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PianoArc: A Circular Piano Fit for Princes and Mega Stars

PianoArc: A Circular Piano Fit for Princes and Mega Stars Earlier this year I met a fascinating designer at the San Diego Altium Users Group. Dave Starkey told me about a circular keyboard piano he and his partners had designed and built called the Pianoarc. In this interview, learn more about Starkey’s background and how he came to co-create this unique instrument that now graces a Middle Eastern Palace and is played around the world by PianoArc visionary Brockett Parsons, keyboardist for Lady Gaga Read Article

Happy Holden the Father of HDI PCBs

Happy Holden the Father of HDI PCBs Happy Holden, father of High-Density Interconnect, discusses his career at HP, his work with AI, and delivers cost-effective insights on multi-layers and miniaturization. Read Article

Get Inspired by Major League Hacking with Jonathan Gottfried

Get Inspired by Major League Hacking with Jonathan Gottfried Jonathan Gottfried, Developer Evangelist at Twilio Inc., talks ‘Major League Hacking’ on the Altium Ontrack Podcast. Learn how MLH is influencing the next generation of engineers the world over. Read Article

Carl Schattke - Designing Complex Boards

Carl Schattke - Designing Complex Boards Carl Schattke gives us a sneak peak of his keynote ‘Making and Breaking the Rules’ at AltiumLive 2019 in Frankfurt. He also shares what he considers the best tool every PCB designer must have. Read Article

Bob Martin Goes From Prototype to Production with an Arduino Board

Bob Martin Goes From Prototype to Production with an Arduino Board How to go from prototype to production seamlessly? Listen or Watch today's OnTrack podcast with Bob Martin The Wizard of Make. He will share some info about his keynote at AltiumLive 2019 in San Diego Read Article

OnTrack Newsletter: Student Hackers, Crosstalk and Design Blogs - August 2019

OnTrack Newsletter: Student Hackers, Crosstalk and Design Blogs - August 2019 OnTrack Newsletter August 2019 VOL. 3 No 4 Major League Hacking Fuels Students Passion for Engineering To bridge the gap between theoretical university-level electrical and computer science education and the kind of practical hands-on experience young engineers need and crave, Jonathan Gottfried co-founded Major League Hacking (MLH). In this interview Jonathan shares the inspiration behind MLH and talks about the impact of the hundreds of Read Article

Seven Design Guidelines to Break Bad Habits from Using Open-Source Designs

Seven Design Guidelines to Break Bad Habits from Using Open-Source Designs AltiumLive keynote speaker, Dr. Eric Bogatin talks about implementation of the right design guidelines and the disadvantages of using open-source designs. Watch today's OnTrack podcast to learn more. Read Article

Mike Buetow on PCB West

Mike Buetow on PCB West Free Expo pass and more. Mike Buetow shares details about the upcoming PCB West in Santa Clara on September 9 to 12. Watch this OnTrack Episode for complete event details. Read Article

Major League Hacking Fuels Passion for Engineering Students

Major League Hacking Fuels Passion for Engineering Students Judy Warner: Jon, please share briefly about your background and what inspired you to co-found Major League Hacking. Jonathan Gottfried: I grew up tinkering with technology, but when I went to college to study Computer Science it was so much more academic than the creative building that I loved to do. I switched majors to history, started doing programming work as a consultant on the side, and ended up graduating and becoming a Developer Read Article

Mark Forbes on the Evolution of Chip Technology and Origin Stories

Mark Forbes on the Evolution of Chip Technology and Origin Stories - Learn and be inspired from the history of Integrated Circuit's development. Watch this OnTrack Podcast episode and discover how history can impact your PCB design career today and everyday. Read Article

Joe Grand on Hacking, Badgelife and AltiumLive

Joe Grand on Hacking, Badgelife and AltiumLive Meet the guy who started hacking at the age of seven. Watch or Listen today's Ontrack Episode and learn how he ended up becoming a part of hacker history. Read Article

Rick Hartley on EMI, Noise Reduction

Rick Hartley on EMI, Noise Reduction Interested to learn about reducing noise in your PCB design? Listen to this OnTrack Episode with Rick Hartley. He is sharing some important notes about EMI, noise reduction. Read Article

OnTrack Newsletter - July 2019 Vol 3. No. 3

OnTrack Newsletter - July 2019 Vol 3. No. 3 OnTrack Newsletter July 2019 VOL. 3 No 3 AltiumLive 2019: The Hat Trick The third annual AltiumLive: Annual PCB Design conference is almost here again and will be located in San Diego and Frankfurt. Learn more about all that’s in store for this year’s event and how we plan to pull off a perfect hat trick! Read Article EIPC: A European Community of PCB Professionals In mid-June, I had the great pleasure of attending my first EIPC Conference in Read Article

Gerry Partida on Wrap Plating

Gerry Partida on Wrap Plating Learn about wrap plating and via filling and what the benefits, requirements and drawbacks of this technology are, and what you need to know about designing these and how this technology drives cost. Read Article

Robert Feranec on How to Implement The PCB Design Process

Robert Feranec on How to Implement The PCB Design Process In this episode, we talk with Robert Feranec, a familiar name to many of our listeners. He is a popular YouTuber, and founder of FEDEVEL Academy. Read Article

EIPC: A European Community of PCB Technology Professionals

EIPC: A European Community of PCB Technology Professionals and Manufacturers In mid-June, I had the great pleasure of attending my first EIPC Conference in Leoben, Austria (pictured above). EIPC (European Institute for the PCB Community) is an organization that has been around for over 50 years and serves the European Electronics Industry and supply chain while maintaining activities that involve the global industry. In this article, I speak with Tarja Rapala, the technical director for EIPC to discuss the purpose Read Article

OnTrack Newsletter: PCB Design Zen, Component Management and Brain Food - June 2019

OnTrack Newsletter: PCB Design Zen, Component Management and Brain Food - June 2019 OnTrack Newsletter – July 2019 VOL. 3 No 3 To view this email as a web page, click here OnTrack Newsletter July 2019 VOL. 3 No 3 AltiumLive 2019: The Hat Trick The third annual AltiumLive: Annual PCB Design conference is almost here again and will be located in San Diego and Frankfurt. Learn more about all that’s in store for this year’s event and how we plan to pull off a perfect hat trick! Read Article EIPC: A European Community of PCB Read Article