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This 2 hour session will cover antenna basics, location of fields in the PC board, cause and control of Common Mode current, effects of IC style and pin out, best component locations, impact of connector locations, PCB stack-up and proper I/O cable shielding.

When I was young, a new hospital was built in my community. It was easy to get to and provided a great service. Over the years however, the hospital has grown and added more clinics and services. To accommodate this growth the property has been drastically altered for the construction of buildings and parking lots. Now there are narrow driveways, reduced parking, and areas blocked off by cement barricades. If new equipment is being delivered as...

Watch the recording from the virtual event “Altium Academy Live“ to expand your expertise with professional development presentations. Here’s a brief grimpse of some of the topics covered in the prefessional development sessions: Educational session: Defining High Speed Signal Paths in modern PCB design Get an insight into how challenges regarding switching speeds in modern devices can be addressed and converted into a solid and robust PCB...

This 2 hour session will cover the basics for starting Altium, project-based design and basic schematic capture concepts.

In this article, we’ll learn how to use Altium Designer® to implement extra functionalities that are not available by default. We’ll discover a powerful aspect of Altium Designer that when mastered can bring your design skills to a higher level. In this article, we’ll discuss how to implement a script to perform design verification for you. We will learn: How to create rules to verify some design requirements. To verify those rules using a...

Ben Jordan drops in to share details on Altium’s central hub for online education resources: hands-on video, feature documentation, and tips and tricks for navigating and mastering Altium’s software. Ben is a Computer Systems and PCB Engineer with more than 20 years of embedded systems, FPGA and PCB design. See why we’re now calling him “the Dean of Altium Academy”. Here’s another podcast you can’t afford to miss!  Listen to the Podcast: Down...

As noted in my previous blog regarding PDS design, the whole power supply conundrum is one that has been plagued over the years with a number of erroneous rules-of-thumb; “black magic” design rules and confusion as to what does or doesn’t work.  One of the most controversial topic areas focuses on the use of ferrite beads as a means of controlling and containing EMI. There is conflicting information concerning the use of ferrite beads and it...

Watch our webinar and discover 10 Hidden Secrets in Altium Designer 20 and learn how you can leverage them to elevate your design experience.

Watch our webinar on “Fabrication/Assembly/Component Creation” as part of the Altium Academy Virtual Series.