About Author

Jason Howie

Jason Howie is the Head of Technical Writing at Altium. He brings a wealth of technical writing experience and can often be heard rattling the keyboard into the early hours. Prior to joining Altium in May 2000, Jason spent just over 4 years at the Joint European Torus in Oxfordshire, UK, as part of the Machine Instrumentation & Protection Systems.

Recent Articles

Altium Vault Technology - A Foundation for the Management of Design Data A look at Altium's new Technology from the perspective of a tech writer in the trenches! A standalone solution, this technology provides a key foundation element, arguably the backbone, of Altium’s Design Data Management System. As a technical writer at Altium, my job entails its fair share of exciting new challenges. Having to keep abreast of cutting edge new features and functionality is, as the saying goes, my ‘bread and butter’. To say that Read Article

AltiumLive - FAQs Your AltiumLive questions - answered! The following is a list of Frequently Asked Questions, the answers for which are all aimed at getting you up-and-running with AltiumLive. OK, I'll ask it. What is the underlying purpose of AltiumLive? The key objective of AltiumLive, through its Forums, BugCrunch and the recognition program, is community building. We want to have a community that is rich in knowledge and expertise, and full of members who are Read Article

Reducing Metastability in FPGA Designs Here, we take a look at the concept of metastability in regards to digital circuits – and therefore FPGA designs – and how its 'appearance' can be greatly reduced simply by adhering to proven design principles that mitigate its effect. Metastability! You could be forgiven for thinking this might be related to the integrity of some futuristic containment vessel, or force-field: "The metastability of the warp drive's flux triangulator and cryonic Read Article

Announcements: Techdocs - a new era for Altium’s technical documentation In conjunction with the release of Altium Designer^®, Altium is pleased to herald the arrival of a new home for its technical documentation - techdocs.altium.com. This represents a significant milestone for Altium and kicks off the start of a campaign to ultimately get our documentation ‘house’ in order - and then some! It reflects our strong commitment to a singular overriding quest, and that is to provide high-quality, highly-relevant and Read Article