OnTrack

Power Testing PCB

Automated PCB Testing With FixtureFab In this episode, Zach is talking with the co-founders of FixturFab, Duncan Lowder and Joe Selvik about power testing the PCB using automated test fixtures and turnkey systems. Read Article

Robotic Vision Systems

AI Inference in Robotic Vision with Luxonis Erik Kokalj, director of application engineering at Luxonis, and Bradley Dillon, CEO of Luxonis discuss how and who can benefit from AI technology. Read Article

What is Printed Electronics?

The True Benefits of Printed Electronics Join us and together let’s discover the many benefits of printed electronics from expedited prototyping, proof of concept, and academic research. Read Article

Resilient and Secure Domestic Supply Chain

Resilient and Secure Domestic Supply Chain Travis Kelly, President, and CEO of Isola group returns to continue the conversation on the CHIPS Act. Read Article

Picotest’s Water Cooled Probe

Picotest’s Water Cooled Probe Having Steve Sandler in this episode is such a treat! He talks about his presentations at the upcoming DesignCon 2023 in Santa Clara. He gives us a deep dive into some very complex engineering topics, including measuring of the PDN Flatness and the state space model. Read Article

Accessible Education for PCB Designers

Accessible Education for PCB Designers In this episode, we are fortunate to have two passionate educators in the industry, Mike Buetow and Mike Creeden. We will talk about the PCEA’s efforts to use all possible platforms to promote educational programs for design engineers. Read Article

FPGAs Are Moving Beyond Prototyping

FPGAs Are Moving Beyond Prototyping Our guest Mark Oliver gives us a very insightful use of FPGA as an efficient custom silicon solution and will go deep on the importance of RISC-V for processor designs. Read Article

OnTrack Podcast 2022 Year in Review

OnTrack Podcast 2022 Year in Review The Altium OnTrack Podcast covered a year of rapid changes in 2022. In this year in review video, host Zach Peterson revisits some moments from long-time and returning guests in 2022. Topics include PCB packaging, supply chain issues, The CHIPS Act, and much more. Read Article

Better PCB Buying with Greg Papandrew

Better PCB Buying with Greg Papandrew Expedite your transition from prototype to scale with the help of an experienced PCB broker! In this episode, a returning guest joins us to discuss everything that involves cost-effective PCB manufacturing. Read Article

PCB Manufacturing and Process engineering

The Challenging Role of a Process Engineer In this episode, our guest Paige Fiet talks about her career path in the world of PCB manufacturing. She will also share how she landed her role as the Student Liason in the IPC. Read Article

Materials Science and Manufacturing of Better PCB

Materials Science and Manufacturing of Better PCB In this episode, our guest Geoffrey Leeds the product manager at Insulectro talks about how material science can help solve the unique manufacturing challenges fabricators are dealing with HDI designs. Read Article

JITX, a Way for Hardware Engineers to Write Codes

JITX, a Way for Hardware Engineers to Write Codes Duncan Haldane, the CEO, and co-founder of JITX joins us to share a very interesting approach to PCB design. JITX is a way for hardware engineers to write code to design circuit boards. Read Article

AltiumLive 2022 Connect

AltiumLive 2022 CONNECT is Back AltiumLive 2022 CONNECT is back. And this year, it's free to attend. This is an amazing opportunity to connect with thought leaders in the industry. Join us at one of our upcoming broadcasts: AltiumLive 2022 Connect Americas: January 26-28, Pacific Standard Time AltiumLive 2022 Connect Europe: February 2-4, Central European Time From its inception, AltiumLive has been a watering hole for PCB designers and engineers to gather and connect with the Read Article

Electronics Manufacturability and Reliability with QA Guru Cheryl Tulkoff

Electronics Manufacturability and Reliability with QA Guru Cheryl Tulkoff In this episode Cheryl and I will talk about risk assessment, planning for not only success but also failure, and understanding the difference between quality and reliability. Watch through the end, and make sure to check the additional resources below. Read Article

Streamlining Product Development Process for Successful Launch

Streamlining Product Development Process for Successful Launch Ben and Connor of Aptus Design Works shares some great advice for both designers and companies to streamline their product development process from prototyping to manufacturing. Read Article

Pros and Cons of Advanced Electronic Packaging for PCB Designers

Pros and Cons of Advanced Electronic Packaging for PCB Designers Our guest Phil Marcoux is very well-known in the advanced electronic packaging community and currently working as a business mentor in the electronics industry. Today we will tackle the pros and cons of heterogeneous electronic assemblies and what we can do as an industry to move forward with it. Read Article

Cutting Edge Technology in Packaging with an Interposer

Cutting Edge Technology in Packaging with an Interposer In this episode, our guest Joe Dickson, tells us about the cutting-edge technology implemented in advanced packaging at Wus Printed Circuit International. Read Article