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 provides an in-depth look at the ActiveRoute Guided Interactive Router - a key tool when routing your PCB that enables you to quickly produce high-quality results, that meet the design rules, all the while under your full control
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 page takes a look at key features and technology enhancements available in the latest version of Altium Designer, providing a compact summary with link out to more detail in each case
This page presents a full listing of the release notes for each public release of Altium Designer
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 provides an in-depth look at the process of interactively routing a single net, and the settings that control that process
This page acts as a checklist to help you work out if your board is ready for routing, including how to find nets on the board, making sure relevant design rules are defined, and setting up the routing layers
This page looks at the PCB Editor's support for differential pair routing - a design technique employed to create a balanced transmission system able to carry differential (equal and opposite) signals across a printed circuit board
This page looks at the PCB Editor's support for controlled impedance routing - configuring the routing widths and clearances, as well as the material properties and dimensions, to deliver the required routing impedance(s)
This page looks at the PCB Editor's support for length tuning - being able to match the lengths of routes, by inserting variable amplitude tuning patterns, to ensure that timing-critical signals arrive at their target pins at the same time
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