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5 Myths about PCB Design-Busted! : PCB Design Tips & Tricks - Altium Audio Bites Altium Audio Bites, giving you bite-sized information that's easy to digest and apply to your everyday design tasks. From our PCB Design Tips & Tricks audio series here is: 5 Myths About PCB Design-Busted! All our audio series are from real PCB designers in the field, detailing their day to day problems and experiences. We hope you can learn from this as much as we have. Give it a listen and let us know what you think in the comments below. Read Article

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Don't Write Your Own Libraries for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems Applications Have you ever tried renovating your house on your own? Replacing floors and windows, painting walls and cabinets. You know, all the things the experts should be doing. In my opinion, the only thing worse than doing your own renovations is writing your own libraries for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) applications. Our team once had to write our own libraries. It took up an enormous amount of time on the front end. Later, when we had Read Article

Choosing a Compiler for Automotive Applications Figure 1: The “car of the future” isn’t that far in the future! Choosing a compiler for automotive applications can be difficult. Choosing the wrong compiler can lead to a lot of pain and frustration. It could also lead to your product not working or not being able to meet safety certification. Sounds dire? It needn’t be so. Compiler Capabilities for Automotive Applications Compiler capabilities are not equal across offerings in the automotive Read Article

How Increasing Battery Size Guides the PCB Designs of Apple and GoPro Sometimes batteries get bigger...by adding more batteries As time goes on, power requirements for connected devices keep increasing. More power means larger batteries, which force PCB designers to use more efficient layouts. Apple’s iPhone 7 and GoPro’s Hero5 give us specific examples of how industry leaders are dealing with increasing battery size in their PCB layouts. Have you noticed how much more energy it takes to get around as you get older Read Article

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How to Choose a Test Lab for FCC Certification of IoT Products FCC certification testing is an important (and legally required) step for IoT systems and other products that transmit and receive data. Choosing the right lab makes a huge difference in the ease of your certification process. I’ve been an engineer in some very heavily regulated industries where products are tested out the wazoo to make sure they’re safe. Even so, getting FCC certification for an IoT product was still a significant endeavor Read Article

PCB Design Tools Utilizing the available PCB design tools to their maximum potential allows designers to strike the perfect balance of passion and productivity in their work. Data from top performing designers demonstrates how these tools can lead to more successful outcomes in both business and engineering when used correctly. Key findings include: Best-in-Class companies are more likely to improve designer productivity through tool and process efficiency. The Download PDF

How Innovative PCB Design Lets Internet of Things Devices Reduce Wastage Innovative PCB designs have allowed the IoT to move into our homes and jobs and save us energy and money. The Nest thermostat, Philips Hue light bulb, and AgriHouse leaf sensor are all IoT devices that use novel PCBs to reduce wastage in our lives, and save us money. When you were growing up did your mom ever yell at you to, “Turn off those lights!”? Did your dad ever say, “If you want to turn on the A/C you’ll have to pay for it!”? If so, your Read Article

How Tesla Rethought Lithium Ion Cells Through Modular Design and Vertical Integration Lithium Ion batteries provide high performance and fast recharging, making them ideal for electric vehicles. However, their cost has always been a barrier to adoption in the world of electric vehicles. Tesla has sidestepped this issue by adopting a highly scalable modular approach. Every battery package they construct is made out of hundreds of one single standard cell. Tesla is taking their lithium battery production in-house, constructing the Read Article

PCB Designer Mike Brown Offers Advice: Stay Hungry, Keep Growing, Nurture Relationships Mike Brown is a ’s . He caught the design-bug at the tender age of 17 and has never looked back. Recently, he shared the story of his career path from being a young , to design manager, to entrepreneur and finally selling his company, Interconnect Design Solutions (IDS), last year to the Maryland-based contract manufacturer, Zentech Manufacturing. Warner: Mike, looking back, what indicators can you see from your childhood that suggested you might Read Article

PCB Design Basics to Help You Get Ahead PCB Design Basics in a Growing World Between the advent of the Internet of Things (IoT) and wearable electronics, PCB design requirements are becoming more and more advanced. You need to keep your eye on the design techniques that can make PCBs smaller, faster, and more flexible in order to keep up with the times. In addition to keeping abreast of design trends, you will likely need training in how to implement the techniques they require. Do you Read Article

The Worst PCB Design Advice I've Ever Heard: PCB Design Tips & Tricks - Altium Audio Bites Altium Audio Bites, giving you bite-sized information that's easy to digest and apply to your everyday design tasks. From our PCB Design Tips & Tricks audio series here is: The Worst PCB Design Advice I've Ever Heard. All our audio series are from real PCB designers in the field, detailing their day to day problems and experiences. We hope you can learn from this as much as we have. Give it a listen and let us know what you think in the comments Read Article

How To Use A Modular Approach: PCB Design Tips & Tricks - Altium Audio Bites Altium Audio Bites, giving you bite-sized information that's easy to digest and apply to your everyday design tasks. From our PCB Design Tips & Tricks audio series here is: How to Use a Modular Approach. All our audio series are from real PCB designers in the field, detailing their day to day problems and experiences. We hope you can learn from this as much as we have. Give it a listen and let us know what you think in the comments below. Read Article

Ubiquitous Internet of Things Devices Will Mean More Work in the PCB Design Industry The Internet of Things (IoT) is giving birth to a world where everything will have a computer inside of it. In a world full of PCBs, the PCB will be queen, a very busy queen. The modern PCB design engineer will have to design a world full of PCBs, standardize and diversify designs, and employ new design techniques to cut manufacturing costs. What do iPhones and I, Robot have in ? Come on, the ‘i’ is too obvious. They both involve us surrounding Read Article

LiDAR Bringing Autonomous Vehicles into the Mainstream Market One of my favorite movies from the 2000s was Minority Report. As an engineer, my favorite genre is Science Fiction, and Tom Cruise was my favorite actor. I imagined myself riding in one of those sleek autonomous cars, watching Tom try to outrun his fate. Those cars must have been pretty far in the future because I didn’t see any giant LIDAR arrays on them. New advances in technology could turn Science Fiction into reality. LIDAR developers are Read Article

Designing PCBs for IoT: How to Plan for FCC Certification The FCC standards for electronics is certainly something serious that needs to be considered. FCC Certification is a critical part of bringing IoT products to market. To pass successfully, you need to plan for the testing before you even begin to design your PCB. Read on to learn about the key considerations for your design. When I worked on my first internet of things (IoT) product, I was at a startup that was just past the two guys in the Read Article