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Cover Photo for the SiliconExpert Article 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
3D Printing For Electronic Lab Organization 3D Printing For Electronic Lab Organization 3D printing technology offers electronic designers fantastic opportunities to improve their development processes, produce product mock-ups and even create custom parts for their production devices. However, the benefits of 3D printers don’t end there; they can have another equally important purpose in your design process, namely, helping you organize your electronics lab space so you can work smarter. Lab Space Issues The typical electronics lab Read Article
intrusive soldering When Should You Use Intrusive Soldering? Your PCB assembler can offer intrusive soldering as an assembly option. Here’s how it works and what not to do to your PCB footprint. Read Article
flyback transformer design Flyback Transformer Design With Core and Coilformer Flyback transformers can be designed as custom components with high efficiency and galvanic isolation. Here is how to create a custom flyback transformer for a flyback converter. Read Article
1:4:27 Increase Productivity With Easy Component Creation Watch this webinar to discover how to create different aspects of a component, including symbols, footprints and 3D model parametric data. Watch Video
44:05 Help Ensure The Best Designs With Component Management Watch this webinar and explore the advantages and structure of Altium 365 managed components. Watch Video
Plug and Play Industrial Automation? It's Only a Matter of Time Plug and Play Industrial Automation? It's Only a Matter of Time We are pleased to host a thought-provoking conversation between Tech Consultant Zach Peterson and Dr. Philip Voglewede. They have a very intriguing conversation about the role of automation in the current and future industrial landscape. Read Article
PCB mask expansion How Much PCB Mask Expansion is Too Much? Solder mask expansion on a PCB can be set in your design rules to ensure sufficient copper is visible for soldering. Read Article
Stopping the Infiltration of Counterfeit Components Through AI Cybord Analyzes the Authenticity, Quality, and Traceability Of Components With AI And Big Data This is a very exciting conversation. We will talk with Dr. Eyal Weiss about better, practical applications of AI in the electronics industry, outside of design. Read Article
Interfacing DDR Memory with AMD/Xilinx FPGAs Interfacing DDR Memory with AMD/Xilinx FPGAs Learn how to interface DDR memory with AMD/Xilinx FPGAs. Read Article
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
DIP component Does Anyone Still Use DIP Components? DIP components are less-often used in professional PCB design projects for new products, but legacy products may still need these parts. Read Article
Everything You Need to Know about Conformal Coating Everything You Need to Know about Conformal Coating Explore the basics of conformal coating with Mark Harris. Conformal coating is a protective layer applied to electronic circuits to guard against environmental factors such as moisture and dust. Read Article
How to Design a Bias Tee for a Power Amplifier How to Design a Bias Tee for a Power Amplifier Bias tees are used in some RF systems to separate AC and DC power along a particular line. Learn more about bias tee design in this article. Read Article
Inverted-F Antenna Inverted-F Antenna Design For a PCB Learn how to design an inverted-F antenna for an RF PCB layout. Read Article
IC Carrier PCB How to Design an IC Carrier PCB Carrier boards for integrated circuits can be used as interposers whenever there is an incorrect PCB land pattern. Read Article
Chip-on-Board PCB Design Rules for Chip-on-Board Layout There is one simple type of packaging that is not really packaging in the conventional sense: chip-on-board. Read Article