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Class-D Amplifier Design and PCB Layout Altium Designer makes it easy to design your own Class-D audio amplifier design. Here’s a simple project to help you get started. Read Article

My Favorite Altium Designer Keyboard Shortcuts and Viewing Features If you want to be more productive in PCB design and layout, try out these common Altium Designer keyboard shortcuts. Read Article

Managing PCB Manufacturing Quality Control in the Cloud You and your manufacturer can track quality problems and correct at the design level when you use cloud tools for PCB manufacturing quality control. Read Article

California Bets on Electric Cars and Plans to Ban Gasoline Car Sales by 2035 Governor Gavin Newsome is betting on California electric cars. Get ready for a big shift in PMIC and battery markets. Read Article

PCB Layout for an LM358 Op-amp Circuit and Module LM358 op-amp circuits are simple, yet they are still useful for low frequency analog applications. Here’s one example of a PCB layout you can create in Altium Designer. Read Article

What You Can Track in Your Altium Project History You can easily track your Altium project history and revisions locally, or you can use the cloud storage features on Altium 365. Read Article

Managing PCB Polygon Pour and Copper Features in Complex Layouts PCB polygon pour and copper features in your PCB layout need to be carefully managed, especially when collaborating with other designers. Read Article

LLC Resonant Converter Design and PCB Layout You can use an LLC resonant converter design to provide stable DC power in your circuits. Here’s how to layout your LLC converter design. Read Article

IEEE EPEPS 2020 Roundup: Get Ready for Advanced CAD and Modeling Techniques SI/PI engineers and layout engineers presented their research work at this year’s IEEE EPEPS conference. Read Article

Design Your Own USB-MicroSD Card Reader PCB Altium Designer makes it easy to design your own USB-MicroSD card reader. Here’s a simple project to help you get started. Read Article

All About PCB Loss Tangent: What it Means and When it Matters Do you know the PCB loss tangent for your laminate? Learn more about this important factor and how it affects your signals. Read Article

The NVIDIA-Arm Deal Will Expand Hardware for AI and Deep Learning Read more about the recent NVIDIA-ARM deal and what it means for PCB designers. Read Article

Automotive Ethernet: Present and Future Design Requirements Get ready for more cars to make greater use of automotive Ethernet. Here’s what systems designers and PCB designers can expect. Read Article

Embedded Systems Firmware and Hardware in the Cloud Embedded systems firmware development is easier when your hardware designers and coders can work together in the cloud. Read Article

LVDS to LVPECL, CML, and Single-Ended Conversions A lot is made of high speed interfaces for PCBs. Here’s how you interface between LVDS to LVPECL, CML, and other logic families. Read Article

WiFi 6 PCB Design Guide and 802.11 Standards Your next PCB might need WiFi 6 capabilities. Here’s what you need to know about WiFi 6 PCB design and layout. Read Article

Should You Use Power MOSFETs in Parallel? Placing elements like power MOSFETs in parallel can help you distribute current throughout multiple circuit elements, but be careful with this arrangement. Read Article