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Peter Smith

Peter Smith has over 40 years of experience providing innovative electronics and embedded design solutions including testing, fixing and design of hardware, firmware and software across widely varying systems.Highspeed / RF / EMI guru, expert in highspeed, mixed signal, analog and dense layouts. Teacher, professionally for some years, and Chartered Engineer via the UK Technology Council. 12 years Royal Navy (avionics). Co-author of the high speed signalling supplement for the InfiniBand R1.2 specification.

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Advanced Tools to Increase the Quality of PCB Manufacturing Documents Guest writer Peter Smith shares tips for getting the best out of Altium Draftsman^®. When I started at a company relatively recently, I (and the other designers) were less than impressed with the quality of the manufacturing datapack. It took some work, but we managed to convince the management that it was worth investing the time and effort to produce datapacks that were complete and looked really professional. At the time, we were on Altium Read Article

Create Your PCBA Manufacturing Documentation with Draftsman In my numerous years in the electronics industry, we have come a long way. From using tape on mylars for PCB layouts to advanced CAD systems, the industry has moved what can only be described as light years ahead over the last 30 years or so. Gone are the days (thankfully) of a hand drawn schematic which is then translated by someone into physical that are connected by hand (even in early layout programs this was true). Netlist? What was one of Read Article