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Level Up Your Design Skills - Altium Designer Getting Started User Guide We are happy to announce the release of the new Altium Designer Getting Started User Guide. Whether you are new to Altium Designer or you want to brush up on some topics, the Altium Designer Getting Started User Guide will take you from a beginner to a master in PCB design. This is only the beginning! This guide will be updated with new information based on user feedback. Let’s first go over the contents of the guide. Read Article

Was Sie über Ferritperlen wissen müssen Wie ich bereits in einem früheren Blogbeitrag ausgeführt habe, wird das Design von Stromverteilungsnetzen seit Jahren dadurch erschwert, dass in der Branche diverse falsche Faustregeln und völlig aus der Luft gegriffene Designleitlinien kursieren. Diese Entwicklung hat bei vielen Designern für Verwirrung gesorgt, da sich nur schwer ersehen lässt, was wirklich funktioniert und was nicht. Besonders kontrovers diskutiert wird derzeit der Einsatz von Read Article

Everything You Need to Know About Ferrite Beads As noted in my previous blog regarding PDS design, the whole power supply conundrum is one that has been plagued over the years with a number of erroneous rules-of-thumb; “black magic” design rules and confusion as to what does or doesn’t work. One of the most controversial topic areas focuses on the use of ferrite beads as a means of controlling and containing EMI. There is conflicting information concerning the use of ferrite beads and it is Read Article

Todo lo que Necesitas Saber Sobre Núcleos de Ferrita Como se señaló en mi blog anterior sobre el diseño de PDS, todo el enigma de la fuente de alimentación es uno que ha estado plagado a lo largo de los años con una serie de reglas generales erróneas; reglas de diseño de "magia negra" y confusión sobre lo que funciona o no funciona. Una de las áreas temáticas más controvertidas se centra en el uso de núcleos de ferrita como un medio para controlar y contener EMI. Hay información contradictoria Read Article

Wszystko, co musisz wiedzieć o rdzeniach ferrytowych Wszystko, co warto wiedzieć o rdzeniu ferrytowym Jak już wspomniałam w moim poprzednim wpisie na blogu dotyczącym projektów typu PDS, kwestia ich zasilania przez lata była owiana szeregiem nieprawidłowych informacji. Wywołało to dużo zamieszania w kontekście samego projektowania, a spowodowane było głównie sprzecznymi informacjami na temat tego, co w projektowaniu można swobodnie robić, a czego już nie. Jednym z najbardziej kontrowersyjnych Read Article

Know the Bandwidth This article relates to both printed electronics and PCBs. I acquired my bandwidth design techniques working in PCB design, and later applied the same principles to my printed electronics design. In this article, I’ll explain my knowledge of bandwidth, and how I was able to apply it to both PCBs and printed electronics. Before going into details on bandwidth, I think it’s worth revisiting what we in electronics mean by the term “signal”. For me Read Article

Exploring Arduino is Now Expanded and Updated by Jeremy Blum The Altium OnTrack Podcast with Judy Warner welcomes one of the Hardware design community’s brightest stars, Jeremy Blum. Jeremy recently released a new version of his book that is a heavily expanded and updated edition. Exploring Arduino, has helped people around the world and now you can get a completely up-to-date version, which you can buy now. Jeremy is a two-time AltiumLive keynote speaker and has also been featured on this podcast twice Read Article

Creating High Pin Count Schematic Symbols Quickly My open source Altium component library contains hundreds of schematic symbols, supplying over 100,000 components for use. People are often surprised when I tell them it only takes a few minutes to make a schematic symbol using Altium, even if the part has a high pin count. In this article, I want to show you how you can leverage some of the tools in Altium to create your own symbols quickly. Pre-requisites Before we get started, you’ll need a Read Article

Design Report Card One of my earlier BLOGs talked about PWB Cost Drivers. What is required for the PWB Value Delivery Chain is a method of predicting the cost of fabrication for the PCB substrate, as well as the cost of assembly and assembly testing. With these tools and the wiring density metrics, tradeoffs can be performed early in the product's life. Many call this Design for Manufacturing and Assembly, I call it the DFM Report Cards because that’s what its Read Article

Get Inspired by Major League Hacking with Jonathan Gottfried Jonathan Gottfried is co-founder of Major League Hacking, or MLH, the official student hackathon league. Major League Hacking’s vision is to inspire students worldwide from both traditional and non-traditional backgrounds. They’ve influenced new generations of engineers; from software, hardware, and mechanical disciplines in the events they have thrown worldwide. Learn more about Jonathan and his inspiring work at MLH. Listen to the Podcast Read Article

Układ PCB — porada: Oszczędzaj czas dzięki układom odnawialnym Żeby przetrwać we współczesnym środowisku biznesowym projektantów PCB, kluczowe znaczenie dla szybkiego przygotowywania płytek PCB ma możliwość ponownego wykorzystywania projektów. Zawsze musimy pracować szybciej i mądrzej. To oznacza, że jeśli istnieją jakiekolwiek metody zwiększenia efektywności procesu, przez co stanie się on mniej skomplikowany i szybszy, tym lepiej. Jednak gdy rzeczy nabierają tempa, często pojawia się więcej błędów, które Read Article

Dlaczego znaczenie zarządzania danymi PCB jest takie duże Niedawno obchodziłem urodziny. Chociaż nie lubię zdradzać swojego wieku, powiedzmy, że w restauracji mógłbym zamawiać pozycje z menu dla seniorów. Zdaję sobie sprawę, że im jestem starszy, tym bardziej zwalniam, albo wszystko wokół przyspiesza. Doszedłem do wniosku, że po trochu są to obie te przyczyny, ale jednak dominuje ta ostatnia. Przytoczę tu słowa Karola Dickensa z klasycznej powieści Opowieść o dwóch miastach: „Była to najlepsza i Read Article

Power Play—Successfully Designing Power Delivery Systems Across the industry, the design element that continues to cause the most problems is the power delivery system (PDS). And, as a consulting firm, for the last several years the majority of problems that we have been called in to solve have always centered on PDS problems. As noted in my previous blog on guard traces and their ineffectiveness, every time we have been called upon to solve an EMI problem, we have always ended up fixing the PDS. This Read Article

The Art of Selecting Connectors Connectors are the unsung stars of both a product and its hardware development. Any Apple user knows the romantic tale the company has spun from infatuation with the first magnetic power connector through the betrayal of the 3.5mm jack to today’s ‘it’s complicated’ status thanks to the baggage their dongles create in pursuit of beauty. Product developers have similar emotional experiences with their prototypes. An unreliable connector that has Read Article

PCB-Stackup erstellen und Fehler vermeiden In den vergangenen 20 Jahren und mehr ist die Elektronik zu einem immer komplexeren Bereich geworden. Die Leiterplattendichte wurde an ihre Grenzen getrieben. EMV/EMB Regulierungen haben sich weiterentwickelt und verschärft. Speeding Edges sind kleiner geworden. Aus diesem Grund benötigen PCB-Layout-Designer ein gehöriges Verständnis für EMV, PDN, EMB und SI, um ein modernes PCB selbstbewusst zu routen. In diesem Artikel beschäftigen wir uns mit Read Article

How To Design the Perfect PCB Stack Up With Altium Designer In the last 20+ years, electronics have become increasingly more complex. Board density was pushed to the limits. EMC/EMI regulations evolved and got stricter. Speeding edges got smaller. Therefore, the PCB Layout engineer needs a good understanding of EMC, PDN, EMI, and SI in order to route a modern PCB with confidence. In this article we’ll talk about some of the considerations we should have in order to create a PCB stack up correctly. What Read Article

Comment concevoir le parfait empilage PCB avec Altium Designer - 1e Partie Au cours des 20 dernières années, l'électronique est devenue de plus en plus complexe. La densité des cartes a atteint ses limites. Les réglementations sur la compatibilité et les interférences électromagnétiques évoluent vers des exigences de plus en plus strictes. Les avantages de la rapidité sont de plus en plus minces. Par conséquent, l'ingénieur PCB a besoin d'une bonne compréhension des exigences CEM, PDN, EMI et SI afin de créer un routage Read Article