Startups Are Well-Positioned for ECAD Digitalization In today's business age, implementing a transformative digitalization strategy is one of the big keys to a company's ongoing and future success. By adopting and integrating digital platforms, smart applications, and managed services, businesses can transform business processes and product development. Why Startups Should Embrace Digitalization Digitalization allows companies to quickly adapt to changing market dynamics and customer expectations Read Article The Skin Effect, Current Density, and the Electromagnetic Field Do you know how the skin effect alters the electric and magnetic field around a transmission line? We’ll address an important misconception in this article. Read Article The Newest Upgrades to Altium Designer 22.7 July 22, 2022 ONTRACK BI-WEEKLY New This Month in Altium Designer Altium Designer 22.7 gives users productivity during schematic capture with the newest productivity upgrades in the schematic editor. 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Read Article Finding the Right Solar Solution for your Outdoor Embedded Devices In this article Ari Mahpour reviews various solar power source options for your outdoor embedded devices Read Article Prototyping a Solar Solution for your Outdoor Embedded Device In this article Ari Mahpour proposes a semi-custom solar power source option for your outdoor embedded devices Read Article Roughness of Copper and its Effect on Signal Integrity Bert Simonovich, a very well-known expert in the signal integrity community, is our guest in today’s podcast episode. He developed the "Cannonball-Huray" model a transmission line loss modeling, which has been adopted in several popular EDA tools. Read Article The CHIPS Act Signed Into Law The US legislature has passed a reduced version of the CHIPS Act, and now President Biden has signed it into law. Where do we go from here? Read Article What You Need for PCB Packaging and Shipping Here is a list of materials you need to package and ship your own PCBs, and even some electronic components. Read Article Should You Place Teardrops on Differential Pairs? We’ll look at an interesting question from an OnTrack podcast guest about teardrops on differential pairs. Will they create signal integrity problems? Read Article New Schematic Capture Upgrades in Altium Designer 22.6 July 8, 2022 ONTRACK BI-WEEKLY New This Month in Altium Designer The new release of Altium Designer 22.6 brings important schematic capture improvements that further align Altium Designer with the needs of modern design engineers. This month’s announcement focuses on new schematic capture upgrades: Multi-functional Pins - Many modern integrated circuits have multifunctional pins. Now users can program pin names into parts and select pin Read Article Design Predictable PCBs through SIMBEOR® Electromagnetic Analysis In this episode, the founder of Simberian will demonstrate Simbeor’s simulation capabilities and briefly educate us on rise times, signal integrity, and solving EMI. Watch how an electromagnetic analyzer can be a lifesaver to a PCB designer like you. Read Article PCIe Routing with AC Coupling Capacitors AC coupling capacitors remove DC offset so that high speed PCIe lanes can operate properly. Learn more about PCIe AC coupling capacitor selection and placement. Read Article 10-Ounce Copper PCBs and Design Library Migration Today’s guest is Mario Strano, the senior PCB designer at Nikola and also president of ECAD Central. We will discuss interesting topics such as designing a 10-ounce PCB, setting up clearance and creepage rules, library migration, and a 57-ounce copper board; yes, you heard that right! Read Article The High-Reliability PCBA Design and Test Challenge High-reliability PCBAs require careful design and analysis to ensure compliance with rigorous performance standards. Learn more about testing and evaluation of high-reliability PCBAs in this article. Read Article The Positive Impact of Supply Chain Visibility on Design to Cost With increased electronics supply chain visibility, you can develop better products faster and align perfectly with budget constraints early on. Here’s why. Read Article The Best PCB Design Software Downloads There are many PCB design software packages available for download or purchase. Newer designers and startups who are just starting out will likely build up their skills from a free software program just to get to a proof of concept and initial design of a prototype. Once a design has been proven and it is time to design for a real product, a new designer or startup startup company will need to make the switch over to a paid software package. 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