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Staying on Top of the Supply Chain with Altium: Avoiding Supply Chain Disruptions in PCB Assembly

Lawrence Romine
|  Created: April 19, 2022  |  Updated: October 6, 2024
April 8, 2022
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To help you navigate supply chain disruptions and identify at-risk parts, Octopart users can now access the new Inventory History feature. When viewing select components on Octopart, users can see how component stocks have changed over time across authorized distributors.
 
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Altium Designer 22 takes your PCB design experience to the next level with an expanded toolset and more advanced features. We’ve added new features to help you select parts that are readily available, reduce manual design tasks, and easily share your design files across your extended team.
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Use supply-chain connected design tools to quickly find and place new parts. View real-time distributor data to ensure your parts are always in-stock.
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Avoid redesign and manufacturing delays due to supply-constrained components using Part Insights Experience. Access over 300 distributors and 1 billion parts to find the best options for your designs.
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With new smart features, you can be more productive than ever as you optimize your PCB design. Check out all the details on our newest features.
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Mesh ground planes provide a hatched ground region for high-speed signals on a flex board, but they bring fiber weave effects back to flex ribbons.
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Kella offers a short tour through the PCB design process for high speed boards. There are some front-end engineering tasks to complete to help ensure success.
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#PCBeTheChange winners announced
Meet the winners of the Upverter Education #PCBeTheChange competition, and take a look at their project submissions.
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Biden Administration recognizes importance of PCB onshoring
A press release from IPC applauds two recent reports from the US government recognizing the importance of PCB/PCBA manufacturing, highlighting the importance of on-shored production capacity.
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US and Taiwan prohibit tech exports to Russia
In response to the Ukraine crisis, the US and Taiwanese governments have agreed on technology sanctions and will not be exporting advanced semiconductors to companies working in the Russian defense industry.
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RISC-V adoption taking off
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NIST researchers have developed a system that allows commercial electronic components to operate in closer proximity to super-cooled superconducting qubits in quantum computers.
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EDA industry thought-leader and veteran expert at Altium, Lawrence is a firm believer that unified solutions are not just nice, but essential.

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