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How to Create a CI/CD Pipeline for Your PCB Design
7 minBlog
At Altium Live 2019 (San Diego), I gave a talk with David Haboud on implementing software development techniques for PCB design. This talk demonstrated what a Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipeline would look like within a DevOps environment as applied to PCB design projects. In that talk, I used the Atlassian tool suite (Jira, Bitbucket, and Bamboo) to create my DevOps flow for PCB design projects. In this article, I am...
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An Introduction to NFC
13 minBlog
I used to work in a research lab that worked primarily with RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) and NFC (Near Field Communication) technology, particularly for the agriculture industry and cattle identification. These were very specialised fields. However, the lab also worked on projects which involved retail and various other applications for NFC. It’s an amazing technology that you might be using every day without thinking about it - from...
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USB PD: Power Delivery for Your Next Project
13 minBlog
Since its introduction in the late 90s, the USB standard has never ceased to grow in popularity. Multiple revisions of the standard have kept it relevant to the growing demands of data delivery, which has made it the ubiquitous choice for electronic devices. There has been a growing trend toward USB being a power delivery interface with data, rather than a data interface that can supply power, as the 1.0 specification originally intended. To...
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EMI Case History — Noise Problems And Their Solutions — Part 1
6 minBlog
There is an old saying about experience being the best teacher but, more often, the appropriate adage is: “Experience is a hard teacher because she gives us the test first, the lesson afterward.” (Vernon Law). This can definitely apply to the PCB product development process when problems missed during design can arise when the working hardware is put into operation.
The foregoing is an apt description of an EMI design issue that we encountered...
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OnTrack Newsletter: AltiumLive Virtual Summit, OSV, Brain Food - July 2020
1 minNewsletters
OnTrack Newsletter
July 2020 VOL. 4 No 1
AltiumLive 2020 goes “Virtual”
Like most events in 2020, Altium is transitioning our annual flagship conference, AltiumLive, to an online experience this year. We will host our North American event from October 6-8, and our European event...
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The “Mini Monkey” Board – Using the LPC55S69 in the VFBGA98 Package
20 minAltium Designer Projects
For as long as I can remember, I have been a microcontroller addict. In 2020 there is no shortage of component selection. We are also at an interesting period where MCUs can tackle complicated tasks that we may have chosen a high-end applications processor for. Quite a bit of my career has been focused on doing really awesome things in the MCU space as you get a great balance of cost, design control, and simplicity. I am always on the lookout for...
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DesignCon 2020’s ‘Engineer of the Year’ Talks Power Integrity, Picosatellites, and Simulation Tools
2 minOnTrack
Istvan Novak, Principal Signal and Power Integrity Engineer for Samtec Inc. and winner of the DesignCon 2020 Engineer of the Year Award joins the OnTrack podcast to talk about picosatellites, simulation tools, and the rising importance of power integrity.
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Perfect Styling for Your Organization with Altium 365: How to Keep Schematics Organized
13 minBlog
We all had a moment when piles of annotated schematics were growing on our desk, and we started losing track of what was what. What revision is this? Did my colleague check it? Is this IC the new one, or the one that used to go up in flames every full moon?
In this article, I want to show you how to how to keep schematics organized and make a stunning personalized schematic template for your business that is ready for Altium 365 and the 21st...
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Why PCB Power Rails Need to be Low Impedance
6 minBlog
As has been noted in several of my articles and in the PCB design information available to the industry, getting the impedance right is critical for ensuring that a product will operate properly and as designed.
What is not so easily understood and can remain a challenge if not appropriately addressed during the product development phase, is the need to have all PCB power rails be of low impedance power supply so that excessive ripple on signals...
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