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Altium Designer: The Best Circuit Design Software Altium Designer doesn't just include the best PCB layout tools, it is also a the best circuit design software for students, hobbyists, and professionals. Read Article

Pin-Package Delay and Via Delay

Pin-Package Delay and Via Delay in High Speed Length Tuning Take a look at the inside of some integrated circuit packages, and you’ll find a number of wires bonded to the semiconductor die and the pads at the edge of the component's package. As a signal traverses makes its way along an interconnect and into a destination circuit, signals need to travel across these bond wires and pads before they are interpreted as a logic state. As you look around the edge of an IC, these bond wires can have different Read Article

27:29 Rapidly Creating New Designs And Reusing Existing Ones It's no secret that software developers often use completed code fragments from other projects for quick and predictable results. The Watch Video

US PCB Manufacturing

US Congress Proposes Support for American PCB Manufacturing Meet the Supporting American Printed Circuit Boards Act of 2022, proposed in the US Congress by Reps. Moore and Eshoo. Read Article

25:55 Stop Surprises By Assuring Your BOM Is Always Up To Date The electronics industry is constantly changing, especially when it comes to the supply chain. Components are constantly going out of Watch Video

Monte Carlo Simulation vs. Sensitivity Analysis

Monte Carlo Simulation vs. Sensitivity Analysis: What’s the Difference? SPICE gives you an alternative to Monte Carlo analysis so that you can understand circuit sensitivity to variations in parameters. Read Article

Creating Continuous Integration Pipelines for FPGAs

FPGAs: Creating Continuous Integration Pipelines for Embedded Systems or PCBs In this article Ari Mahpour walks you through creating Continuous Integration pipelines targeted for FPGAs Read Article

Advanced Topics in High-Speed Design This track is for the engineer who understands high-speed design requirements and wants to learn design practices to help ensure Watch Video

Hybrid PCB Stackup Reliability

How Reliable is Your Hybrid PCB Stackup? Do you know whether your hybrid PCB stackup is reliable? What can your fabricator do to help ensure reliability? Read this article to learn more. Read Article

Fundamentals of High-Speed Design This track is for the designer who is new to high-speed layout and routing practices and wants to understand how Watch Video

6-Layer PCB Design

6-Layer PCB Stackup Design Guidelines 6-layer PCB design guidelines are easy to follow when you use the right design software. Read Article

BGA land pattern and BGA footprint

What's In Your BGA Land Pattern and Footprint BGA land patterns aren’t always contained in a datasheet. If you need to create one of these, how large do you make the pads, solder mask, and fanout style? Learn more in this article. Read Article

Track Supply Chain Data and More with Spectra from Nexar

Track Supply Chain Data and More with Spectra from Nexar A new product from Nexar offers free supply chain insights and analysis. Altium offers everything needed to stay ahead of the supply chain. Read Article

Advanced Simulation and Waveform Analysis Every design has specific characteristics. You must consider the “care-abouts” and “what-ifs” of your circuit to achieve a high-performing, functional Watch Video

A-SAP Design Rules

PCB Design Rules Related to SAP Is change predictable? There are not many firm design rules specifically relating to SAP processes at this time, but that could change. Read this article to learn more about SAP processes and navigate the learning curve of these new technological advances: Read Article

Staying on Top of the Supply Chain with Altium

Staying on Top of the Supply Chain with Altium: Avoiding Supply Chain Disruptions in PCB Assembly April 8, 2022 ONTRACK BI-WEEKLY Latest From Altium 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. Learn more about Inventory History on Octopart Conquer Supply Chain Challenges in Altium Designer 22 Altium Designer 22 takes Read Article

molded interconnect devices

MIDs Make a Comeback as Vertical SMD Modules for Your PCB If you’ve ever wanted to mount components vertically, but without the expense of a flex section, use an MID in your PCB. Read Article