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DDR5 vs. DDR6: Here's What to Expect in RAM Modules What can designers expect in DDR5 vs DDR6? Here’s what you can expect for your next memory device. Read Article

How to Involve Customers in PCB Product Development Follow our guide to learn about how to involve customers in your PCB product development process. Read Article

The IEEE P370 Standard for High Speed PCB Interconnects Signal integrity engineers should pay attention to the IEEE P370 standard for characterizing interconnects out to 50 GHz. Read Article

My Favorite Altium Designer Keyboard Shortcuts and Viewing Features If you want to be more productive in PCB design and layout, try out these common Altium Designer keyboard shortcuts. Read Article

PCB Layout for an LM358 Op-amp Circuit and Module LM358 op-amp circuits are simple, yet they are still useful for low frequency analog applications. Here’s one example of a PCB layout you can create in Altium Designer. Read Article

What You Can Track in Your Altium Project History You can easily track your Altium project history and revisions locally, or you can use the cloud storage features on Altium 365. Read Article

Managing PCB Polygon Pour and Copper Features in Complex Layouts PCB polygon pour and copper features in your PCB layout need to be carefully managed, especially when collaborating with other designers. Read Article

LLC Resonant Converter Design and PCB Layout You can use an LLC resonant converter design to provide stable DC power in your circuits. Here’s how to layout your LLC converter design. Read Article

Design Your Own USB-MicroSD Card Reader PCB Altium Designer makes it easy to design your own USB-MicroSD card reader. Here’s a simple project to help you get started. Read Article

IEEE EPEPS 2020 Roundup: Get Ready for Advanced CAD and Modeling Techniques SI/PI engineers and layout engineers presented their research work at this year’s IEEE EPEPS conference. Read Article

All About PCB Loss Tangent: What it Means and When it Matters Do you know the PCB loss tangent for your laminate? Learn more about this important factor and how it affects your signals. Read Article

The NVIDIA-Arm Deal Will Expand Hardware for AI and Deep Learning Read more about the recent NVIDIA-ARM deal and what it means for PCB designers. Read Article

Automotive Ethernet: Present and Future Design Requirements Get ready for more cars to make greater use of automotive Ethernet. Here’s what systems designers and PCB designers can expect. Read Article

Embedded Systems Firmware and Hardware in the Cloud Embedded systems firmware development is easier when your hardware designers and coders can work together in the cloud. Read Article

LVDS to LVPECL, CML, and Single-Ended Conversions A lot is made of high speed interfaces for PCBs. Here’s how you interface between LVDS to LVPECL, CML, and other logic families. Read Article

WiFi 6 PCB Design Guide and 802.11 Standards Your next PCB might need WiFi 6 capabilities. Here’s what you need to know about WiFi 6 PCB design and layout. Read Article

Neuromorphic Computing Chips Make Transistors Feel Obsolete Intel’s upcoming platform for neuromorphic computing, the Loihi neuromorphic processor, reflects a broader trend in the AI hardware community, but you wouldn’t know it from looking at the packaging. The Loihi processor packs major changes to the underlying transistor architecture and uses a unique signaling method used for computation. Intel’s products and other chips from hardware startups are starting to resemble the functionality in the human Read Article