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Design PCBs to Meet FAA Aircraft Certification Standards Design Aerospace PCBs to Meet FAA Aircraft Certification Standards Avionics and aerospace engineers face a strictly regulated landscape when designing civil aircraft and the electronic systems that support them. You don’t have to be a professional aviation engineer to know that aircraft are extremely complicated mechanical and electrical systems. From withstanding extreme environments to rugged electrical and mechanical requirements, the Federal Aviation Administration defines standards for every aspect of Read Article
Data Management for Component Models in SPICE Simulations Data Management for Component Models in SPICE PCB Simulations Simulation software is becoming more powerful as time goes on, but the simplest solutions are sometimes still preferable for many applications. SPICE simulations have been around for decades, yet their applicability to a wide variety of circuits and applications is not lost on anyone. With SPICE simulation tools being so popular, it’s only natural that they appear in PCB design software platforms. Devices continue to become more powerful and more Read Article
Changing PCB Reference Planes During Routing in Multilayer Boards Changing PCB Reference Planes During Routing in Multilayer Boards Routing through multiple PCB reference planes is not the best routing strategy, but there are some simple design tips that can help. Read Article
Complete Guide to DIY SMT Assembly In Your Office Complete Guide to DIY SMT Assembly In Your Office This article shows that reflowing a board with primitive low-cost lab tools is relatively minor, yet gives you high-quality results Read Article
Transmission line fundamentals Transmission Line Fundamentals And Electromagnetic Fields, Part 1 Learn more about transmission line fundamentals and how they carry electromagnetic fields. Read Article
Via stub backplane Your Complete Guide to Via Stub Analysis Via stub accumulate loss for high speed and high frequency signals. Here’s how you can spot problems with stubs and solve them easily. Read Article
The What, Why and How of Data Management The What, Why and How of Data Management More than 15 million components to choose from to design your board, where do you begin? Watch and learn from the Library Management expert himself John Watson. Read Article
Advanced Tools for Your Aluminum PCB Layout The Best Printed Circuit Board Design Software for Your Aluminum PCB Whether for thermal performance, electrical isolation, or mechanical strength, your aluminum PCB needs the precision of Altium Designer to meet your design requirements. Altium Designer allows almost any aspect of your circuit boards to be customized, including the metal core or backing on an aluminum PCB. Designers can also specify other materials in their documentation for their fabricator, such as ceramics, aluminum flex PCBs, or other Read Article
Create, Share, Collaborate, and View CAD Drawings with Altium Designer Create, Share, Collaborate, and View CAD Drawings with Altium Designer PCB design collaboration becomes seamless with a complete suite of design tools and a cloud platform for viewing CAD drawings. Your PCB design software should streamline the entire process, from creation to manufacturing. Instead of relying on freeware or mechanical programs like AutoCAD, empower your team with powerful tools that enable secure access to all design files in a PCB project, ensuring efficient and effective collaboration. Whether Read Article
Manufacturing Output Files and Why They are Important With Altium Designers PCBDOC Viewer Nothing is Left to Chance With Altium’s free PCBDOC viewer, every member of your design team will have read-only access to your design data leaving nothing to chance. ALTIUM DESIGNER Any kind of file viewing should be an easy process for your PCB design software. Your printed circuit board design may have started with just yourself or a small team of people, but by the time it is completed there will be a lot more involved. There will be people checking to make sure that Read Article
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