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How to Automate Your Component Management Process How to Automate Your Component Management Process How many times have you found yourself deep in a project, only to find that one of the main components is on backorder, or, worse yet, is in obsolescence? This happens to engineers every day, but it doesn't’ have to. Read to learn more about automating your component management process. How many times have you found yourself deep in a project, only to find that one of the main components is on backorder, or, worse yet, is in obsolescence? How Read Article
How to Improve Your Routing Techniques How to Improve Your Routing Techniques With the routing protocol being one of the most time-consuming board layout tasks, designers need as many tools as possible for today’s complex design requirements. But with board layouts incorporating broad support of component, wifi signal and fabrication technologies in increasingly smaller components enclosure sizes that call for a specific router bit, how can we ever automate this time-consuming process? Read on to get a look into how you Read Article
5 Myths about PCB Design-Busted! 5 Myths about PCB Design-Busted!

Our industry changes everyday, and we need to make sure we keep up. Design constraints today may not be an issue tomorrow, so make sure you’re following fact and not fiction. Here are 5 myths of PCB design. There are a number of guidelines to PCB design, to help you create circuit boards that are low-power, bug-free, and generally functional. Some of these guidelines can be bent occasionally, depending on what your design needs, like component

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How to Optimize Your Power Distribution Network in Only Four Steps How to Optimize Your Power Distribution Network in Only Four Steps Modern designers face a problem that we traditionally did not have to think about: Power Distribution Network () integrity. We have all seen the need for signal integrity for decades, but power integrity has fallen to the wayside for just as long. Traditionally we have had plenty of space to use dedicated power planes that easily supplied our designs with everything they required for operation. But as we continue to push the physical limits of Read Article
How to Address Design Issues Before It’s Too Late How to Address Design Issues Before It’s Too Late What measures do you take to see past the quality testing of your PCB to ensure you never have to worry about issues post-production? The key lies in analysis automation. Read on to learn more. “ I ran PDN Analyzer™ on a board currently in fabrication and already caught a mistake I made. I had a footprint peppered with vias and forgot to make them blinds and they were eating up my power plane. is proving to be a very useful tool to identify these Read Article
Altium Designer 2016 Roadshow Recap - Technologies, Predictions, and Passions Altium Designer 2016 Roadshow Recap - Technologies, Predictions, and Passions From Berlin to the Bay Area and beyond, we journeyed across the globe to share our vision for future of electronics design with our customers at this year’s Altium Designer® Roadshow Series. What does the future hold for Altium? Read on to find out. From Berlin to the Bay Area and beyond, we journeyed across the globe to share our vision for future of electronics design at this year’s Altium Roadshow Series. This event has always been something Read Article
The Power of Integration - Why Analysis Belongs to PCB Designers The Power of Integration - Why Analysis Belongs to PCB Designers PCB designers often rely on simulation tools or prototypes for their network data, but this approach can disrupt design flow and drain funds. What if designers were capable of analyzing their network during the board layout process? Read on to find out how designers are increasing productivity with access to analysis data at design time. As the complexity of our product designs increases each year, so do the requirements of our designs. And Read Article
The Power of PDN Analysis Automation The Power of PDN Analysis Automation Relying on a prototype for analysis into your network costs time and money. Leveraging automation tools like the PDN Analyzer™ can reduce costs and allow the engineer to optimize designs without relying on a prototype. Read on for more information. “There’s nothing worse than an engineer dropping a via stitch array late in the RF design process and leaving barely any power plane copper left to carry current on a board makes it painfully obvious Read Article
Reporting Now in On-Demand Licensing Reporting Now in On-Demand Licensing You’ve been asking for greater visibility and reporting functionality for your Altium On-Demand Licenses, and we’re delivering. Read on to learn about the three new reasons to start using On-Demand Licensing. Three New Reasons to Start Using On-Demand Licensing Fellow engineers, you’ve been asking for greater visibility and reporting functionality for your Altium On-Demand Licenses, and we’re delivering. With the arrival of Altium Designer®, we Read Article
Using 3D STEP Models to Reduce Design Respins Using 3D STEP Models to Reduce PCB Design Respins Integrating mechanical design workflows into electrical design tools has become a necessary component of today’s successful PCB design processes. But transferring inaccurate design data back and forth between the ECAD and MCAD worlds can not only cause frustrations felt by both design teams but can also drastically increase the number of design spins required to fit a PCB into its final assembly. Regardless of the electrical design tool’s 3D Read Article
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