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Altium Designer - PCB Design Software

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MOSFETs in series

Should You Use Power MOSFETs in Series? In this article, we look in greater depth at how to properly use combinations of MOSFETs in series compared to their use in parallel. Read Article

Comparing All Serial Communications Protocols

Comparing All Serial Communications Protocols At the end of this series, we summarize the advantages and disadvantages of each type of Serial Communication Protocol available to transfer information between microcontrollers, data-producing, and data-processing peripherals, and other intelligent devices. Read Article

best circuit schematic editor

Use the Best Circuit Drawing Software With SPICE and Schematic Capture Use the best circuit schematic editor to create your next electronic design and start your PCB layout. Read Article

Serial Communications Protocols - CAN and LIN

Serial Communications Protocols - CAN and LIN In this article, Part 8 in our series of articles looking at different Serial Communication Protocols, we discuss the popular CAN and LIN protocols combined. Read Article

High current switched mode power supply PCB layout

Switched-Mode Power Supply PCB Design Guidelines Create and simulate your design and follow these switched-mode power supply PCB layout guidelines. Read Article

PCB power plane routing

Should You Route Signals in Your PCB Power Plane? Before you cut up your PCB power plane with signals, pay attention to things like impedance control power plane current capacity to ensure reliability. Read Article

MOSFET Power dissipation calculator

Using SPICE as a MOSFET Power Dissipation Calculator The circuit design and simulation features in Altium Designer can be your MOSFET power dissipation calculator. Read Article

input impedance

How to Use Input Impedance in Circuits and Transmission Lines The concept of input impedance is used to understand power transfer and matching in complex interconnects. Read Article

PCB transmission line calculator

Utilizing a PCB Transmission Line Calculator Makes Design Easier PCB transmission line calculators are a dime a dozen, giving you the tools you need to calculate lossless impedance, lossless propagation delay, or simple things like DC resistance. These quantities are nice to know, but they don't tell you the whole story about your design. Online calculators are also known to give incorrect results when used for impedance calculations, especially because they cannot consider fundamental phenomena like Read Article

Total harmonic distortion

Total Harmonic Distortion In Power Systems Total harmonic distortion is used to quantify the quality of power that reaches your electronics. Read Article

What is high speed design

What is High Speed PCB Design? Learn more about what is high speed board design and how to successfully design and route your high speed printed circuit board layout. Read Article

RF circuit design

What is RF Circuit Design? Learn more about what is RF circuit design and how to succeed at RF PCB design and layout. Read Article

Choosing A Converter or Regulator For your Power Supply Design

Choosing A Converter or Regulator For your Power Supply Design This article will go on a brief tour of the main choices in DC power supply design. It tackles converters and regulators, linear and switch mode, and isolation consideration. Read now to learn more. Read Article

Hybrid PCB stackup

How to Design a Hybrid PCB Stackup If you need alternative PTFE-based materials or low-Dk glass cloth materials, consider using a hybrid PCB stackup. You’ll have lower costs and the advantage of a low-loss material on one layer. Read Article

What is schematic capture

What is Schematic Capture? All designs start with creating schematic sheets for your circuits. Learn more about what is schematic capture in our guide for new engineers. Read Article

Switching Power Supply Filter Design

Switching Power Supply Filter Design When optimizing your filter performance, it is important to choose your components wisely. This article will serve as your comprehensive guide, read now. Read Article

Power Supply Filtering Options

Power Supply Filtering Options This article will help PCB designers identify the filter requirements, select the best options and locate the optimum places within the circuit design to incorporate filtering. Read Article