrunk down to that size is a bit extreme, but new technologies are continuing to push electronics in that direction. The modern world is continuing the trend of greater data creation, transfer, storage, manipulation, and consumption that began when PCs first hit the market. Many enabling technologies have driven this trend...

In my experience, the somewhat vague information you might find in a typical crystal datasheet doesn’t enable an engineer to be wholly confident that their design expectations can be met. On the other hand, “blindly” adopting what the crystal datasheet says usually results in adequate frequency stability. If you want to get inside and uncover what is going on, you need to start thinking about the crystal as a phase-shifting network. After all, an...

Whether you’re looking for technical specifications while designing, or sourcing parts for manufacturing, you can access component data and inventory from Digi-Key Electronics directly through Altium Designer and Octopart. Altium has partnered with Digi-Key to give PCB designers seamless access to Digi-Key’s broad line card. Here’s how you can take advantage of this partnership to help streamline design, sourcing, purchasing, and manufacturing...

Electronics veterans probably know quite a bit about SPICE simulations, but even some old-school electronics engineers still run off their intuition and experience when designing circuits. They are probably the most famous simulation tool used in electronics design, whether for PCB design, integrated circuit design, or for designing other electrical systems. But at a deeper level, what is a SPICE diagram, how does a SPICE software simulation work...

The primary goal in signal integrity is to ensure a signal sent from a driver component in a PCB arrives at the receiver component with minimal differences between the two signals. The signal at the receiver will never perfectly match the signal sent from the driver, but if you try you can usually get close. In extremely high-speed serial protocols, as long as distortion is minimal, the receiver can easily recover the signal through equalization...

Altium Concord Pro™ as a standalone product and brand name has been discontinued and the capabilities are now available as part of our Altium enterprise solutions. Learn more here. Introduction Welcome! This laboratory journal will guide you through the steps to develop a successful product that value-conscious customers are sure to love. We’ll take a peek together behind the scenes of the development process. If you’re one of my customers...

High resolution displays, external GPUs, super-fast external storage, 10G Ethernet adapters... the list of applications for Thunderbolt 3 and 4 designs goes on. The Thunderbolt protocol was originally developed by Intel in collaboration with Apple and released in February 2011, and the protocol has evolved to be compatible with USB-C. Today, Although originally a proprietary protocol which required a license and royalty to use in new products...

The design process often requires repetitive work with tedious tasks. Altium Designer 21 represents a better way to design by revitalizing long standing functionality and improving the user experience, as well as performance and stability, based on the feedback from our users. These improvements streamline existing design tasks and empower you to complete sophisticated rigid and rigid-flex designs with realistic 3D modeling. In addition, Altium...

Industry standards on everything from auto parts to electronics have helped make modern technology accessible to everyone, but all standards will eventually become outdated. The European Commission originally set a deadline of December 20, 2020 for the IEC 62368-1 standard to replace the 60950-1 and 60065 safety standards for audio/video and IT products. While products designed to comply with 60950-1 and 60065 prior to this date can be still be...