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Altium is paving the way for enhanced engineering by designing the next generation of tools unifying the PCB design industry. Whether you are a beginner learning what is a PCB, or looking to discover an easy to use drag and drop in browser PCB design software, how to get component data in real-time while designing a board, collaborative tools for systems engineers, interviews with industry pioneers, or the best PCB Design software, Altium has you covered!  Read the latest PCB Design information from the industry's leading experts.

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Flex and Rigid-Flex PCB Applications Flex and Rigid-Flex PCB Applications There are many fun and interesting rigid-flex PCB applications. Learn more about these important application areas and how flexible designs can solve many practical problems. Read Article
PCB Workflow Management Overview of PCB Workflow Management We provide an overview of PCB workflow management for on-premises and remote teams. Use Altium Designer and Nexus to manage your PCB design workflow and engineering teams. Read Article
rigid-flex documentation Preparing Rigid-Flex PCB Documentation for Manufacturing Do you know what to include in your rigid-flex PCB documentatio? We've prepared a guide to help you prepare your design outputs and drawigns for your rigid-flex PCBs. Read Article
Flexible Printed Circuit Flexible Printed Circuit Design Best Practices Implement these flexible circuit design tips to help you build your next flex or rigid-flex PCB. Read Article
Rigid-Flex PCB Fabrication The Rigid-Flex PCB Fabrication Process Learn how to navigate the rigid-flex PCB fabrication process. By knowing the fabrication process, you'll have assurance you can hit yield and performance targets. Read Article
Flex PCB materials Introduction to Flex PCB Materials Learn how to properly select flex PCB materials for accommodating rigid-flex designs and how choosing the right flex circuit materials helps mitigate field-failures. Read Article
Parts Insights, Manufacturing, and more from AltiumLive! Parts Insights, Manufacturing, and more from AltiumLive! During AltiumLive 2022 CONNECT, we announced Altimade, developed in partnership with MacroFab. Altimade provides a cloud-based solution for releasing projects to manufacturing in MacroFab’s network of North America factories via the Altium 365 platform. Read Article
PCB layer stackup Communicating PCB Layer Stackup Needs to Manufacturers With software-based stackup planning tools, you can quickly communicate PCB layer stackup needs to manufacturers. Read Article
Learn PCB Design Considering Electronics as a Career? You'll Need to Learn PCB Design! Students who want to learn PCB design can find free resources from Altium Education, the industry’s leading educational platform for college students to learn PCB design. Read Article
PCB Design Course Why PCB Design Courses Are Essential in an Engineering Curriculum A PCB design course nicely fits into standard electrical engineering curricula and complements existing coursework with systems-level design concepts. Read Article
Ebook: EnviroSense Multi-board Project Create your own WI-Fi weather station. Follow along offline by downloading this latest project by Mark Harris. Download PDF
PCB Solder mask expansion What Solder Mask Expansion Value Should You Use? The solder stop mask layer caps off the PCB and provides a protective film over copper on the surface layers. Solder mask needs to be pulled back from landing pads on the surface layer so that you have a surface where components can be mounted and soldered. This removal of the solder mask from a pad on the top layer should extend some distance around the edge of the pad, creating either NSMD or SMD pads for your components. How far back should Read Article
Transmission Line Impedance Calculator PCB Transmission Line Impedance Calculators We’ve compiled a set of transmission line impedance calculators for use in high speed PCB design and RF design. Read Article
Electronics Supply Chain Sentiment Indicates a Gloomy 18 Months Electronics Supply Chain Sentiment Indicates a Gloomy 18 Months The electronics supply chain is seeing record investment, yet engineers are still projecting longer lead times and higher prices for components. Read Article
Get the latest on the Altium Designer 22 release and more! Get the latest on the Altium Designer 22 release and more! February 18, 2022 ONTRACK BI-WEEKLY The newest release of Altium Designer brings users new supply chain insights, DFM features, and additional simulation features in SPICE. The biggest enhancements in this newest release include: Simulation The SPICE simulation package in Altium Designer now includes Monte Carlo. Results can be displayed in an easy-to-read histogram for sensitivity analysis. Assembly Solder paste settings have been improved to Read Article
Ebook: Routing High-Density Interconnects with Reliable Microvias Routing high density PCBs is heavily rules driven and it requires understanding what contributes to microvia reliability. Download PDF
Parasitic capacitance How to Reduce Parasitic Capacitance in a PCB Layout Learn how to reduce parasitic capacitance so you can prevent high-frequency noise coupling in your PCB layout. Read Article