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Automated PCB Routing With the Situs Topological Autorouter
This page looks at the Situs Topological Autorouter. This part of the PCB Editor uses topological mapping to define the PCB routing path and convert this to a high-quality route.
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What Skills Are Needed to be a PCB Layout Designer?
To readers who have been working in the PCB industry for most of your career, you have probably seen a very diverse group of professionals with varied skill sets and backgrounds. My own background is odd, having come into the profession from optics and lasers, and then focusing on analog and RF electronics. Other designers might get started as engineers or as technicians, and some designers learn how to create beautiful PCB layouts in university
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What is an Eye Diagram?
An eye diagram tells you everything you need to know about the behavior of signals in a high-speed channel, as well as the channel’s response to repeated excitation.
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How Non-functional Pads Affect Your PCB Design
Non-functional pads are sometimes framed as an all-or-nothing debate, and the debates about reliability and effects on signal integrity abound. Should you keep them on your vias, or should you remove them from all vias? Like any design decision there are tradeoffs to balance, and typically one aspect of a design will take precedence over all others. Because there is no generalized rule about the use of non-functional pads, designers should
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The Newest Feature Upgrades in Altium Designer 22.7
August 26, 2022 ONTRACK BI-WEEKLY New This Month in Altium Designer Altium Designer 22.7 offers new schematic and layout features that help you supercharge your design experience. This newest announcement focuses on three productivity features in variants, the PCB Editor, and the Schematic Editor: Support For Paste Mask in Variants - Need to change paste mask expansion in a PCBA variant? Altium Designer now gives you the control to specify this
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What is Hybrid Beamforming?
Beamforming is an important broadcast method that involves use of antenna arrays in a wireless system to transmit electromagnetic energy along a specific direction. More wireless systems are expanding their ability to handle multiple users (or targets) with beamforming and MIMO. This is already used in radar, WiFi, and in newer high-bandwidth communication systems (5G). For the systems designer, it is important to understand the layout
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High-Speed PCB Design Analysis: Simulations and Signal Integrity Checks
High speed PCB design analysis is an admittedly broad area, comprising basic calculations of important design details, as well as simulations to verify a PCB layout. Some important evaluations are performed in the schematic, or at the very beginning of a design when a layout is being planned. These analysis techniques also have different levels of difficulty or advancement, and they will sometimes require an external program to fully evaluate the
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How to Select Copper Foil for High-Frequency PCB Design
Learn how to choose the right kind of copper foil for your high frequency PCB stackup. The same ideas apply to selection of copper for high-speed PCBs.
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The Last Mile of Digital Transformation Made Easy
We live in an era fueled by innovation. In almost every aspect of our lives, we are constantly being reminded about the pace of innovation, its relentless acceleration touted in the news, its benefit on our lives, and the lifestyles our gadgets enable. For those of us whose business is electronic product design, the impacts of rapid innovation, changing market conditions, and customer expectations also permeate every aspect of our working
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Why Most Via Impedance Calculators Are Inaccurate
Via impedance calculators are only useful in the low frequency range, where impedance control is typically not needed.
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The Advantages of Using a Project Release Package
Watch our webinar: “The Advantages of Using a Project Release Package”. Click here.
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Buck Converter Simulation in Altium Designer
Are you designing a step-down switching power supply? It helps to perform a buck converter simulation during circuit design. Altium Designer makes it easy to perform a buck converter simulation directly from your schematic.
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Overview of the PCIe 6.0 Standard
In this article, we give an overview of changes in the PCIe 6.0 standard as it has been currently published by PCI-SIG.
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SPI vs. I2C: How to Choose the Best Protocol for Your Memory Chips
Which protocol is best for accessing memory chips? The differences between SPI vs. I2C for this application will be examined in this article.
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Is There an SPI Trace Impedance Requirement?
There is no SPI trace impedance requirement or termination requirement. If this sounds surprising, read this article to see why.
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Mitigating Risk Factors for PCB Manufacturing Lead Times
How to deal with nuances in PCB design and manufacturing? In today’s episode, Dave Young the owner of Young Circuits Design and founder of BlueStamp Engineering, and Zach talk about mitigating risk factors early in the stage of electronic design.
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Startups Are Well-Positioned for ECAD Digitalization
In today's business age, implementing a transformative digitalization strategy is one of the big keys to a company's ongoing and future success. By adopting and integrating digital platforms, smart applications, and managed services, businesses can transform business processes and product development. Digitalization allows companies to quickly adapt to changing market dynamics and customer expectations while improving overall business efficiency
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