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Weekly Digest: Design Data Management

Stephanie Hardman
|  Created: May 24, 2019  |  Updated: March 16, 2020

Dive deep into design data management this week with expert articles and VP of Marketing Lawrence Romine on the OnTrack Podcast. Learn all about the modern, streamlined experience that Concord Pro offers and the performance enhancements in Altium Designer 19.1 in this discussion between Romine and Judy Warner.  New this week we also have Mark Harris, creator of the Celestial Database library, joining on as expert contributor to share his wisdom and experience. John Watson shares more about Data Management and Cherie Litson has contributed a comprehensive list of ways to approach building a clean and consistent PCB data library. For an inspirational story, read about award-winning student Piotr Lazarek who shares his idea and inspiration behind an autonomous device that is changing the way soil conditions are monitored.

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The OnTrack Podcast with Judy Warner

The OnTrack Podcast dissects relevant topics and issues for pcb designers from schematic capture all the way to the manufacturing floor. On the design side, everyone has a need for a reliable library and component management tool. Learn about Concord Pro from Altium’s VP of Marketing Lawrence Romine in this episode of the OnTrack Podcast.

Did you miss last week’s episode? Find out what was covered with guest John Coonrod in these quick Youtube clips:

The OnTrack Podcast brings you tips, information and guidance from industry leaders such as John Watson, Lee Ritchey, Rick Hartley, Eric Bogatin and more. You can listen to or watch the podcast on all your favorite podcast apps including Podbean, iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify, TuneIn, Youtube, PlayerFM and if you can’t find us, let us know!

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