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Princeton Racing Electrical Team and the Formula Hybrid Competition

Princeton Racing Electrical Team and the Formula Hybrid Competition with Jasper Gebhardt Judy Warner: It is a pleasure to meet you both. Jasper, let’s begin with you. Will you please share what the Princeton Racing Electric team does, how the team was formed, and in what year? Jasper Gebhardt: Princeton Racing Electric is a team of students who design, build, and race single-seat electric race cars. We compete in the Formula SAE collegiate design competitions, in particular, the Formula Hybrid competition. The team was founded by Read Article

Expert Dirk Stans Bridging Gaps in PCB Manufacturing

Expert Dirk Stans Bridging Gaps in PCB Manufacturing Judy Warner: Dirk, please give us a brief overview of your career path and history in the electronics industry. Dirk Stans: As an electronics engineer, I started my career at DISC which became Barco Graphics just one year after I joined the company. From day one I was active in the sales of Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) systems for the PCB industry in Europe. It was there that I gained insight into the evolution of the European and global Read Article

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Drones, Robots and Thermal Management: OnTrack Newsletter December 2017

Drones, Robots and Thermal Management: OnTrack Newsletter December 2017 On Track Newsletter December 2017 VOL. 1 No 9 Welcome to the December issue of Altium Designer’s On Track Newsletter. In celebration of our far reaching global community, we are shining the spotlight on an impressive PCB designer from Norway this month. Tor-Anders Lunder designs boards for a startup company called Staaker which makes a tracking drone with a camera mount for sports enthusiasts. In Maker Space, we highlight a group of Brazilian Read Article

Azevedo the ITAndroids: Humanoid Robot Soccer Team

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 American Read Article

Meet PCB Designer Tor-Anders Lunder and the Self-tracking Drone He Helped Develop at Staaker

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 Read Article

17:51 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 Watch Video

6:46 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. Watch Video

OnTrack Newsletter November 2017

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^® User Groups and shares how to start and build your own. In Space you’ll meet an impressive young man who decided to learn Read Article

12:00 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 Watch Video

Frank Duggan: Micro Architecture and Aspiring to MIT

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 found Read Article

Randy Clemmons, PCB Designer at Ingenu, Leads San Diego Altium User Group

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^® is our tool of choice. I started my electronics career at age 19 after volunteering for the U.S. Navy's advanced electronic program. After 10 years of service in the Navy I went to work for 1 year at Litton Read Article

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 Watch Video

Global PCB Designers and Innovators: OnTrack Newsletter October 2017

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 Read Article

7:34 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 Watch Video

Solar Cars of the Future Pioneered by Midnight Sun Solar Design Team

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 Read Article

Omer Mahgoub from Square Kilometer Array (SKA) Africa and PCB Design for Astronomy

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 Read Article