Microstrip Patch Antenna Calculator for RF Designers Microstrip patch antennas are simple structures to design and fabricate, and they are very useful up to very high frequencies. Read Article Build Your Own Patch Antenna for Your Next PCB A patch antenna is simple to design in a PCB. These components are placed above a ground plane and require impedance matching. Read Article Today's PCB Designers Are Driving Electronics Product Design Professional designers know they play a fundamental role in the electronics product development process. Without circuit boards, all those semiconductors are a bit meaningless and they would not be able to provide the modern experiences we all enjoy. Even as PCB designers are so critical in the product development process, they still get the short end of the stick when it comes to product development tools. PCB design software is great for Read Article Multi-board and Harness Design Capability in Altium Designer 23 Altium’s VP of marketing Lawrence Romine discusses the multi-board and harness design capabilities coming in Altium Designer 23. Read Article Electrification and Digitalization are Driving the Automotive Industry It's hard to imagine that not too many decades ago, the most complicated and only "electronics" the average car had was just simply – a radio. Typically, a basic AM/FM device might have had an 8-track or a cassette player made up of a single PCB utilizing thru-hole technology and maybe an IC or two. Examples of early automotive computers / electronics. Image credit chipsetc.com Over time, advancing electronics became critical for almost every Read Article What’s New in Altium 365: Compare Bills of Material (BOM), Add Comments to the BOM, Create and Manage Project History Tags, PCB Design Review Competition Winners To improve your Altium 365 experience and provide a more collaborative design review, we released the comments on the BOM, where you can leave comments, tag people, and create tasks. Also, with the click of a button, you can compare two BOM versions and see what changed between them. Altium 365 now allows users to mark specific points in a project’s history by using tags as a great way to call out significant versions visually. We implemented Read Article 6:07 Power Integrity Analysis in Your PCB Design Software Power integrity problems can abound in modern PCBs, especially high-speed boards that run with fast edge rates. These systems require precise design of the PDN impedance to ensure stable power is always delivered throughout the system. Without carefully considering the PDN impedance, you’re at risk of creating ripple and noise in the power distribution network when fast signals switch states. As more signals switch in large ICs, the result is the Watch Video Embedded Capacitance Materials Overview One important material that can appear in a high-speed PCB is an embedded capacitance material. These laminates aid power integrity in small boards with high layer counts. Read Article Moving to Altium Designer from KiCad Making a Smooth Transition to Altium Designer from KiCad Layout In this guide, we’ll focus on importing KiCad Layout PCB designs. Please refer to specific guides if you need to migrate other files. Legacy Translation Before You Begin This guide will show you how to import data from your legacy system into Altium Designer. Before importing all of your legacy data, it’s important to ask yourself, “why do I need to import my legacy data?” Below are Read Article Getting Started with MicroPython and the Raspberry Pi Pico In this article Ari Mahpour introduces the MicroPython programming language and how it can be used on the Raspberry Pi Pico, specifically for hardware engineers. Read Article What's in a Hardware-Software Co-design Process Product development spans across multiple domains, including hardware and software. A co-design process for your hardware and software helps ensure your success. Read Article PCB Build-Up Basics In this article, we will be discussing what PCB build-ups are, and which elements make up a typical PCB—all the way from the basics of PCB build-up, to pre-preg materials, core materials, and copper foils. Read Article Overcoming Technological Challenges in the PCB Industry In this episode we will discuss all about the technological challenges the industry is facing. Matt will help us understand the “ecosystem” involving the semiconductor industry, advanced packaging, and IC substrates. Read Article ESD Protection Basics with TVS Diodes Learn about ESD protection basics with TVS diodes, why we need them, and what key parameters make up a typical TVS diode. Read Article How I Improved My Collaboration Efficiency with Altium 365 In my years as a practising electronics engineer, one of the most significant inefficiencies I have noticed has always been communication between teams, freelancers, contractors, and clients. This has always been the most noticeable when working with firmware developers. And it doesn’t matter if I am working with the firmware developer internally on a permanent team or if I am working with an external contractor who will develop the firmware for Read Article Materials Science and Manufacturing of Better PCB In this episode, our guest Geoffrey Leeds the product manager at Insulectro talks about how material science can help solve the unique manufacturing challenges fabricators are dealing with HDI designs. Read Article Come See the New Power Analyzer by Keysight in Altium Designer 22.9 October 28, 2022 ONTRACK BI-WEEKLY Announcing Power Analyzer for Altium Designer, by Keysight Technologies Keysight Technologies and Altium have teamed up to bring you a new Altium Designer Extension for DC power integrity analysis. Power Analyzer by Keysight brings sophisticated DC power analysis to the PCB editor in Altium Designer without the need for expensive prototypes, complicated tools or specialized skills. 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