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Bill of Materials / BOM

The “Bill of Materials”, commonly referred to as the BOM, is simply a list. In the case of a PCB design, the bill of materials is a list of all the needed in the manufacturing process to build that specific printed circuit board. Follow our resources to learn more about Design Data Management and Bill of Materials or check out Altium's BOM Analyzer

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Multi-CAD Engineering Top Challenges

Multi-CAD Engineering: Top 6 Challenges In an ideal scenario, every engineer, manufacturer, contractor, and customer would utilize the same CAD system, simplifying collaboration efforts significantly. However, the reality of product design is far from this ideal. Various companies opt for different ECAD systems, requiring accommodating this as part of electronics product development. Even within a single organization, it's common to find different departments or divisions employing Read Article

Hands-On with Altium 365's New BOM Portal

Hands-On with Altium 365's New BOM Portal In this episode of the OnTrack Podcast, we explore the innovative BOM Portal in Altium 365, a cutting-edge tool transforming PCB design and electronic development. Tech Consultant Zach Peterson sits down with Ananth Avva, General Manager at Altium's Cloud Platform, and Damir Khayrutdinov, Product Manager at Altium, to discuss the tool. Altium's BOM Portal, compared to ActiveBOM, offers a seamless and efficient approach to managing bill of Read Article

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SiliconExpert Integration with Altium 365: Top Benefits SiliconExpert is your one-stop shop to choose low-risk parts and optimize your electronics supply chain. And the best part? It's now integrated with Altium 365, making the design process even smoother! Read Article

The Positive Impact of Supply Chain Visibility on Design to Cost Cover Photo

The Positive Impact of Supply Chain Visibility on Design to Cost With increased electronics supply chain visibility, you can develop better products faster and align perfectly with budget constraints early on. Here’s why. Read Article

The Wheel Keeps Turning: Advanced Bill of Materials for PCB Design

The Wheel Keeps Turning: Advanced Bill of Materials for PCB Design At a young age, my grandfather was trained in the repair and construction of wooden wheels, which was a necessary skill on the rural farm where he was raised. When modern times finally found Eastern Missouri, that highly skilled confluence of woodworking and blacksmithing was totally replaced by modern technology, save for the occasional historical re-creation. The change had been inevitable, so my grandfather proactively added machining Read Article

DNP in BOM and PCB assembly

Best Practices for DNI/DNP Components in Your PCB BOM You can use the DNI/DNP designation on components in your PCB BOM to create design variants as long as you’ve created your layout correctly. Read Article

Reference Designators

Altium Designer Helps You Track Reference Designators on Your PCB Make sure you use the correct reference designators in your PCB and in your drawings, schematic sheets, and circuit board layout. Read Article

Utilize BOM Management to Keep your PCB Design Right

Utilize BOM Management Software to Keep your PCB Design Right With Active BOM you can eliminate any guesswork out of your component browser and help you to start your PCB design right. ALTIUM DESIGNER A PCB design tool to keep your PCB moving forward through all stages of production. Are you tired of waiting for other people to give you feedback on your components before you can start your work? Are you tired of budget-busting eleventh hour changes on your design due to incorrect or out-of-date component Read Article

Integrated Electronics Manufacturing

Integrated Electronics Manufacturing and Design Collaboration Advanced devices require collaboration among multiple team members, both to ensure functionality and manufacturability. With embedded systems, this extends beyond a hardware team to include software developers. If you want your new product to be manufacturable at scale, then at some point, you will need to involve your manufacturer in the collaborative process. This is especially true with high speed digital devices and high speed analog devices Read Article

Reduce PCB Manufacturing Time

Reduce PCB Manufacturing Time Through Manufacturer Collaboration In a recent interview with PCB007, Altium VP of Marketing Lawrence Romine recalled a brief conversation with Tara Dunn, who remarked that all designs her company receives for manufacturing get put on hold. If you’re a manufacturer, this probably doesn’t surprise you; some designers can be very cavalier with their design choices. Although these designs may be innovative and useful from a signal integrity and layout perspective, they may not be Read Article

Chris Carlson's Time Saving Tips for PCB Design

Chris Carlson's Time Saving Tips for PCB Design In this podcast episode, Chris Carlson, Senior Field Application Engineer at Altium, shares the kind of indispensable PCB design tips & tricks one can only get with 23-years of experience! Watch now! Read Article