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Read ArticleConcurrent Engineering with Bill Brooks from Nordson Asymtek
Hear how Bill spends the time up front to get everyone aligned during the PCB design process to ensure fabrication and assembly processes progress with minimal issues.
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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 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 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 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 ArticleTed Pawela, Altium COO, Shares Vision for the Future
Curious about the future of electronics design?
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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 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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Read FlipbookDesign for Manufacturing
When it comes to manufacturing, organization is critical.
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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 ArticleUsing Kirchhoff’s Law to Determine Sufficient PCB Trace Thickness
How can you ensure that your PCB traces can safely withstand the amount of current flowing through? Use Kirchhoff’s Current Law to determine the trace thickness of your PCB and minimize malfunctions.
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Read ArticleDesign Planning with Differential Pair Routing Software and Directive Symbols
Directive symbol placement and differential pair setup is easy when you work in a unified design environment.
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Read ArticleHow to Panelize Your PCBs Before Lunch with Altium Designer
Panelizing your PCBs for manufacturing is a piece of cake when using Altium Designer. Here’s a quick guide to get you rolling.
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Read ArticleUsing Project Templates for PCB Design Development
By using project templates for PCB design and development you can increase your efficiency and make the best use of your personnel and time resources.
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Read ArticleHow to Create a PCB Layout from a Schematic in Altium Designer
You’ve completed your schematic, now it’s time to get started on the layout. First though you need to know how to create the PCB from an Altium Schematic.
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Read ArticleBill Brooks Accelerates Design-based Over Tool-based Curriculum
Bill Brooks has contributed more than most new designers know to PCB design education.
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Read ArticleWARR Hyperloop Pushes Last Year’s Design Concept Even Further
Find out what has been added to the pod this year to improve design and performance.
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Read ArticleFrom Veteran PCB Designers to Next Gen Innovators
Meet WARR Hyperloop team and PCB Designer Bill Brooks.
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Read ArticlePCB Layout Tips to Design a Clap Switch Circuit
By adhering to PCB layout principles and following design guidelines, you can easily build a reliable clap switch for various electronics applications.
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Read ArticlePCB Via Noise Coupling in Multilayer PCBs
Learn how via coupling in a multilayer PCB causes that mystery ground plane impedance in this article.
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Read ArticleCrosstalk in Mixed-Signal PCB Traces and Ground Planes
How do split power and ground planes affect interference between analog and digital signals? Learn more in this article
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Read ArticleComponent Symbol Information Management and Display Usability
Component symbol management is critical to your design workflow. See how a unified interface can help you implement your management strategy.
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Read ArticlePCB Production for Industry Manufacturing with Supplier Information
PCB production for industry requires timely updates of component supplier information. See how a unified design environment can help you stay up to date.
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Read ArticleCreating a Ground Plane for Your PCB Design
Your PCB design will probably have power planes of some kind on it. Here are some ways for creating a ground plane in your design using Altium Designer.
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Read ArticleCoupled Versus Uncoupled Inductors: Which is Right for Your Switching Power Supply?
When designing your switching power supply, which inductor design is right for you; coupled or uncoupled?
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Read ArticleNow that They’re Assigned, Find and Report Testpoints in Your PCB Design
Once you've assigned testpoints in your design, you've got to validate and report them. Here's how to find testpoints and report them using Altium Designer.
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Read ArticleSuppress Noise and EMI in Your PCB With the Right Analog Filter Design
You won’t want to muck through poor signal integrity in your circuit boards. Add the right active or passive filter to keep signal integrity high and suppress EMI.
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Read ArticleDesign for Manufacturability (DFM) and Assembly (DFA) tips with Jay Colognori
DFM and Design for Assembly (DFA) are important to engineers who know you can’t just design a PCB and throw it over the wall to manufacturing.
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Read ArticlePlanning Your Next HDI Stackup with PCB Layer Management
If you need routing flexibility while ensuring signal integrity, you need to choose the right HDI stackup in your PCB. Learn about your options in this article.
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Read ArticleControlling High Current LEDs with a TIP3055 Power Transistor
To simplify the process of turning on hundreds of LEDs, use a TIP3055 power transistor.
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