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Frequency Modulation Simulation in Altium Designer This microwave mixer can be examined in a frequency domain simulation in Altium Designer When working with analog signals, you need to ensure your device is operating linearly in order to prevent problems like harmonic distortion during operation. Nonlinear interactions in analog devices lead to distortion that corrupts a clean analog signal. It may not be obvious when an analog circuit clips just from looking at your schematic or datasheets Read Article
PCB Trace Width vs. Current Table for High Voltage Design Keep your board cool with our PCB trace width vs. current table Copper is a strong conductor with high melting point, but you should still do your best to keep temperatures low. This is where you’ll need to properly size trace widths to keep temperature within a certain limit. However, this is where you need to consider the current flowing in a given trace. When working with a power rail, high-voltage components and other portions of your board Read Article
WifiWall Technology Protects Against Cyberattacks Do you travel a lot? If so, do you use your smartphone, tablet, or notepad computer in airports or hotels? Even if you aren't a road warrior, do you use any of the aforementioned devices in public places like coffee bars? WiFiWall 5.0 Traveler (Image source: WiFiWall.com) In my case, I would answer with a resounding "Yes" to all the above. Of course, just about everyone these days knows that public Wi-Fi is subject to nefarious folks mounting all Read Article
A Comparison of NVIDIA’s Embedded AI Computing Platform Options Each new embedded AI computing platform blurs the lines between man and machine... When I first got started with machine learning applications, specifically text classification and sentiment analysis, I was working with an eCommerce client building everything onto a web server. Given the huge amount of data we continue working with on a daily basis, it only made sense to build our platform on a dedicated server. For some AI applications Read Article
Robots Help With Neighborhood Crime Watch - Knightscope Story <Insert Knightscope image> Futuristic robot startup Knightscope is building the ultimate security guard. Designed for security, surveillance and law enforcement applications, these security robots deter, detect and report suspicions activity autonomously. Developed and built in the United States and designed with Altium Designer, Knightscope delivers on its mission to provide safe places to work, shop and visit. Watch the Knightscope video on Read Article
The Circular Piano on Gaga's Stage - PianoArc Story Click here to watch as lead engineer Dave Starkey reveals what led to the creation of one of the world's most extraordinary instrument, the PianoArc. Dave discusses his collaboration with co-founders Brockett Parsons, keyboardist for Lady Gaga, and current PianoArc CEO Chuck Johnson to design the world's first circular keyboard. Click here to learn more about PianoArc <links to blog post> Read Article
Python Dragging Students into STEAM CodeBot. Image source: Firia Labs I have a friend. It's true. I'm not joking. Settle down. Look -- I'm not going to continue until you cease squirming in your seat and stop giggling. That's better. Now, if you're quite finished, we'll continue. We'll call my friend David (because that's his name). David is one of the cleverest guys I know. He has a size-16 brain -- the type with the go-faster stripes painted down the side. He has expertise with Read Article
High Speed Design Features Growing Forward with Altium and Simberian Partnership Happy New Year from Altium! In our first article of the year we talk to Roger Paje, VP of Sales and Marketing at Simberian about our recently formed formal partnership and how their highly accurate field solver technology is helping usher in new high-speed design capabilities in Altium Designer such as layer stack, impedance and surface roughness modeling. These enhancements began in Altium Designer 19, were amplified in Altium Designer 20, and Read Article
Altium 365: The New Frontier of Collaborative Cloud-Enabled Electronics Realization In this interview, we talk with Leigh Gawne, Chief Software Architect at Altium, to learn about Altium 365 and the impact he foresees that Cloud-enabled electronics realization will have on Design Engineers--as well as the entire industry. (To see Leigh Gawne and team collaboratively design a board LIVE in Altium 365 at this year’s AltiumLive conference, watch this video). Judy Warner: Leigh, please tell our readers about your background and your Read Article
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1:3:28 Experience The New World-Class Interactive Router in Altium Designer 20 Altium Designer 20 ushers in a whole new era of possibilities and amongst them is a truly game-changing Interactive Routing Watch Video
TE Connectivity Paving the Way into 100 GBps Data Rates Nathan Tracy and Justin Pickel from TE Connectivity discuss how they’re feverishly paving the way to 100 gigabits per second data rates! They tell us about how this will affect your design as well as the whole infrastructure of our industry. Get ready to drink from the fire hose... Listen to the Podcast: Download this episode (right click and save) Watch the video: Show Highlights: Justin has been with TE’s high-speed data development group for Read Article
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