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For Clear Communication, Use the Best RF PCB Design Software

Use the Best Radio PCB Design Software For Clear Communication More and more RF or radio PCB designs are being used every day, and if you aren’t already working with them you may find yourself doing so very soon. To make sure you have the greatest advantage, use the best RF PCB design software you can get; Altium Designer. ALTIUM DESIGNER Working through radio PCB design commandments like frequency, components, noise, and layer management with ease. The communication gap is shrinking all over the world as Read Article

PCB Board Thickness Requirements and Standards Incorporating the design with the fabrication process was never worth the effort as old and rigid PCB layout design tools offered little in the way of help in this area. Those days are long gone, and the multitude of design technologies available to the PCB designer of today offer advanced functionality in layout tools. From a standard two-layer board to a multi-layer HDI with microvias or a rigid-flex design, you need Printed Circuit Board Read Article

Efficient PCB Routing Using Gloss and Retrace Software Tools The primary goal of your traces is to carry signals throughout your board without losses. To do this properly, you Watch Video

PCB Design Tools Enhanced with an Advanced Free Gerber Editor

PCB Design Tools Enhanced with an Advanced Free Gerber File Editor To successfully manufacture today’s challenging PCB designs, you need to be able to create the latest Gerber X2 file formats in your design tool’s free Gerber file editor online. ALTIUM DESIGNER Getting manufacturing output files out is a breeze with the right CAD software. For over 30 years the printed circuit board design and manufacturing industries have relied on Gerber editor files to transfer PCB image information from design to Read Article

Types of Printed Circuit Boards Once you start designing Printed Circuit Boards, you’ll find that different applications require have specialized design requirements. In order to meet all your design requirements without sacrificing workflow productivity, you need PCB design software that is adaptable to any design requirements. Working with the best PCB design software with a unified design interface makes it easy to define and satisfy design requirements for your specific Read Article

PCB Creators Look No Further than Altium Designer

PCB Creators Look No Further than Altium Designer When it comes to PCB design software, the best software packages aren’t sold piecemeal. You need an integrated software solution that includes the latest and greatest tools demanded by the PCB design industry. Whether you are new to PCB design or you’ve been in the business for decades, Altium Designer gives you the tools to produce top-quality PCBs for any application. ALTIUM DESIGNER An integrated PCB design software package that contains all Read Article

Reusing Your Old PCB Designs in Altium Designer

Reusing Your Old PCB Designs in Altium Designer Reusing or modifying your old designs is common among engineers and designers as this helps save you a considerable amount of time. There are times where it makes sense to reuse some or all of an old board, and you might as well completely recreate a device at other times. With Altium Designer, you can implement a comprehensive data management strategy that makes it easy to reuse old designs. You can even go further and use design methodologies Read Article

DDR3 Routing Guidelines and Routing Topologies

DDR3 Routing Guidelines and Routing Topologies Without volatile memory, your computer would require constant reading and writing to non-volatile memory like hard drives or Flash. Non-volatile memory is one of the things that makes modern computers so powerful and gives them the adaptability required for advanced tasks. Although DDR3 is now obsolete, DDR-based memory is here to stay and will continue to play a central role in modern computer architecture. With the right design tools, you can Read Article

Solder Mask and Solder Processes for Your PCB Design

Superior Software for Designing a Blue PCB, or Any Other Color Circuit Board No matter what color you decide on; blue PCB or other, Altium Designer is the PCB design tool of choice that you need to get the job done. ALTIUM DESIGNER For any solder mask need, count on Altium Designer The color of the circuit board is determined by the color of the solder mask that is used during manufacturing, and there are a lot of colors to choose from. Traditional green, red, and even blue are just some of the colors that are available Read Article

Best PCB Design Software for Circular PCBs and Other Non-Standard Shapes

Best PCB Design Software for Circular PCBs and Other Non-Standard Shapes To answer the unique design challenges of circular PCBs and other non-standard board shapes, you need the power of Altium Designer. ALTIUM DESIGNER A PCB design tool guaranteed to get your circuit board right or keep it circular. It would make life easier if all printed circuit boards were the same size and shape, but that’s not the way it works. The reality is that PCBs come in every kind of size and shape imaginable, and the sky’s the limit as Read Article

How to Make a Bridge Rectifier For PCB Layout

How to Make a Bridge Rectifier For PCB Layout Power conditioning is critical when working with PCBs and for delivering power to your components. This seemingly simple activity can create signal integrity problems if your components are not designed correctly, leading to bit errors or other signal problems during operation. Your design software can help you avoid problems that might arise when you build your own bridge rectifier circuit for your PCB. Simulation and power delivery tools help Read Article

PCB Via

Complete Guide to Types of PCB Vias: Designs and Routing PCB vias are essential in a multilayer circuit board and routing between layers. Use the best toolset to define PCB vias for trace routing and circuit board layout. Read Article

Guide to PCB Terminology for Altium Designer

Guide to PCB Terminology for Altium Designer Understanding more about PCB design starts with learning the lingo. ALTIUM DESIGNER When working with a PCB design software tool, it’s best you know what it is you’re working with. Whether you are just starting out in the PCB design industry, or you’ve been at it for a long time, you will more than likely run into terminology that you aren’t familiar with. There are technical terms in the electronic design industry that you may never have had Read Article

Introduction to High Density Interconnects

Introduction to High Density Interconnection This introduction to Happy Holden's HDI design guidebook gives a comprehensive introduction to high density interconnects. Read Article

Troubleshooting Your Next PCB Design

Troubleshooting Your Next PCB Design: Printed Circuit Boards Problems with Circuit Simulation and Analysis Troubleshooting a PCB usually occurs after it has been received from a production run, or after it has been used for some time. Using design rules, error checking, and simulation tools during the design process can help you avoid receiving defective boards from a production run. You’ll also be able to diagnose and troubleshoot signal integrity problems that can arise from overlooking important design standards. Only the latest and greatest Read Article

Any Angle Routing

Any Angle Routing: When Should You Use It? EDA tools have come a long way since the advent of personal computing. Now advanced routing features like auto-routers, interactive routing, length tuning, and pin-swapping are helping designers stay productive, especially as device and trace densities increase. Routing is normally restricted to 45-degree or right angle turns with typical layout and routing tools, but more advanced PCB design software allows users to route at any angle they like Read Article

Power plane return path

Power Plane and Ground Planes: Should You Use Your PCB Power Plane as a Return Path? Power planes (sometimes called a power layer) and ground planes are important for more than just distribution of supplying power. When defining reference planes, both with impedance controlled routing and in managing return paths, your stackup might force return currents to pass into a PCB power plane before being coupled back to a ground layer. Even though you define a GND reference layer as a the basis for your impedance-controlled trace width Read Article