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Best PCB Design Software Altium Designer: The Best PCB Design Software Start working with the unified design environment in the best PCB design software. See what features you need in your design tools. Read Article
DFM in your PCB layout DFM in Your PCB Layout PCB design reviews should focus on DFM constraints to ensure a design will be manufacturable. Focus on these DFM requirements in your PCB layout. Read Article
FPGA PCB layout How to Start an FPGA PCB Layout For Your Embedded System FPGAs are key elements that aid innovation in advanced embedded systems where ready-made SoCs may not be available. See why you should use an FPGA in your embedded system. Read Article
ground below inductor Should Ground Be Placed Below Inductors in Switching Regulators? Should you place a ground cutout beneath the inductor in a switching regulator PCB layout? This is an important question surrounding EMI/EMC, and we’ll investigate in this article. Read Article
Switching regulator layout Switching Regulator Layout: One or Two Layers? Don’t be afraid to route your switching regulator layout on two layers, but be careful of these noise problems if you do! Read Article
PCB Design Workflow Design Rule Checking in the PCB Design Workflow Design rule checking occurs at multiple points in the PCB design workflow. Make sure you know which design rules you need to define and when to run manual design rule checks in your PCB design software. Read Article
Rigid flex altium Support for Rigid-Flex in Altium Designer Altium Designer supports flex and rigid-flex circuit design with 3D rendering and the ability to create multiple layer stacks. 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
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
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
Spreading inductance What is Spreading Inductance? The spreading inductance of a plane pair has a simple meaning, but it can be difficult to calculate. Here are some points designers should know about the spreading inductance of a plane pair. Read Article
pcb via size PCB Via Size and Pad Size Guidelines Do you know what PCB via size you should use in your PCB layout? We’ll look at a few simple ways to answer this question. Read Article
custom arduino shield How to Design a Custom Arduino Shield Board Custom Arduino shields are easy to design with the right PCB layout tools. If you’re a hobbyist or student, take a look at our guide on custom Arduino shields. Read Article
tented vias When to Use Tented Vias in Your PCB Layout Some designers swear by tented vias and prefer to always use them. When should these be used and when should they be avoided? We’ll explore in this article. Read Article
Power Delivery System Design Power Delivery Systems Design This article is intended to define the new challenges and provide guidance in how to successfully engineer the Power Delivery System (PDS) so it meets the needs of new technologies. As integrated circuit technology allows for billions of transistors on a single IC, it has resulted in very powerful systems on a chip. This has made it possible to put the equivalent of supercomputers inside video games, cell phones, and a host of other products that Read Article
PCB supply chain What is the PCB Supply Chain? The PCB supply chain encompasses all portions of PCB manufacturing processes, reaching from raw materials to components. Learn more about the PCB supply chain in our guide. Read Article
PCB test points Is It Printed or a Component? All About PCB Test Points A PCB test point can be a simple pad in the PCB layout, or it can be a specific component where you can connect a probe. Read Article