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PCBs Are Just One Part of Product Design

PCBs Are Just One Part of Product Design Physical electronic products require a lot more than just a PCB. Building these products requires collaboration across disciplines and multiple components. Read Article

Can You Use Series and Parallel Termination on the Same Net?

Can You Use Series and Parallel Termination on the Same Net? Series and parallel termination are the most common resistive termination options for digital signaling. The reason is that resistance is a wideband quantity and does not start to be affected by parasitics until well into the GHz range. At the channel bandwidth associated with most digital signals, there are cases where an unterminated line actually needs termination, even if there is no impedance specification in the interface. As both options Read Article

The Digital Bridge Ecosystem with Joao Beck

The Digital Bridge Ecosystem with Joao Beck Today, we are joined by Joao Beck, Altium's Director of Enterprise Technical Marketing, to give us all the details. This new workflow is yet another step in Altium's quest toward a digital ecosystem! Read Article

Lossy Transmission Line Impedance Without a Field Solver

Lossy Transmission Line Impedance Without a Field Solver A signal on a transmission line will experience loss as it propagates, but the losses are rarely in PCB transmission line equations. Read this ultimate guide on transmission line analysis to learn how to design transmission lines to a loss target. Read Article

PCB mask expansion

How Much PCB Mask Expansion is Too Much? Solder mask expansion on a PCB can be set in your design rules to ensure sufficient copper is visible for soldering. Read Article

Baxandall Volume Control for Audio

Baxandall Active Volume Control for Audio An Introduction to Baxandall Active Volume Control Inspired by Douglas Self’s book on audio electronics (‘Small Signal Audio Design’) and his power amplifier design consisting of a massively-parallel array of NE5532 op-amps, I set out to design a headphone amplifier that uses similar techniques but scaled down due to the lower power requirements. The resulting amplifier utilizes many NE5532 op-amps (the first version used 44 in total!) and is Read Article

Bridging the Gap between ECAD and MCAD: The Fusion 360 and Altium Designer Synergy Learn how to merge electronic design (ECAD) and mechanical design (MCAD) for successful product development. Learn how the integration of Altium Designer, Fusion 360, and Altium MCAD CoDesigner enables smooth collaboration, efficient design changes, and advanced geometry exploration. This synergy facilitates real-time data exchange, reduces errors, and leads to shorter design cycles and improved communication between design teams. Read Article

Flex Cable or Custom Harness: Which Should You Use?

Flex Cable or Custom Harness: Which Should You Use? Flex ribbons offer a simple alternative to cabling, but do they have an advantage over custom harnesses? Read Article

41:54 An Expert Panel Discussion on Altium 365 GovCloud Watch our exclusive panel discussion featuring industry experts Mahesh Venugopala and Bruno Blasigh as they explore the realm of Altium 365 GovCloud on July 2023. Watch Video

Beginner’s Essentials Equipment for PCB Testing

Beginner’s Essential Equipment for PCB Testing Essential equipment used by new engineers to test PCBs is highlighted in this article. Read Article

Stopping the Infiltration of Counterfeit Components Through AI

Cybord Analyzes the Authenticity, Quality, and Traceability Of Components With AI And Big Data This is a very exciting conversation. We will talk with Dr. Eyal Weiss about better, practical applications of AI in the electronics industry, outside of design. Read Article

How an EU PFAS Ban Will Affect Your PCBs

How an EU PFAS Ban Will Affect Your PCBs New European PFAS regulations could affect PTFE-based materials used in PCBs, specifically for microwave electronics. Read Article

Photonics, the Next Generation Communication Processors

Photonics, the Next Generation Communication Processors Is there a need for a photonic iPhones and smartphones? We have a very interesting topic today with our guest Daniel Pérez López, the CTO and Co-Founder of iPRONICS, programmable photonics. Read Article

Chat GPT for Altium Scripting

Using ChatGPT for Altium Scripting In this article Ari Mahpour talks about how to best utilize ChatGPT for Altium Scripting in the DelphiScript language. Read Article

Avoid GIGO in Your PCB Simulation Tools

Avoid GIGO in Your PCB Simulation Tools GIGO in your PCB simulations happens when the inputs do not accurately reflect the reality in your PCBA. Read Article

IPC Standards for Electronics Sustainability

IPC Standards for Electronics Sustainability Sustainability in electronics encompasses environmental, social, and corporate governance aspects, and IPC aims to make it easier for companies by providing standards, education, and advocacy to navigate these complex issues. Read Article

Interfacing DDR Memory with AMD/Xilinx FPGAs

Interfacing DDR Memory with AMD/Xilinx FPGAs Learn how to interface DDR memory with AMD/Xilinx FPGAs. Read Article