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Explore the featured content from blog posts to social media and technical white papers gathered together for your convenience. All written by PCB design experts.
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Read ArticleCompetition for HDI: VeCS
Learn about Vertical Conductive Structures-VeCS.
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Read ArticleBolt: Part Venture Capitalist, Part Engineering Team and Pure Awesome
Bolt offers a unique model to help startups get off the ground, and get product to market.
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Read ArticleFlexible Circuit Base Materials
What is important to understand about flex base materials?
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8:09Watch VideoHow to Calculate Impedance for Single and Differential Transmission Line in Altium Designer 19
Learn how to configure, define, and use your design’s impedance requirements for single-sided and differential on each layer, with Altium Designer’s Layer Stack Manager.
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Read ArticleTop 8 Flexible Circuit Advantages
Flex circuit applications are only limited by our imagination, learn more.
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Read ArticlePCB Design Process Concepts
Think outside the board outline with a masterful PCB Design planning process.
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Read ArticleEverything You Need for Successful PCB Stackup Design
Critical information for PCB stackup design: controlled impedance, crosstalk control and the need for interplane capacitance. Read more from expert Lee Ritchey.
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Read ArticleAltium Designer 19 Has Arrived
Altium Designer 19 has just been released and features several exciting new and enhanced capabilities. Get a first look here at some of the latest functionality.
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Read ArticleAltium Designer 19: Highlights from the Latest Release with David Marrakchi
David is an inside expert on Altium Designer, listen for highlights about the latest version of Altium Designer.
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Read ArticleIntroduction to High Density Interconnects and the Evolution of Electronics
This Guidebook outlines the advance design approaches and manufacturing processes needed to design the most complex of these PCBs, the high-density interconnects (HDI)
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Read ArticleHow Collaboration Changes with the Cloud
Learn about different approaches to enabling collaboration in the development of board systems.
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0:37Watch VideoHow To Show The Topology of Your Board on Your Draftsman Assembly View in Altium Designer 19
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Read ArticleEnd-to-End Tracking of Your PCB Design
Learn how to track your design changes and keep them transparent for the whole team.
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Read ArticleHow to Implement Capacitive Touch Sensor Technology
Manually creating or resizing a touch sensor’s complex vendor/technology-specific patterns can be both difficult and time-consuming. Fortunately, there is an automated solution, which enables the...
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Read ArticleHow Do I Flip and Rotate Components in Altium Designer and Other Schematic Functions
Many designers waste time because they don't know the shortcuts on how to flip and rotate components in Altium Designer. Here are some tips that will help.
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15:22Watch VideoAltium Designer 18 Demo
See why Altium Designer is the easy, professional tool of choice.
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Read ArticleChannel Operating Margin Isn’t So Bad
Love it or hate it, COM is here to stay.
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Read ArticleStandardize and Enhance Your Design Efficiency with Project Templates
Are you unnecessarily repeating steps that are slowing your design workflow down? Starting to feel the pressure of a modern, fast-paced design environment that demands continuous product...
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Read FlipbookAuto-Interactive Routing
Auto-Interactive Routing, not your average Autorouters
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Read FlipbookEnhancing Your High-Speed Design with xSignals
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Read ArticleThe Best Tools for Multi-Board PCB Systems Design
Multi-Board PCB Systems Design Tools and Tips
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Read ArticleHow to Control Switching Signals with Terminations for Best Signal Quality
Looking for information about transmission lines and terminations? Learn from the experts about creating and managing electromagnetic fields and how series termination works.
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Read FlipbookPCB Manufacturing Ebook
Looking for information about PCB Manufacturing? As a PCB designer, you understand the blood, sweat, and tears that make every board and the devices they serve a reality. Read more about DFM here.
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Read ArticleDemonstrations for Multi-Layer Designs: Best Uses for Each Layer
To create the different circuit boards that you will be designing, you need to know how to set up for the best uses for each layer in your PCB design tools.
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Read FlipbookGetting Started with PDN Analyzer
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Read FlipbookDesign for Manufacturing
When it comes to manufacturing, organization is critical.
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Read ArticleHow to Save Time Managing Your Component Libraries
Component library management is a time-consuming and frustrating process that takes valuable time away from other important tasks, but what if there was a way to auto-fill the necessary...
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Read ArticleHow to Easily Reverse Engineer PCB Project Libraries
Receiving design files from clients isn’t always as smooth a process. Clients may send incomplete project files, project files with unstandardized component libraries, or other files that don’t...
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Read ArticleAuto-Interactive Routing to Overcome Obstacles and Other Polygons
As the technology of printed circuit boards becomes more complex, PCB designers need the help of auto-interactive routing in order to reduce routing times.
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Read ArticlePractical PCB Design Tips for an Unroutable Board
A PCB may be unroutable due to various reasons: limited dimensions, strict compliance to routing practices, and component choice. Follow these tips to save time and make your PCB routable.
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Read ArticleWeekly Digest: Articles, Podcast and Videos from Altium
Get the weekly recap and stackup your weekend reading list.
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Read ArticleAm I Big Enough for Data Management?
If we have only one or two EEs, do we really need data management?
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Read ArticleThe Advantages of Using Project Templates for PCB Design
When designing a new PCB, instead of designing duplicate circuits take advantage of project templates to quickly create your new design.
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Read ArticleBuild High Density Interconnect PCBs with Skip Vias
High density interconnect PCBs require creative routing strategies. Give connection component density a boost with skip vias.
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Read ArticleDesigning a 6 Layer Stackup for Enhanced EMC
Designing the right stackup is all about ensuring signal integrity. Find out which 6 layer PCB stackup is right for your next board in this article.
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Read ArticleDesign Tips for High Frequency PCBs and Embedded Systems
You can ensure your signals remain clean with these high frequency PCB design tips.
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Read ArticleDFSI: Overcoming Channel Loss
Explore various options for reducing loss.
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Read ArticleDesign for Reliability with Yizhak Bot
Eliminate failures with Design for Reliability tips from expert Yizhak Bot.
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Read ArticleMaterials Science 101 with EIPC Chairman Alun Morgan
Meet Alun, a Material Scientist at the helm of Ventec.
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Read ArticlePCIE Layout and Routing Guidelines
Compared to other high speed boards, PCIe layout routing follows simpler design rules that make design easy.
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Read ArticleGuard Traces: Hit or Myth?
Guard traces, regardless of their implementation, provide no real value.
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Read ArticleWeekly Digest: Join the Fastest Growing Software in ECAD
See what Altium published this week and learn about our growing team.
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Read ArticleThe IPC Warning About Microvia Reliability for High Performance Products
Don’t PANIC! Let Me Explain.
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Read ArticleDesign for Manufacturing and Assembly (DFM/A) or Predictive Engineering
Want to know the difference between Design for Manufacturing, Design for Assembly and DRCs?
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Read ArticleProblem Solving Methodology for PCB Designers
Problems in production will involve numerous ‘cause-factors', find out how to approach problem solving like an expert.
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Read ArticleSlaying the 90⁰ Right-Angle Bend Dragon
Debunking the myths surrounding 90 degree angle bends in PCB traces - avoiding 90 degree angle bends in PCB traces is not relevant.
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Read ArticleSAP and mSAP in Flexible Circuit Fabrication
SAP and mSAP are not new terms to the electronics industry, find out exactly what they are.
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Read ArticleWhy Protect Vias and What is IPC 4761?
Learn about IPC 4761 and why you should protect vias.
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Read ArticleWeekly Digest: Is that a Lucky Board or Did You Just Switch to Altium Designer?
See everything we published this week like articles from Happy Holden and How to videos on Youtube.
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Read ArticleWeekly Digest: Altium Industry Experts Series
Did you read the flex circuit articles by Tara Dunn this week?
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Read ArticleCoverlay Type Driven by Installation and End Use Requirements
Should I use polyimide coverlay, or flexible solder mask?
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Read ArticlePrinted Electronics a Technology of the Past and Future
Printed electronics (PE) is a new, rapidly growing interconnect business.
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Read ArticleInterplane Capacitance and PCB Stackups
Guidance on the process of designing PCB stackups.
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Read ArticleSMART System for Data Management
Just as utilizing the SMART system for data management will help increase design efficiency, so will using PCB design tools with a unified data environment.
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