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Azevedo the ITAndroids: Humanoid Robot Soccer Design Team
Judy Warner : How long has the ITAndroids team been in existence, and how did it get started? Arthur Azevedo: The ITAndroids team was created in 2005 by Jackson Matsura. Back then he was a masters student, now he is a professor in the electronics department. Two undergraduate students and another master’s student joined the team. They won the Latin America RoboCup (LARC) 2D Soccer Simulation that year. They quickly became one of the Latin
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Meet PCB Designer Tor-Anders Lunder and the Self-tracking Drone He Helped Develop at Staaker
Judy Warner : Tor-Anders, will you please share a little bit about your journey to becoming a PCB and how you ended up at Staaker ? Tor-Anders Lunder : Sure. After my master’s degree at Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim I had already been doing some projects involving PCB design and was curious about the whole process from design to assembly, and wanted to learn more in this
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Creating Layer Numbers and Stacking Stripes in Altium Designer
Click to download the PCB Library files. Watch to see exactly how you can create layer numbers and stacking stripes in Altium Designer, in this episode of OnTrack with Altium. In this Episode, Chris Carlson is demonstrating how to create Layer Numbers and Stacking Stripes in Altium Designer and answering questions from several users from another recent episode . We hope this answers your questions and please feel free to connect and let us know
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Make your Product Fit that Unusual Shape
John Magyar, an expert in complex PCBs, highlights how new Challenges in the Electronics Industry dictate new ways of designing PCBs. Learn more about efficient PCB design tools at: https://www.altium.com See All OnTrack Newsletters here .
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OnTrack Newsletter November 2017
On Track Newsletter November 2017 VOL. 1 No 8 Welcome to the November edition of Altium’s On Track Newsletter. This month in Rock Stars and Superheroes we feature a who presented a talk at AltiumLive 2017: ANNUAL PCB DESIGN SUMMIT in San Diego. Not only is he a very talented , he is a leader and advocate for regional Altium
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User Groups and shares how to start and build your own. In Space you’ll meet an impressive young man who decided to learn
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Thermal Management Part 3: PCB Heat Transfer
In this episode, Chris Carlson shows how to calculate PCB Heat Transfer. An expert in PCB design, Chris is a wealth of information for the novice and experts in PCB design. Get the most effective information on PCB design and Electronic Design Automation. If you find this video interesting, please like and share with your fellow PCB designers or let us know if you have any questions in the comments. Links to the Datasheets: Voltage Regulator
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Frank Duggan: Micro Architecture and Aspiring to MIT
Judy Warner : What first got you interested in developing your own microarchitecture using discrete logic? Frank Duggan : Without really knowing the specifics, it was something I'd wanted to do since I was little. I was obsessed with my Snap Circuits electronics kit, and liked to challenge myself to build circuits that do various things. At some point, I decided that building a computer was the ultimate challenge. This was probably because I
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Randy Clemmons, PCB Designer at Ingenu, Leads San Diego Altium User Group
Judy Warner : Could you tell us briefly about your career path and where you work now? Randy Clemmons : I'm currently working at Ingenu where we are developing Internet of Things (IoT) networks and end point applications. Altium Designer
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Thermal Management Part 2: Sizing a Component Heatsink and Datasheets
In this episode, Chris Carlson shows how to properly size a heatsink for a component. An expert in PCB design, Chris is a wealth of information for the novice and experts in PCB design. Get the most effective information on PCB design and Electronic Design Automation. Links to the Datasheets: Voltage Regulator Datasheet Thermal interface (sil Pad) by Berrgquist Heatsink Datasheet If you find this video interesting, please like and share with your
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Global PCB Designers and Innovators: OnTrack Newsletter October 2017
On Track Newsletter October 2017 VOL. 1 No 7 Welcome to the October 2017 issue of Altium’s On Track Newsletter. This month we celebrate a few unique engineers and designers from our global user community. The first is Omer Mahgoub from South Africa who is designing boards for the Square Kilometre Array (SKA). The SKA will be the world’s largest radio telescope ever built, spanning two continents and providing unprecedented views of space. Next
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Thermal Management Part 1: Thermal Resistance Concept
In this episode, Chris Carlson gives an overview of thermal management as it relates to PCB design. An expert in PCB design, Chris is a wealth of information for the novice and experts in PCB design. Get the most effective information on PCB design and Electronic Design Automation. If you find this video interesting, please like and share with your fellow PCB designers or let us know if you have any questions in the comments. Let us know if you
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Solar Cars of the Future Pioneered by Midnight Sun Solar Engineering and Design Team
Since the 1988-1989 academic year the University of Waterloo’s Midnight Sun solar team , under the guidance of faculty advisor Professor Gordon Savage, has been building and competing in the American Solar Challenge ( ASC ) and the World Solar Challenge ( WSC ). Each of these competitions are held alternately every other year. Running the helm of the electrical systems team are Minghou Ji (Engineering Manager), Yifei Li (Hardware Engineer) and
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Omer Mahgoub from Square Kilometer Array (SKA) Africa and PCB Design for Astronomy
Judy Warner: Omer, will you please share what the SKA is, what countries are involved, and what purpose it serves? Omer Mahgoub : The SKA (Square Kilometre Array) is an international effort to build the world's largest radio telescope, with a total collecting area of 1 square kilometer and located on two continents (Africa and Australia). Organizations from 10 countries are members of the SKA: Australia, Canada, China, India, Italy, New Zealand
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Keep Learning, Tackling 3D and Making and Hacking! OnTrack Newsletter September 2017
On Track Newsletter September 2017 VOL. 1 No 6 Welcome to the September edition of Altium’s On Track Newsletter. This month PCB designer extraordinaire, Susy Webb, shares her tireless passion and continual pursuit of excellence in Design Like a Girl. In the On Track video series, John Magyar illustrates why 3D is a truly powerful tool and not just a gimmick for designers. Lastly, we take a peek inside the wild and wonderful world of makers and
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3D PCB Design: A Gimmick or Feature?
John Magyar, an expert in complex PCBs, explains 3D features in PCB design software that help to resolve common problems earlier in the design process. What if routine placement issues could be discovered early? Welcome to the future of PCB design. You can now export a full 3D assembly and that's no gimmick! Learn more about working in 3D PCB design tools here: https://www.altium.com
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PCB Design Tools at Maker Faire Open Source Hardware Summit
In response to a grassroots swell of “makers” , Maker Media launched the first Maker Faire in the San Francisco Bay Area in 2006. By 2014 over 215,000 attendees flocked to their two flagship events in New York city and San Francisco. Over the years, these large events spawned Featured Maker Faires, Mini-Maker Faires and School Maker Faires all around the world. If you’ve not heard of or been to a Maker Faire, I think their website describes it
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Susy Webb On Self-guided Learning, Success and PCB Design Conferences
Judy Warner : Susy, tell us about where you work and what kind of PCBs you design? Susy Webb : I work for Fairfield Nodal in Houston , which makes oil exploration and monitoring equipment for land and ocean environments. The devices we make are spread out in an area and pick up energy waves that are sent down into the earth and return. Those energy waves can be interpreted and give an idea if there may be oil deposits in the earth in a given area
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