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Knowledge Before Power: Making Shapes to Create an Assembly Drawing in Altium Designer Knowledge Before Power: Making Shapes to Create an Assembly Drawing in Altium Designer You are going to be doing a lot of critical work in your CAD tools. Everything from the building, connecting schematic nets, laying out the PCB, and finally creating the assembly drawings. That’s a lot to consider when you are first exploring your PCB design system that it can be easy to overlook a very basic function in all of those “how-to” videos and demonstrations. How in the world do I create a simple rectangle or even a line in these tools Read Article
PCB Manufacturing Production and Process PCB Manufacturing Production and Process Manufacturing a printed circuit board and designing a circuit board are two different things. As designers or electrical engineers who are now laying out boards, you may have some questions for your manufacturer that are best asked in advance. There is always an advantage to working closely with your fabricator. Consider the big picture and the very details that impact your projects' success. Click the PDF above to read more about PCB Read Article
Modular Design PCB Design Presentation: Modular Design PCB Design is a complex field and every step you take to design and develop a board has its own set of best practices. But what will truly move the needle in your design process? Modular Design tools that keep your team not only focused but in the flow. Altium has pioneered collaborative design for EDA tools because Altium PCB design tools start each iteration with ultimate productivity in mind. Join us in an exploration of Modular PCB design and Read Article
Ambitious Students, Makers and Innovators Ambitious Students, Makers and Innovators In the number three spot is a solar car team from the University of Waterloo in Toronto, Canada: The Midnight Sun Solar Car team. Relive the guts and the glory of this ambitious team. Congratulations, Midnight Sun Solar Team. Thank you for your pursuit of excellence and being an inspiration for our readers! Taking the number two spot is the New Jersey Institute of Technology SAE Baja team that earned first place in the endurance race, and 13th Read Article
Three Exceptional Professional PCB Designers Three Exceptional Professional PCB Designers I've had the opportunity to interview several exceptional professionals in PCB Design this past year, which includes interviewing this popular group of engineers. Here are the most popular articles in our Professional PCB Designers series: In the number three spot is a beloved professional designer, BSEE, and a CID Master Instructor who also has a passion for golfing... Cherie Litson. Congratulations Cherie and thank you for contributing so much Read Article
Picking the Right Bluetooth Antenna for Your PCB Design Picking the Right Bluetooth Antenna Types for Your PCB Design Have you ever tried tracing your wireless usage? Bluetooth PCB antenna design has gotten our bluetooth electronics everywhere by allowing devices to connect to a standardized matching network. For instance, I am streaming music from my phone to wireless headphones. Later, I’ll hop into my car and take phone calls through my hands-free computer system. Then I can get home and talk to my home-assistants to tell me the weather, set dinner timers Read Article
Suppress Noise and EMI in Your PCB With the Right Analog Filter Design Suppress Noise and EMI in Your PCB With the Right Analog Filter Design The electronics industry continues to pack more capabilities onto smaller PCBs and devices are being run at lower power and at higher frequencies. Noise suppression becomes even more important as operating frequencies rise and signal levels fall, this becomes more manageable with an EMI filter for noise on a PCB design. Adding filtration to your PCB designs can enhance signal integrity in EMI-prone environments with large stray magnetic fields Read Article
The Square Kilometre Array Telescope and Multi-board PCB Design The Square Kilometre Array Telescope and Multi-board PCB Design What is a Square Kilometre Array Telescope? Listen to this OnTrack Podcast with Judy Warner & hear from Omer Mahgoub of SKA Africa about the making of the largest and world's most sensitive telescope. Read Article
pcb cost estimate Designing to Meet a Target BOM Price and PCB Cost Estimate Creating an accurate PCB cost estimate for design, components, production, assembly, shipping, and even firmware can be a challenging task for new designers. Even established organizations can have trouble getting it right as it's hard to anticipate every problem that can arise during a design. Manufacturers can help you handle the production and assembly portion of a project, but any time a new design needs to be put into production, components Read Article
Create a Symbol Quickly Using the Altium Designer’s Schematic Symbol Generation Tool How to Create Schematic Symbols in Altium Designer A step by step walk through of the Schematic Symbol Generation Tool in Altium Designer. Read Article
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