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The Keys to Simulating and Optimizing High Speed Interfaces - AltiumLive 2022 In this session, Stephen Slater will discuss the fundamentals of Signal Integrity and explore design choices we have in our control to improve signal integrity at 16Gbps and above. Watch Video

Part 3: Documenting Your PCB for Assembly

Part 3: Documenting Your PCB for Assembly Learn everything you need to know to have you board successfully assembled, including assembly drawing requirements, adding notes, and cautionary markings. Read Article

Part 2: Documenting Your Master Drawing

Part 2: PCB Specification Documentation for Your Master Drawing The master drawing is the most crucial part of your PCB documentation. See how to expertly complete your master drawings to ensure your board is manufacturable. Read Article

PCB fabrication document

Part 1: Setting Up Your Fabrication Document Learn everything you need to know about Documentation for Fabrication and Assembly of printed circuit boards. Read Article

Cybersecurity in PCB Supply Chain

Cybersecurity in PCB Supply Chain In this episode, Didrik Bech, CEO of Elmatica, will give some insights to help us understand the importance of Cybersecurity in the PCB manufacturing industry supply chain. Watch or listen on the go now! Read Article

Capacitor Dielectrics

Guide to Ceramic Capacitor Dielectrics and Other Types Capacitor electrical behavior is determined, in part, by the capacitor dielectric. Learn all about capacitor dielectrics in this article. Read Article

Stripline impedance calculator

Stripline Impedance Calculator Learn more about using and interpreting results from a microstrip impedance calculator. Read Article

Microstrip impedance calculator

Microstrip Impedance Calculator Learn more about using and interpreting results from a microstrip impedance calculator. Read Article

ferrite bead PDN

Ferrite Bead Models and Transfer Impedance in a PDN Simulation Ferrites in a PDN and transfer impedance are investigated in this article. We’ll show how ferrites in a PDN create problems for switching circuits. Read Article

Grounded coplanar waveguide digital signal

Altium Live Question: Digital Signals in a Grounded Coplanar Waveguide? Have you considered the effects of a GPCW structure on digital signals? Here’s a hint: look at the S-parameters! Read Article

Keynote: How to keep your boards from screaming like a Banshee with Eric Bogatin - AltiumLive 2022 Eric Bogatin explains the overlap of the three worlds of SI, PI, and EMI: those design features that are the trifecta, that contribute to all three problems and how to reduce them. Watch Video

KEYNOTE: Common PCB Layout Mistakes that Cause EMC Compliance Failures - AltiumLive 2022 Todd Hubing tackles the key to a good circuit board layout for EMC is learning to focus on what's really important when it comes to ensuring compliance with EMC requirements. Watch Video

APEX/AltiumLive DFM PROF DEV: Design WITH Manufacturing Carl Schattke and Julie Ellis present how designing with manufacturing make the entire team from concept to fabrication a winning one, live from the IPC APEX Expo in San Diego. Watch Video

AT&S DFM PCB Manufacturing Tour - AltiumLive 2022 Join Gerald Weis and Ube Sorgman on a tour of the AT&S PCB Manufacturing facility. They will walk you through everything from Designing for Manufacturing and Design for Excellence to every step in the manufacturing process, all within their beautiful facility in Austria. Keynote Highlights: Answers to complex AT&S PCB manufacturing questions Insight into drilling How AT&S PCBs distinguish between DFM and DFX Discussion of discuss tenting and Watch Video

Diabolical Footprint Mistakes and How to Avoid Them - AltiumLive 2022 Delving far beyond the basics, we’ll look at some of the more gnarly errors - and how you can avoid them on your next design. Watch Video

Berets: Balancing High Power with HDI and BGAs on a Family of Motor-Control PCBs - AltiumLive 2022 Designing a new ecosystem of small, high-power motor control boards which simplify and accelerate the development and deployment of feedback controllers for complex mechatronic systems. Watch Video

Common Fab and Assembly Design Errors To Avoid - AltiumLive 2022 Avoid unmanufacturable PCB designs, learn some corrective options in this session with Julie Ellis. Watch Video