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PCB Design Collaboration

Modern electronics requires collaboration between multiple design domains and team members. Browse our library of resources to learn more about using the best PCB design software to collaborate with your team members and customers.

Team Collaboration & PCB Design Altium Presents: Team Collaboration Collaboration in Altium Designer MCAD Collaboration ECAD Data Management

Setting Up Concord Pro Revisions and Lifecycle Precursor To help PCB Designers to become better at what they do, there are various Blog series on Concord Pro which are presented in such a way that they are first broken into by categories. These categories walk through the entire process of efficiently using Concord Pro. At the end of each blog are practical steps you can take to get organized, and get the most out of Concord Pro for your PCB projects. Introduction We are continuing to set up Read Article

Best Practices Cultivating a Healthy and Productive Remote Working Environment A leading research and advisory company, Gartner, Inc., found that nearly 75% of the 317 CFOs and business finance leaders they surveyed planned to move at least 5% of their formerly on-site workforce into permanently remote positions even after the COVID-19-related quarantines have ended. Zach Peterson, prolific technology content writer, scientist/engineer, and owner and CEO of Northwest Engineering Solutions, joins the OnTrack Podcast to Read Article

Make the Free Switch and Import from KiCad to Altium Designer Free PCB design software can be a great thing, especially when you’re just getting started as a new designer or a hobbyist. As you gain more experience and you start working with more complex products or in a professional setting you’ll start to find that each KiCad and Altium Designer software tools have nuances, but there is only one that focuses on productivity for professional hardware engineers. If you have serious time constraints you want Read Article

Linux PCB Design Software that is Ready for You to Use Cloud-based PCB design software that will run on Linux or MacOS to give you the design tools that you need. You need to create a design for a printed circuit board, but you are having difficulty in finding schematic capture and PCB layout software that will give you the results you need on your Linux system. There’s great news for you though, here at Altium we’ve got what you need. It’s a cloud based free PCB design system called Upverter that Read Article

Getting into the Ring with Altium “BattleBots” has delighted robotics aficionados for decades. Beyond the roar of the engine and the cheers of the crowd, learn how Altium is helping make the mightiest BattleBot “Mammoth” even mightier. Read Article

Making a PCB with a 3D Printer Still Requires Design Expertise Designing PCBs for 3D printing can follow one of two routes: additive or subtractive manufacturing. Your PCB design software should be adaptable to either technique and should have the capability to generate the files required for your 3D printer to accurately lay etch or deposit your traces. Working in Altium Designer’s unified design environment integrates your design tools in a single interface. Altium Designer offers the only design package Read Article

Altium DbLibs and Electronic Components in the Cloud with Altium Designer 20.1 Industry expert Davide Bortolami discusses what DbLibs are, how they work, what they can help you achieve, and how to integrate them with Altium 365. Spoiler alert: it’s disgustingly easy. Read Article

The Best PCB Antenna Design Software Eases Antenna Implementation Circuit Board antenna design can be a difficult task for any software; however, that shouldn’t be a problem for Atium Designer. ALTIUM DESIGNER Ensuring that your antenna designs are placed without issue. Consumer and industrial demand has prompted the demand for smaller wireless devices. The devices support wearable technologies, Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) applications, personal communication systems, Internet of Things (IoT) applications Read Article

PCB Design Review and Collaboration in Altium Concord Pro Remote collaboration tools are everywhere these days, and now designers have access to a convenient collaboration system for electronics design. Whether you’re part of a design team, or you need to quickly execute any design changes recommended by your manufacturer, you need cloud collaboration tools that are immediately accessible within your PCB design application. Now with Altium Concord Pro, you’ll have access to a cloud-driven design Read Article

Open Source Ventilator Project (OSV) Combats Ventilator Shortage Dugan Karnazes joins the OnTrack Podcast to discuss his work with the Open Source Ventilator project, and its effort to end the ventilator shortage. Read Article

Setting Up Concord Pro- Roles and Permissions Precursor To help PCB Designers to become better at what they do, the series of Blogs on Concord Pro are broken down by category. Each category walks through the entire process of setting up and efficiently using Concord Pro. Furthermore, at the end of each blog are practical steps that you can take to get organized and get the most out of Concord Pro for your PCB projects. Introduction Once you’ve taken the giant first step of opening the box Read Article

Linking Managed Projects with your Git Server using Altium Concord Pro There’s been a bit of chatter on the forums lately discussing linkages between managed projects within Altium Concord Pro, and version control using external Git servers (such as GitHub or Bitbucket). In this article, we will be taking a closer look at the backend of Altium Concord Pro’s managed project system and how we can link back to your Git server. Altium Concord Pro Managed Projects: A Closer Look Historically, the Altium Vault—which Read Article

Leading a Team for Embedded Electronics Putting together a team, and the infrastructure to support embedded electronics design, requires an understanding of how every part works and how they interact. In this article I want to talk about how to build that team and provide some insight on how to build the infrastructure necessary for your product development. Definition: What are the different parts Designing an embedded electronic product requires pieces from different facets of Read Article

How to Manage a Remote Team for Electronics Design Collaboration with your remote design team takes the right management tools. Here’s how to manage a remote team with Altium Concord Pro. Read Article

User Access in PCB Project Management with Altium Concord Pro When I work with my team and talk with clients, we spend a lot of time sending files back-and-forth or making sure design data is updated in a client’s FTP site. Now that we use Altium Concord Pro, we have a secure cloud collaboration tool for PCB design, revision tracking, and PCB project management. The challenge in this environment is regulating user access to sensitive projects. Customers don’t always want to see their designs exposed to Read Article

Design to Your PCB Board Thickness Requirements To quickly set up and work with the different PCB board thickness requirements that are before you every day, you need the best PCB Design tools available; you need Altium Designer. ALTIUM DESIGNERThe most powerful, modern and easy-to-use PCB design tool for professional printed circuit board fabrication use.Incorporating the design with the fabrication process was never worth the effort as old and rigid PCB layout design tools offered little in Read Article

Online PCB Design Review with Altium Concord Pro You can design a PCB any way you like, but if it doesn’t pass a PCB design review, then it will never become a real board. A PCB design review is about more than just running DRCs, it’s about designing to satisfy your manufacturer’s capabilities and processes. Manufacturers have had to become much more skilled at designing new boards, and the best manufacturers will collaborate with you during a PCB design review. With the right effort and Read Article