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Polygon pour and copper in a PCB layout PCB Polygon Management: Pour and Copper Features in Complex Layouts PCB polygon pour and copper features in your PCB layout need to be carefully managed, especially when collaborating with other designers. Read Article
LLC Resonant Converter Design LLC Resonant Converter Design and PCB Layout You can use an LLC resonant converter design to provide stable DC power in your circuits. Here’s how to layout your LLC converter design. Read Article
Raspberry Pi CM4 Carrier Boards from Gumstix Raspberry Pi CM4 PCB Carrier Boards from Gumstix Create your next embedded application with a Raspberry Pi CM4 dev kit. Once you’ve finished development, you can deploy your application on a custom carrier board. Read Article
Altium Designer’s Free PCB Viewer Download Allows You to Explore Your BRD Files Altium Designer’s Free PCB Viewer Download Allows You to Explore Your BRD Files Nowadays, it feels like the variety of PCB design file formats matches the number of PCB manufacturers. Using a custom file format is advantageous when working with the originating company’s program. However, there are many times when you need the capability to view or use non-native files. This can be a challenge when working with most PCB software companies, but not Altium. Altium offers a free online BRD file viewer powered by the Altium 365 Read Article
Designing Capacitive Touch Sensor PCBs in Altium Designer Designing Capacitive Touch Sensor PCBs in Altium Designer If you’re familiar with the way smartphones and other devices with touch screens work, then you’re already familiar with capacitive touch sensors. These sensors do more than just allow touch screens to distinguish fingers from other objects. Many sensors use capacitive sensing, sensors for measuring proximity, displacement, force, humidity, and fluid level. With the number of HMI devices that are projected to come into demand in the near future Read Article
Component Parameters Describe Features of a Part Component Parameters Describe Features of a Part Component parameters define features of electronic parts necessary to meet form, fit, and function within the design for use across the enterprise. ALTIUM DESIGNER No matter the model, attributes, or values - input component properties with smart PCB design software. Component parameters describe features of a part PCB Component parameters are simply text strings in EDA software that describe characteristics. Characteristics such as name, value Read Article
Altium PCB Special Strings Elegantly Designed for Intuitive Use During Layout Altium PCB Special Strings Elegantly Designed for Intuitive Use During Layout Placing PCB special strings is commonplace within Altium’s workspace with direct access to predefined, and custom, special strings in the Properties Panel. Just DO text! ALTIUM DESIGNER Altium special strings allow for a more advanced printed text string and graphic design management during the schematic design and manufacturing process. These special strings, in addition to many other streamlined functions, make Altium Designer the best PCB Read Article
Making the Switch from Proteus to Altium Designer for PCB Design Making the Switch from Proteus PCB Design to Altium Designer With so many PCB design software packages on the market, you need design software that is adaptable to any design requirements. Features like interactive routing, layer stack, and copper pour management, and defining design rules can make or break your next design. The best circuit design software makes using these tools easy and gives you the power to customize them to meet your design requirements. With Altium Designer, you can rest assured Read Article
Crosstalk or Coupling Crosstalk or Coupling The words crosstalk and coupling are used to describe the injection of electromagnetic energy from one transmission line to another running nearby. In printed circuit boards crosstalk is usually two traces running side by side in the same layer or one over the top of the other in adjacent layers. This coupled energy appears as noise on the victim trace and can cause malfunctions if the amplitude is too large. Learn how this noise is transferred Read Article
Transmission Line Termination Techniques in High-Speed Design Transmission Line Termination Techniques in High-Speed Design A transmission line is a pair of conductors used to deliver energy in the form of an electromagnetic field. Most of us are familiar with the wires that lead to our houses delivering the power needed to operate our lights and appliances. In the context of PCB design, it is a signal in a signal layer on top of a plane or between two planes. Transmission Line Termination Techniques for PCB Design The purpose of this section is to explain what Read Article
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