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Read Article Altium Designer Quick-Start Tutorial Part 2 Learn how to design a simple, two-layer PCB in Altium Designer all the way from project creation, schematic capture, PCB design, to generating manufacturing files. A great place to start if you haven’t used Altium Designer or any ECAD tool before. Read Article Beginner PCB Design Mistakes and How To Avoid Them Learn what the most common PCB design mistakes are, how you can avoid them, and what simple techniques you can apply to improve your future PCB designs. Read Article Designing Custom Hardware with Microcontrollers Learn how to design custom hardware using microcontrollers. Read Article Altium Designer Quick-Start Tutorial Part 1 Learn how to design a simple, two-layer PCB in Altium Designer all the way from project creation, schematic capture, PCB design, to generating manufacturing files. A great place to start if you haven’t used Altium Designer or any ECAD tool before. 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