Altium Resources for Learning PCB Design

| Created: October 30, 2018 | Updated: November 5, 2020

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At Altium, we continually produce and publish resources to help you be the best you can be, as well as help enable you to take full advantage of the features found in Altium. Since there is so much available, we thought we’d share a few shortcuts to finding whatever resource it is you’re looking for.

AltiumLive: Annual PCB Design Summit is our live event where we share lots of great teaching by industry leaders, Altium staff and Altium users, like you. San Diego took place in October, and Munich will be taking place on January 15-17. Take a look at our recap video from San Diego and watch the keynote presentations from our recent summit. Want to present a talk? Submit a topic here. Register for our Munich event here.
Live webinars are here and are very popular with our user community. Missed one? No problem, watch them on-demand later.
Blogs, blogs, blogs. Hundreds of blogs searchable by topic.
Whitepapers can be found here.
Give your eyes a break and listen to the OnTrack Podcast. We also have video versions of the podcasts on YouTube.
PCB Tips and Tricks with the OnTrack video series.
ALL NEW!! Getting Started with Altium Designer^® Video Series

We hope that this list will help get you to the information you need in a timely and convenient way. We also hope that you will join us in Munich to learn, connect and get inspired in person with your fellow designers and the Altium team.

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Judy Warner has held a unique variety of roles in the electronics industry for over 25 years. She has a background in PCB Manufacturing, RF and Microwave PCBs and Contract Manufacturing, focusing on Mil/Aero applications.

She has also been a writer, blogger, and journalist for several industry publications such as Microwave Journal, PCB007 Magazine, PCB Design007, PCD&F, and IEEE Microwave Magazine, and an active board member for PCEA (Printed Circuit Engineering Association). In 2017, Warner joined Altium as the Director of Community Engagement. In addition to hosting the OnTrack Podcast and creating the OnTrack Newsletter, she launched Altium's annual user conference, AltiumLive. Warner's passion is to provide resources, support, and advocate for PCB Design Engineers worldwide.

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