What’s New in Altium Designer 18 Webinar Recap April 19, 2018 April 19th 2018. A beautiful thursday morning and a great day for an Altium Designer webinar. I gather my things and go to the recording studio... In case you missed our Altium Designer 18 live webinar, no worries. You can catch up here with the video recording and presentation slides. If you’re not a fan of videos I’ll try my best to summarize in the webinar notes bellow. Key Takeaways Performance Improvements Multi-threading Multithreading Read Article True ECAD / MCAD Co-Design Will Eliminate PCB Design Placement Errors Have you ever had a PCB design returned to you because a component that you placed conflicted with a mechanical feature? Missing even one conflict can cause a lot of grief when it comes time to install the circuit board into the final system. It certainly did in my case where that one part ended up in a location that ultimately wouldn’t fit in the device housing. The only way my layout would work was if I cut an opening in the enclosure for a Read Article David Carmody’s DFM Report Integrating Design and Assembly Want to learn about Design for Manufacturing (DFM)? In this Altium OnTrack Podcast episode David Carmody and Judy Warner talk about DFM Reports can proactively fix manufacturing issues. Listen in now. Read Article Design for Manufacturing When it comes to manufacturing, organization is critical. With so many different players involved in the design process (engineers, sourcing agents, manufacturers, etc.), design for manufacturing entails a level of detail that demands continuous communication and information exchange with the different parties involved. Click the PDF above to read more about Design for Manufacturing in this Ebook. Or read the original, full-length content here Read Article BOM System Improvements In the past, many PCB designers were confined to tools that dictated when the Bill of Materials could be produced. But we know from years of experience that the Bill of Materials, or BOM, can change throughout the design process. We believe the decision should be up to you, which is why we strive to offer tools that embrace flexible and agile options for PCB designers and other professionals involved in the decision process. Click the PDF above Read Article Modular Design Ebook What will truly move the needle in your design process? Modular Design tools that bring productivity and scalability to your product design. Altium PCB design tools start each iteration with ultimate productivity in mind and that includes features that make the most of modular design. Learn more about Modular PCB design and get an inside look at what has made Altium Designer the designer's EDA tool right from the very start. Click the PDF above Read Article With Software for Rigid-Flex Designing, You Can Define and Animate Your PCBs Rigid-flex PCBs can open the door of possibilities wide open for complex form factors involving limited real-estate. If implemented correctly, you could effectively use each and every wall of any shaped chassis as a mounting surface for your PCB(s). Designing these rigid-flex boards in design software, such as Altium Designer, makes it easy to visually see how your components might interact with one another once actually in a flexed or folded Read Article Engineers Show Us How to Build A New Car From the Ground Up Rose Hulman FSAE Car Judy Warner : Tell us about your team, what you make, and where you compete. Anthony Lin : We are the Rose Grand Prix Engineering team from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and we design, build, and race a Formula style (open wheel open cockpit) race car from scratch every year. This year marks our 7th year in the competition with RGP-7 (name of our new car). We compete in the Formula SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) Read Article Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing Tips from Electronics Expert Duane Benson Judy Warner: Duane, please share briefly about your background in the electronics industry. Duane Benson: I first burned my fingers with a soldering iron when I was about fourteen. Though I was formally trained and started my career in software development, my first love has always been electronics. My early hardware projects included an electronic stethoscope used to listen through walls for termites chewing on wood, and a caller ID device Read Article How to Automate PCB Design Effectively Become an expert PCB Designer when you use Altium Designer software. Learn how to automate as much as possible! Click the PDF above to read more about How to Automate PCB Design Effectively in this presentation overview. Or view the original content here: How to Automate your Component Management Process How to Automate your High-speed Design Process How to Automate your Design Review Process Read Article PCB Design Errors Reduce Errors in your PCB designs. This presentation will discuss multiple ways good PCB design can help manage errors on your board. It covers tips and tricks for basics and beyond. Click the PDF above to read more about PCB Design Errors in this presentation. Or view the original content here: Preventing Critical PCB Contamination: There Goes the Boom Is It Hot In Here or Is That Your PCB Shorting? Common Causes of PCB Shortages What's Worse Read Article Costed BOM: Expedite Cost Savings with Continually Updated BOM Pricing Knowing your market and providing supply for your customers is an art. Purveyors of commodities have long been negotiating with their clients to plan supply chain needs. Stock becomes more desirable as supplies diminish, especially if demand grows and the need is great. If need and demand remain robust, pricing holds and suppliers make money while offering fair deals to their customers. Electronic component vendors carefully plan their offerings Read Article PCB Routing Angle Myths: 45-Degree Angle Vs 90-Degree Angle There is nothing wrong with a healthy debate, whether it’s related to determining the worst pizza topping or the best solder mask. In the PCB editor world, a debate that plagues designers and researcher alike revolves around PCB routing angles. Should copper tracks of a PCB be routed at a 45-degree angle vs 90 degree angle PCB? With today’s equipment, however, it turns out that it usually doesn’t matter which angle you use. By utilizing modern Read Article Use Unique ID EEPROM in Your Embedded System to Prevent Design Counterfeiting There’s a saying that smart people don’t always finish the race first. In college, I remember some classmates copying my assignments, only to end up getting better scores than I did. Being smart didn’t necessarily guarantee me the top grades in college and watching others achieve success based on my ideas became demoralizing. The business world is similar; it isn’t uncommon for companies to copy concepts that work well for their competitors and Read Article Internal Versus External Surge Protectors: What’s Best for Total PCB Protection Whether its internal or external surge protection, your electronics device needs something to keep it healthy throughout the lifespan. Read Article Small Electronic Circuit Design Demands Large Amounts of Attention With new taxes regularly introduced to the rising costs of living, it’s only a matter of time before consumers suffer from chain effects. It gets to my nerves when my favorite local restaurants increase prices or resort to reducing their serving size. Of course, I would prefer for things to stay the same but I can at least satisfy my hunger by paying a little extra. In electronics, PCB designs are also getting smaller, just like my favorite plate Read Article How to Use Test Points on PCB | Altium Designer Maybe it’s because of the old memories of pop quizzes in grade school, but it seems like no one really likes the idea of “testing”. Just as the school children in “A Christmas Story” reacted badly to having to write a theme , people all over the world usually react just as negatively to the idea of taking a test. And yet, if you are going to be a circuit board designer, you are going to have to learn how to use a PCB test point. The good news is Read Article Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹‹ Page138 Current page139 Page140 Page141 Page142 Page143 Next page ›› Last page Last » Load More