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Cellular internet of things design and devices

Using Cellular Modules for Internet of Things Devices and Design Cellular internet of things products are widely accessible and easy to design thanks to standard cellular modem modules and transceiver components. Read Article

Navigating PCB Footprint Landmines

Navigating PCB Footprint Landmines Altium Concord Pro™ as a standalone product and brand name has been discontinued and the capabilities are now available as part of our Altium enterprise solutions. Learn more here. Introduction “How did this happen?” was the question that everyone was asking. We had just got back from the Assembly House, a new PCBA, and I knew by the adverse reaction that something had gone wrong. I know for most reading this, this scenario doesn’t happen to you Read Article

Successful PCB Design Engineers Use Altium Designer

See Successful PCB Design Engineers Use Altium Designer Altium is the world’s leading provider of PCB design software because Altium Customers achieve the products they set out to design. How does Altium fit into the picture? Hear from Altium Designer Customers directly and see their engineering journey up close, and learn a little more from these happy customers on Youtube: Why Altium? Hear It From Our Users. Altium Designer is Easy to Use Successful design engineers use Altium Designer because it is Read Article

Finding a PCB Electronic Search Engine for Your Component Needs

Finding a PCB Electronic Search Engine for Your Component Needs Maintaining proper components within your circuit board necessities becomes much easier when you have a real-time updating electronics search engine. ALTIUM DESIGNER PCB design software built for your electronic component search needs. When the time inevitably comes in every design journey, part data management will become a critical system that will require the utmost of ease and editability. Getting caught up in the manual editing web of part Read Article

Best PCB Design Software for Your Single Sided PCB

Best Single Layer PCB Design Software for Your Single-Sided PCB A one-sided PCB design needs the same attention to detail in its design as a large multi-layer board, it needs Altium Designer. ALTIUM DESIGNER The most powerful, modern, and easy-to-use PCB design tool for professional use. It may seem like the world of PCB design revolves around complex multi-layer high-performance PCBs or other exotic design technologies, but the need for single-sided PCB designs is as great as it ever has been. Their Read Article

Make the Free Switch and Import from KiCad to Altium Designer

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

Altium's Upverter for Linux: PCB Design Software that is Ready for You to Use Cloud-based Altium Designer for Linux or Mac OS X PCB design software 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 Linux PCB design software called 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

ASME Standards for PCB Design and Manufacturing

ASME Standards for PCB Design and Manufacturing So what does the ASME have to say about PCB design and deployment? As it turns out, there are many important points from the ASME to consider during design for manufacturing. Some important IPC standards for ensuring reliability are derived from ASME standards, while other documentation and drawing standards are specified explicitly in the ASME standards. Whether you work with electromechanical systems, the auto industry, or in aerospace, the Read Article

Planning Your Multilayer PCB Stackup in Altium Designer

Altium Designer: Your Multilayer PCB Stackup Planner Newer PCBs are rarely designed on one or two layer boards. With the high density of connections and the number of components that are used in modern PCBs, your next design will probably be a multilayer PCB. If your next device has an odd form factor, then you will probably be using a rigid-flex PCB. Both of these types of PCBs require the right stackup procedure. This means you need PCB design software with an intuitive stackup manager. When you Read Article

The Best PCB Router Software for Your Complex Designs

The Best PCB Router Software for Your Complex Designs Don’t let antiquated Printed Circuit Board routing tools slow down or even derail your design, use the best PCB router software to get the job done correctly and on time. ALTIUM DESIGNER^® A unified PCB routing software and design package that integrates the best tools, automated documentation, and production planning features. The ASME is one organization that specifies design requirements on all types of mechanical products. Issues like safety Read Article

Use Rules-Driven To Meet Your Component Placement Guidelines

Use Rules-Driven Design To Meet Your Component Placement Guidelines Modern PCBs require keeping track of a ton of design rules, and even more components. No one has time to keep track of every design rule under the sun. Other software companies make it difficult to force your design rules to apply to all of your tools, including your layout tool. Instead, unified design software can help you stick to your design rules and improve your productivity, ensuring that your finished PCB has the functionality you require Read Article

The Best Results Come from PCB Design Services Using Altium Designer

The Best Results Come from PCB Layout Services Using Altium Designer The power of Altium Designer combined with the professional services and resources recommended by Altium will give you your best design results. ALTIUM DESIGNER Software for PCB design services to make circuits come easy. You have an important design project ahead of you, but what you don’t have is the resources to get it done on time. Not only do you need help, but you also need a powerful PCB design system to get the job done as quickly and Read Article

Making a PCB with a 3D Printer Still Requires Design Expertise

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

Double Sided PCB Design in Altium Designer

Double Sided PCB Design in Altium Designer Most newer Printed Circuit Boards are complex multilayer beasts that require unique design methods and difficult routing strategies. However, many pieces of hardware that form the cornerstone of modern electronic devices are still designed on two-layer boards. These boards still require a number of critical design tools that most platforms place in separate programs. If you’re looking for a design platform that makes double-sided PCB design easy Read Article

Arduino Shields Are Ready-Made Addons for Circuit Development

Arduino Shields Are Ready-Made Addons for Circuit Development Arduino Shield projects are integrated circuit blocks available in off-the-shelf printed circuit board assemblies. ALTIUM DESIGNER The most powerful, modern, and easy-to-use PCB design tool for professional use. Arduino is a company that offers off-the-shelf printed circuit board assemblies containing small circuits for idea development. Each Arduino is designed with connections to interface with other circuit assemblies for the developer Read Article

Antenna Impedance Matching in Altium Designer

Antenna Impedance Matching Calculator with Altium Designer Impedance matching plays a critical role in high speed, high frequency, and wireless PCBs. Building a PCB with strong wireless communication capabilities requires impedance matching your antenna to its receiver/transceiver using one of many termination schemes, especially if you opt to print your own antenna on your PCB. When you use design software with the best signal simulation and analysis tools, you can easily identify the best termination Read Article