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PCB footprint layers What's With All the Layers in PCB Footprints? Your PCB footprints contain many layers. Which of these layers are most important and what should they contain? We’ll explore in this article. Read Article
Should a Capacitor Be Used For ESD Protection? Should a Capacitor Be Used For ESD Protection? Capacitors are not capable of fully protecting a system from ESD, other components are also needed for comprehensive protection. Read Article
Why Are Advanced Car Radars Using So Many Antennas? Why Are Advanced Car Radars Using So Many Antennas? Advanced car radar systems rely on large virtual arrays for high-resolution imaging, long range, and/or tracking of multiple objects. Read Article
The Current State of AI in PCB Design in 2023 The Current State of AI in PCB Design in 2023 Your favorite machine learning, optimization, and generative AI algorithms may soon be used in your favorite PCB design program. Now that ChatGPT has become a household name and competitor companies are developing their own GPT equivalents (Claude, LLaMa, etc.), EDA startups are looking at how to leverage these tools to help PCB designers and engineers be more productive. With so many industries touched by automation and AI, it was only a matter Read Article
How to Build a Hardware Startup: Beginning to Realize Your Electronics Dreams How to Build a Hardware Startup: Beginning to Realize Your Electronics Dreams Every hardware startup has questions on funding, sourcing, testing, and manufacturing. Let’s go step-by-step through the main questions. Read Article
Electronic Hardware Startup Tips: From Idea to Manufacturing Electronic Hardware Startup Tips: From Idea to Manufacturing AI, smart devices, proliferation of high compute to the edge, and ubiquitous integration of just about every electronic devices have put us solidly in what some call the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The history of the past two decades of technological development is one where the barriers to entry into market have never been lower, including for innovators who have never built a piece of hardware. Therefore, it should come as no surprise that we Read Article
Better Thermal and Power Efficiency for Your PCB Better Thermal and Power Efficiency for Your PCB Our guest Steven Schnier, Systems Engineer for Power Management at Texas Instruments generously shares the different strategies for designing better thermal and power efficient PCB. Read Article
40:50 MCAD-ECAD Collaboration Workflow We invite you to watch our webinar, during which the Altium Product team members will demonstrate the most efficient MCAD-ECAD collaboration workflow and answer questions. Watch Video
47:22 What’s New In Altium Designer: Mid-Year Update Discover the new features in Altium Designer 23 and how they can be incorporated into your workflow. Watch Video
PCB manufacturing startup The Startup's Guide to PCB Manufacturing When it’s time to scale your PCB into high volume manufacturing, where exactly should you produce? Read Article
Inspire and Educate through Open-Source Hardware Products Inspire and Educate through Open-Source Hardware Products Lukas Henkel will share with us what made him interested in designing electronics, some details about the development of his Open-source laptop project, and will even give us a sneak peek of the actual design development on Altium Designer. Read Article
Addressing Forward and Backward Crosstalk in PCB Design Addressing Forward and Backward Crosstalk in PCB Design Crosstalk in high-speed PCB design appears FEXT and NEXT, and it depends on the rise time of signals traveling on transmission lines. Read Article
PCB cavity embedded SMD component How to Place PCB Cavities for Embedded SMD Parts Embedded cavities can be used to place SMD parts, internal copper fills for heat sinking, or as a highly shielded edge-plated region. Read Article
PCB Short Circuits Common Causes of PCB Short Circuits PCB short circuits have many possible causes related to common assembly defects and contamination. Learn more in this article. Read Article
Manufacturing Startup Costs: Budget for Tests and Success PCB Manufacturing Startup Costs: Budget for Tests and Success So you have a hot new hardware device that you plan to manufacture and bring to market? Maximize your chances of success by budgeting your startup costs. Read Article
Can You Use ChatGPT for PCB Design? Can You Use ChatGPT for PCB Design? ChatGPT is turning everything upside-down, including engineering. Can LLMs be used for PCB design? We’ll take a look at some tasks that can be automated with ChatGPT. Read Article
Should You Remove Ground Below Impedance Matching Networks? Should You Remove Ground Below Impedance Matching Networks? Impedance matching networks in a PCB layout might need to have ground cleared from them. We’ll explore when to remove ground in this short guide. Read Article