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A common question when it comes to PCB design is “When should I use a flex circuit?” That question could be coming from someone using a wire and cable solution or someone using rigid PCB materials or even someone brand new to PCB design. In a previous blog, we went through the advantages of using flexible printed circuit cables: Solves a packaging issue Reducing space and weight needed Reduced assembly costs  Facilitates dynamic flexing Thermal...

Thermocouples are the final sensor type in a series where we look at all the main types of temperature sensors you might use in an electronics project. In this series, we have looked at the various ways to implement different temperature sensors in your project. At the end of the series, we’ll be putting the sensors and implementations in a head to head competition using real-world conditions. Through this real-world testing, will gain a better...

Upverter Education brings distance learners together to learn electrical engineering online. Looking back on my own experiences as a student, I am amazed at the depth of subject matter in most electrical engineering courses. Today’s generation of engineering students is facing major challenges in accessing truly comprehensive courses on electronics design, especially now that so many schools are operating remotely. Distance learning in a hands...

Thanks to the internet, online learning and remote work have gone mainstream. Sites like Khan Academy and YouTube give access to free courses on just about any topic you can imagine, including advanced STEM topics like electronics engineering and learn PCB design. More advanced design courses that offer certifications usually cost money, but free online resources are a great way to dive head-first into a new field and prepare for professional...

  OnTrack Newsletter November 2020 VOL. 4 No 4   Altium Online Digital Experience: Going “All-In” on Customer Centricity In October, Altium unveiled an all-new Online Digital Experience that now allows anyone to digitally access technical support, account management, make purchases...

When you create components, you’ll really be creating 3 different CAD models: a schematic symbol, PCB footprint, and 3D model. Integrated circuits need multiple pieces of information, including courtyards, IC pin numbers, designators, and electrical simulation models to be most effective in your PCB design and analysis tools. If you’re working with most CAD tools, you won’t have the features you need to perform all of these tasks. Enter Altium...

Modern PCB designs can get very complex, and designers need tools to help them stay organized. Schematic sheets are a great start, but simply organizing different circuit blocks into different schematics is not enough to ensure your designs are organized. Altium Designer unifies your schematic design and PCB layout tasks into a single program, and it includes a PCB connection rooms feature to keep your circuit blocks synchronized. Here’s how you...

OnTrack welcomes Natasha Baker, CEO of SnapEDA. Natasha is an electrical engineer with fourteen years of experience who founded SnapEDA after seeing a need for a ‘Google of electronics components’. SnapEDA is, the world’s first electronics design search engine, currently serves more than a million professional engineers and supports the development of more than 400,000 unique hardware products every year.  Natasha joins us to discuss the origin...

The challenges faced by today’s designers are rapidly increasing in scope and complexity. This leaves less time to properly organize, manage, and share the design data they create. Typically, unless they have access to dedicated IT resources, they are left with a choice. They can either implement and maintain an ECAD data management system themselves or forgo the advantages of proper data management and live with the potential for errant design...