Podcasts

Browse and listen from our library of podcasts discussing pcb design, manufacturing, assembly, and more. You can also check out the latest podcast from OnTrack with Zachariah Peterson

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AltiumLive Co-locates with IPC Apex Expo

AltiumLive Co-locates with IPC Apex Expo Two executives are joining us in today’s episode. Ted Pawela of Altium and IPC VP Dave Bergman. Join us and learn what’s coming in AltiumLive 2022 and IPC Apex 2022. Read Article

Data-Driven Smart Manufacturing

Data-Driven Smart Manufacturing In this episode, Andrew Scheuermann, CEO, and Co-founder of Arch, shares his company’s mission to drive digitization and sustainable innovation in electronics manufacturing. Read Article

Bogatin’s “Practical Guide to” Book Series

Bogatin’s “Practical Guide to” Book Series Eric Bogatin, the Dean of Signal Integrity Academy, is here to talk about empowering PCB designers to become their own experts. Eric also shares the inspiration behind his new book. Read Article

Test-Driven Development for Embedded Systems

Test-Driven Development for Embedded Systems What is Hardware-in-the-loop testing and how it can save you time and resources when designing your board? Watch this podcast episode with Ari Mahpour to learn more. Read Article

Key Factors of Thoughtful Design

Key Factors of Thoughtful Design Ed Becze of Pegmatis, a highly experienced R&D company with end-to-end product development capabilities, joins us to help start-ups and design engineers like you avoid electronic product development failures. Read Article

8 Things you Need to Know about Copper

8 Things you Need to Know about Copper Copper roughness has an impact on high-speed digital designs. Choose your copper wisely. John Coonrod gives us pro tips when picking the most suitable copper to use on your next design. Read Article

Sub-25 Micron Traces with Averatek ASAP Technology

Sub-25 Micron Traces with Averatek ASAP Technology High-density designs, simplified. Averatek offers a disruptive solution for complex electronic design. In this episode, we are very fortunate to have the powerhouse executive team from Averatek Corporation. Watch or listen on the go. Read Article

Supply Chain Intelligence from Octopart

Supply Chain Intelligence from Octopart Daniel Schoenfelder, Head of Octopart, is our guest in this episode. We will talk about the importance of having reliable access to electronic part data. Read Article

Macrofab: Modern EMS Solutions in North America

Macrofab: Modern EMS Solutions in North America Macrofab offers a better electronics manufacturing experience for the customer. Chris Church, Founder and Chief Product Officer at MacroFab, Inc. tells us more in this OnTrack episode. Read Article

ASC Free Technical eBook and Webinar Series

ASC PCB Free Technical eBook and Webinar Series Learn any issues upfront before sending your board design to manufacturing. Anaya Vardya and John Bushie of American Standard Circuits join us in this episode. Read Article

Component Shortages Report from IHS

Electronic Component Shortages Report from IHS What are the coping strategies available for PCB Designers to face the challenging impact of component shortages in the industry? Watch and learn in this episode with expert Greg Wood of IHS. Read Article

Reinventing the Business of Electronics

Reinventing the Business of Electronics Altium’s Chief Ecosystem Officer, Ted Pawela, and Altium’s Chief Software Architect, Leigh Gawne, join us to give us information about the launching of Nexar—an open ecosystem with zero cost. Read Article

Unleashing your High Density PCB Designs

Unleashing your High Density PCB Designs Chris Hunrath, Vice President of Technology at Insulectro joins us in this episode and learn how PCB designers can benefit from this new (not so new) Modified Semi Additive Process (MSAP) Technology. Read Article

Troubleshooting EMC from your Workbench

Troubleshooting EMC from Your Workbench EMC expert Ken Wyatt joins us in this episode to answer frequently asked EMC questions—a sneak peak to his EMC Book Series. Read Article

Pro Tips on Adopting to a New Design System

How to Build a New Data Management System Listen to the Podcast: Download this episode (right click and save) Watch the video: Show Highlight - Pro Tips! How do you build a new data management system? Build templates and defaults (files) and remember to always do this FIRST - copy the Altium defaults and set them up from there. Please review all the parameters and learn how they flow. Then check in to Concord / Altium365. Review and organize your categorization system. Make templates Read Article

New Printed Circuit Engineering Course: PCE EDU

New Printed Circuit Engineering Course: PCE EDU In this episode our guest Rick Hartley and Mike Creeden talks about the New Printed Circuit Engineering Course. Read Article

3 Key IPC Rules to Know

3 Key IPC Rules to Know, Follow and (Sometimes) Break Gerry Partida is joining us in this OnTrack Podcast episode. Watch it now or listen on the go! Read Article