Mobile menu
Joe Grand Read Article
Bang & Olufsen Read Article
New User's Guide to Defining a Library Methodology New User's Guide to Defining a Library Methodology When choosing a PCB library methodology, there is no universal solution for all users. While some small business users may require only the bare essentials, enterprise users may require a highly specific read-only representation with links to the supply chain. Many different types of users in between may have yet entirely different requirements altogether. Consequently, there are several different library types and methodologies to meet this wide Read Article
PCB Design Guide for Engineers: Part 2 — Planning PCB Design Guide for Engineers: Part 2 — Planning The PCB Design Guide for Engineers is a series that serves as a guide for the novice/student, or electronics engineering professional. It presents a description of the methods, stages, and practices in producing a PCB from an engineer’s vision. From conception to delivery of the fully assembled PCB, this document takes you through basic design stages along with giving you proven industry practices that can be tailored to your organization's needs Read Article
PCB Design Guide for Engineers: Part 1 The Team PCB Design Guide for Engineers: Part 1 The Team Who is involved in the PCB design and engineering process? Creating a PCB layout is a team effort, not just one person’s responsibility. Multiple engineering and scientific disciplines come together to make your vision a reality. As the project engineer, your first step is identifying and assembling your PCB design team, ensuring all key roles are covered for a successful project. PCB Design Guide for Engineers Part 1: The Team This PCB Design Read Article
Agilent Technologies Read Article
Customize BOM Reports for Consistent Documentation Customize BOM Reports for Consistent Documentation Learn how to clearly communicate proper board assembly with multiple variants with BOM customization in Altium Designer. Upon completion of a design, the project enters the assembly process where the assemblers and/or purchasers rely on trustworthy documentation to provide a list of components, materials, and parts necessary to produce the board design. This document, called the bill of materials (BOM), lists all of the required materials needed Read Article
Teardrops Improve Your PCB Quality and Yield Teardrops Improve Your PCB Quality and Yield Learn how to improve the quality and yield of your PCB during manufacturing with teardrops. If you have even one printed circuit board design under your belt, you have probably been exposed to unexpected problems that are discovered during the fabrication or manufacturing process. Manufacturing problems can be caused by misaligned holes or have undesirable drill breakouts. Even if they don’t cause the board to be rejected, they can lead to Read Article
Unleash Your Creativity — With Training Unleash Your Creativity — With Training Learn how to use neck-downs in Altium Designer to simplify your BGA routing process by shrinking and expanding tracks as they enter specific areas on your PCB. When you train decreases your errors range and expand your creative capacity. And this get better when you do the right choice selecting able people to training. Beyond that, the personal satisfaction of creating better, more reliable products is just plain fun! After all, didn’t you Read Article
5 Ways to Customize Altium Designer for Better Efficiency 5 Ways to Customize Altium Designer for Better Efficiency The Altium Designer® environment is designed to be very intuitive, but even slight customization of the interface can greatly enhance the efficiency of your PCB design workflow. Once you have been using Altium Designer or a while, you'll find the toolbar menu structure to be very intuitive. However, you may realize even more productivity gains with customization of the user interface. Customization is centric to each editor whether it's the Read Article
Subscribe to