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Optimizing bill-of-material (BOM) costs in high-volume consumer products requires more than just price negotiations. It demands a strategic approach that is informed and guided by the potential risks.  Prices are influenced by myriad factors and may not always be clear at first, especially as procurement teams and engineers continue to share BOM data via spreadsheets. To assess hidden cost-reduction risks in their supply chain, they must first...

When designing electronic circuits, a well-organized component library can be what separates success from expensive mistakes. Whether you’re a solo designer or part of a team, the demands of modern projects call for tools that save time, reduce errors, and ensure consistency. In this article, we will explore why the component templates feature within Altium Designer® Pro stands out as an absolutely indispensable tool for printed circuit board...

In today’s high-speed design landscape, overlooking advanced PCB tools and methodologies can lead to signal integrity challenges, longer development cycles, and increased production costs. Without modern solutions in place, you risk facing issues like mismatched impedances, excessive reflections, and suboptimal high-speed routing—ultimately impacting the reliability of your designs. Are you ready to sharpen your PCB design process and overcome...

In the fast-paced world of industrial PCB design, ineffective team collaboration can lead to miscommunications, version control issues, and extended project timelines. Without a centralized system, teams may struggle with overlapping work, conflicting design changes, and inefficient communication, resulting in costly errors and delays.​ Are you ready to enhance your team's collaboration and streamline your design process? Take advantage of...

In medical electronics, compliance with regulatory standards is a cumbersome necessity. However, by adopting strategic data management practices, compliance can be transformed from a burden to a valuable business asset. This article explores how electronics design data management strategies can be leveraged to not only meet regulatory requirements but also enhance operational efficiency, improve patient outcomes, and drive business growth. Medic...

Signal integrity issues like reflections, crosstalk, and insertion loss are no longer edge cases, they’re everyday risks in modern PCB designs. Without proper analysis, even the best-engineered circuits can suffer from data corruption, failed compliance, and late-stage rework. This whitepaper will introduce you to both the why and the how of signal integrity analysis. Whether you're a designer new to SI or already using Altium Designer, this...

Spreadsheets, emails, and Word documents are still the go-to requirements management tools for many electronics development teams. They’re familiar, flexible, and easy to use. But, as projects grow more complex, ad hoc requirements management becomes a liability.  Fragmented documentation is locked in email and Slack threads, resulting in miscommunication between team members and other stakeholders. Requirements evolve, but downstream engineers...

Imagine a world where every design decision you make is cost-effective from the start. This is the promise of integrating supply chain visibility into the design-to-cost approach in engineering. By increasing procurement transparency, you can develop better products faster and align perfectly with budget constraints early on. Here's why. Understanding Design to Cost in Engineering What Is Design-to-Cost Approach? Design to Cost (DtC) is an...

The aerospace electronics industry operates in, as the name suggests, the sky—a domain where failure is a no-go. A single malfunctioning component stemming from an overlooked or mismanaged requirement can have catastrophic consequences, jeopardizing not only multi-million dollar projects but, more importantly, human lives. The elaborate nature of modern avionics systems, coupled with stringent regulatory demands and extended lifecycles, presents...