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Meet the San Diego Keynotes of AltiumLive 2018: Annual PCB Design Summit - August 2018

Meet the San Diego Keynotes of AltiumLive 2018: Annual PCB Design Summit - August 2018 OnTrack Newsletter August 2018 VOL. 2 No 5 Welcome to the August edition of the OnTrack Newsletter! This month we have a special AltiumLive 2018: Annual PCB Design Summit feature in which you can get a sneak peek into what we have planned with you in mind — and what our four illustrious keynote speakers will be presenting at the October event in San Diego. (Stay tuned for more information on our Munich event January 15-17, 2019.) In Makerspace Read Article

Signal Integrity Expert Eric Bogatin on Best Measurement Practices

Signal Integrity Expert Eric Bogatin on Best Measurement Practices Signal integrity expert, Dr. Eric Bogatin, shares how best measurement practices helps in getting the design right the first time. Watch and learn from this OnTrack Podcast episode now! Read Article

Sneak Peek and Meet the Keynotes for AltiumLive 2018: ANNUAL PCB DESIGN SUMMIT

Sneak Peek and Meet the Keynotes for AltiumLive 2018: ANNUAL PCB DESIGN SUMMIT First, on behalf of Altium, allow me to personally invite you to join us for the 2nd annual AltiumLive PCB Design Summit! As most of you know, Altium launched our first ever User Conferences last year in San Diego and Munich which were met with high praise from attendees, sponsors, the industry and the media. This October, in true Altium fashion, we are “upping our game.” In this issue of OnTrack, we will give you a sneak peek of the agenda and Read Article

The Kyoto Institute of Technology Racing Team Aims for Third Win

Formula Student SAE Competition of Japan: The Kyoto Institute of Technology Racing Team Aims for Third Win The Kyoto Institute of Technology racing team Grandelfino aims to win its third consecutive victory in the Student Formula SAE Competition of Japan. We asked them about what makes their team special and what are the key points to win. I hope you will enjoy our first ever student team interview coming to you from Japan. Junpei is from the Kyoto Institute of Technology and is part of the Grandelfino project team that hopes to win their third Read Article

Concurrent Engineering with Bill Brooks from Nordson Asymtek

Concurrent Engineering with Bill Brooks from Nordson Asymtek In this OnTrack episode learn about what is involved in true concurrent engineering & get practical tips for including stakeholders early on in the design process with Bill Brooks from Nordson Asymtek Read Article

Design for Manufacturability (DFM) and Assembly (DFA) tips with Jay Colognori

Design for Manufacturability (DFM) and Assembly (DFA) tips with Jay Colognori Get Design for Manufacturability and Assembly tips from Jay Colognori, Director of Business Development at Electronic Instrumentation & Technology (EIT) in this OnTrack Podcast episode. Watch it now! Read Article

From Veteran PCB Designers to Next Gen Innovators - July 2018

From Veteran PCB Designers to Next Gen Innovators - July 2018 OnTrack Newsletter July 2018 VOL. 2 No 4 Welcome to the July edition of the Altium OnTrack Newsletter! In Rock Stars and Superheroes, we talk with veteran PCB Designer Bill Brooks, who has been designing boards since 1969. In Next Gen Designers, we introduce you to the WARR Hyperloop team from the Technical University of Munich, who won the SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition II in 2017, and broke the world record as well! In the OnTrack video Read Article

PCB Stack-up Design Best Practices with Rick Hartley

PCB Stack-up Design Best Practices with Rick Hartley Looking for help with your PC board stack up? Get expert tips on PC Board Stack-up Best Practices with SI guru Rick Hartley on this episode of the OnTrack Podcast. Read Article

Ted Pawela, Altium COO, Shares Vision for the Future

Ted Pawela, Altium COO, Shares Vision for the Future Curious about the future of electronics design? Listen to this week's OnTrack episode with Ted Pawela, Altium COO, discuss Altium's mission to transform the industry for PCB designers. Read Article

Paste Interconnects and Paste Sintering with Chris Hunrath from Insulectro

Ormet Paste Interconnects and Paste Sintering with Chris Hunrath from Insulectro New material developments make paste interconnect technology more feasible, learn more from expert on PCB material sets, Chris Hunrath from Insulectro in this OnTrack Podcast episode. Listen in now. Read Article

Embedded Passives Technology (resistors and capacitors) with Bruce Mahler from Ohmega Technologies

Embedded Passives Technology (resistors and capacitors) with Bruce Mahler from Ohmega Technologies Learn about Embedded Passives Technology, ER - Embedded resistors, EC - embedded capacitor with Bruce Mahler from Ohmega Technologies in this OnTrack Podcast episode, the PCB design Podcast by Altium. Read Article

WARR Hyperloop Pushes Last Year’s Design Concept Even Further

Elon Musk's WARR Hyperloop SpaceX Team Pushes Last Year’s Design Concept Even Further WARR Hyperloop team with Elon Musk after their 2017 win of the Hyperloop Pod competition II. Judy Warner: Please share briefly about the history of the WARR Hyperloop and the Technical University of Munich. Martin Riedel: WARR Hyperloop started out as a group of six students in the fall of 2015 and has since grown to nearly 40 students that compete in the SpaceX Hyperloop Competition every year. WARR Hyperloop is part of a larger student Read Article

Bill Brooks Accelerates Design-based Over Tool-based Curriculum

Bill Brooks Accelerates Design-based Over Tool-based Curriculum Judy Warner: How long have you been designing PCBs and what led you to the profession? Bill Brooks: I’ve been designing boards since about 1970. My father introduced me to electronics. He was an aerospace professional working in R&D at Hughes Aircraft Company, UCSD, and later at Aerospace Incorporated. He decided to open up a printed circuit shop out of our garage in Vista, CA while I was still in junior high school. In 1969 he taught my brothers Read Article

Surface Finishes on Printed Circuit Boards with Mike Carano, Chemist and Expert on Surface Finishes

Surface Finishes on Printed Circuit Boards with Mike Carano, Chemist and Expert on Surface Finishes Curious about what Surface Finish to use? Many PCB Designers are! Lucky for you we have an expert in Surface Finishes on this episode of the OnTrack Podcast to give you insights and tips, listen now. Read Article

Mary Elizabeth McCulloch and Project Vive’s Medical Device Innovations

Mary Elizabeth McCulloch and Project Vive’s Medical Device Innovations Listen to this OnTrack Podcast Episode and find out how Mary and Project Vive are using low cost sensors and changing lives by leading the development of innovative medical devices and technology. Read Article

The Power of Assistive Technologies & Design for Assembly OnTrack Newsletter - June 2018

The Power of Assistive Technologies & Design for Assembly OnTrack Newsletter - June 2018 OnTrack Newsletter June 2018 VOL. 2 No 3 Welcome to the June edition of the Altium OnTrack newsletter! In this edition, you will be both impressed and inspired by some very young innovators who are profoundly changing people’s lives by designing and building medical assistive devices. In Design Like a Girl, you will meet Mary Elizabeth McCulloch and learn about her speech-generation device startup, Project Vive. In Makerspace, you’ll read about Read Article

Commodore 128 Principal Engineer, Bil Herd on Best Practices for Learning a New CAD Tool

Commodore 128 Principal Engineer, Bil Herd on Best Practices for Learning a New CAD Tool Curious about the early days of Early Home Computer Design? Former Commodore 128 Principal Engineer, Bil Herd shares stories from his illustrious career and Best Practices for Learning a New CAD Tool. Read Article