Medical wearables need to be sleek, unencumbered, and compact; able to collect meaningful medical data with few (or no) wires attached to the patient. This creates demand for flexible PCB layouts. While you’re trying hard to push the limits of space, to use smart materials, and to minimize its footprint, it can be damn annoying when you fall out of a board outline (particularly when dealing with an irregular board shape). Read on to find out how
Designing a top-notch printed circuit board is your job. You understand what components need to be used, what materials are required, etc. On the other hand, your boss’s job is on the business side of things. They understand profits and losses and maintain productivity levels, etc. But they often don’t really understand the ins and outs of printed circuit board design. And since those technical aspects can have a significant impact on profits and
The Internet of Things is a new category of exciting gadgets and appliances transforming the consumer market. However, developing that smartwatch isn’t as easy as putting it on. PCB designers are encountering unique challenges when developing powerful hardware solutions for these products. These PCB’s have to pack performance into a small space while preserving reliability and product budget. Thankfully, recent improvements to an oft-overlooked
A source of PCB malfunctions during PCB manufacturing, especially in outdoor environments, comes from moisture on the boards. Fortunately, there are several options for protecting your boards when they are deployed. Read on to learn which is best for your application. I once had an outdoor sensor system with a custom PCB protective coating that would stop recording data for two hours at dawn every day. This was not because the board needed its
This page looks at the Data Aqcuisition feature, used to copy content from a source server and deliver it to a target server. The concept and mechanics are covered, as well as an overview of the interface used in the design software - the Content Cart
This page looks at preparing Siemens NX for ECAD-MCAD CoDesign, covering installation of the Altium CoDesigner add-in, access to the Altium CoDesigner panel, connection to the target Altium Workspace, and additional configuration options
This page looks at how Altium MCAD CoDesigner supports synchronizing a Multi-board assembly between the ECAD and MCAD domains. In ECAD, this is done through the MCAD CoDesigner panel in the Multi-board Assembly Editor
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This page introduces Altium Designer - the world's foremost professional PCB design software, where the entire design process is performed within a single Unified Design Environment, the only one of its kind and engineered to deliver optimal productivity
This tutorial guides you through the complete design process using Altium Designer and a connected Workspace, from idea to generated manufacturing output released to the Workspace. Also explores features related to project management and collaboration
This page presents a listing of frequently asked questions for the Enterprise Server. Covers general questions, as well as those regarding licensing, component management, design management, and ECAD-MCAD CoDesign
Explore Altium Designer 24 technical documentation for Organizing Your Workspace and related features.
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