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Power nets management - take 2 Power nets management - take 2 My recent blog post about Power nets management attracted a large number of very interesting and very informative comments. It has been heart warming, for me, to see so many people getting involved in the discussion. All these contributions have helped me appreciate how vast and intricate the domain of power management can be. My recent blog post about Power nets management attracted a large number of very interesting and very informative Read Article
Open Source Hardware & PCB Projects in Altium Designer Open Source Hardware & PCB Projects in Altium Designer More and more engineers and PCB designers are getting involved in the rising tide of open source hardware projects. There are some really cool ones out there, and in this blog, FAE and consultant Petr Tošovský from Retry S.R.O. in Czech Republic highlights a few that caught his eye, and I ask the important question at the end - so read and answer with your thoughts! When you’re starting out with new electronics design software, or even beginning Read Article
Collaborative Design Part 1: Designing PCBs as a Unified Team Collaborative PCB Design: How to Manage PCB Collaboration Across Domains Master PCB Design collaboration to cut rework. Differentiate changes, merge confidently, and connect ECAD, MCAD, and lifecycle data. Read Article
Reducing Metastability in FPGA Designs 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
How to use Schematic CAD Drawings for Cable Assemblies: Part 3 How to use Schematic CAD Drawings for Cable Assemblies: Part 3 The long-anticipated part 3 in Sainesh Solanki's Cable and Harness Design blog series is here! This installment continues the establishment of libraries with connector heads and crimp lugs, as well as how to model heat shrinks. We introduce some parameters too, which enable wire-to-crimp compatibility checks. You can access part 2 here, but if you're all caught up, read on! Creating Components Continued... Two additional schematic symbols can be Read Article
With humble thanks from the Altium team With humble thanks from the Altium team Altium Designer® was named the winner of UBM’s DesignVision Award for the most innovative PCB tools category at DesignCon. We'd like to say thank you! Hello everyone, As per usual at the end of every January, we loaded up the wagons and headed to Santa Clara for DesignCon to take our show on the road. As we made the annual pilgrimage this year, we were armed with a brand new trade show display, brand new graphics, a new release of Altium, and 18 Read Article
Are you Altium Designer Certified? PCB Design Certifications: Are you Altium Designer Certified? At Altium, we endeavor to make our tools as simple to learn and as pain free to use as possible. But when time is money and you need to be up and running in a flash, or you want to refine your skills in Altium Designer® so you can wield it like a pro, reaching out for some additional training might be just what the doctor ordered. Since the start of this year, we've been rolling out a new and enhanced suite of training programs that include Read Article
AdminConsole - creating a new way to manage your relationship with Altium AdminConsole - creating a new way to manage your relationship with Altium When I was first presented with the idea of creating a marketplace where electronic designers could trade and reuse hardware and software designs, scripts or tutorials, and collaborate and exchange their valuable IP, it sounded like a pretty daunting task and a little overwhelming. When I was first presented with the idea of creating a marketplace where electronic designers could trade and reuse hardware and software designs, scripts or tutorials Read Article
What's the best way to make a library searchable? Parameters - Component Development Part 3 What's the best way to make a library searchable? Parameters - Component Development Part 3 It's one thing to make great components, but it's quite another to make them easy to find. With reusable components, ui component, software engineering and various component based development, things can be complicated to hunt down. In this blog I explain how we handle component parameters, why they are important, and how we kick off our component development process. Looking at the discussion spawned from my first two blogs, I’ve a feeling this Read Article
Creating a custom Altium pick and place file Creating a custom Altium pick and place file I recently worked with a customer who had to generate a nonstandard pick and place file because his assembly house was using antiquated equipment and could not accept a standard Altium pick and place file. I though it might be helpful to show how to use the Bill of Material generator within Altium to create a custom report to meet such needs. The procedure is quite simple. The first step is to open the Bill of Materials dialog and drag the Read Article
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