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Validate your designs with powerful simulation and analysis tools, ensuring optimal functionality, reliability, and performance before manufacturing. Simulation and analysis can be performed pre-layout in your schematics, and post-layout in your finished physical design. Altium Designer includes resources to help you succeed in both areas with an integrated SPICE simulator, reflection and crosstalk simulators, and integration with 3rd party field solvers. Browse our library of resources to learn more about using simulation tools and analyzing electrical behavior in your designs.

 

 

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Efficient Thermal Management with SPICE Simulation in Altium Designer 24 25 min Webinars Electrical Engineers Electrical Engineers Electrical Engineers

Uncover the art of predicting and refining circuit behavior using cutting-edge simulation tools within Altium Designer.

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Oscilloscope Probes Real-World Analysis of Oscilloscope Probes 12 min Blog This article conducts a real-world analysis of oscilloscope probes, comparing their performance and impact on signal measurements. The author tests a variety of probes, including both high-quality and budget options, revealing surprising results. Despite expectations, some budget probes perform comparably to more expensive ones, emphasizing that bandwidth alone is not the sole determinant of probe quality. The study underscores the importance of understanding a probe's behavior and choosing based on various factors beyond just bandwidth. Additionally, the article highlights that major brand-name probes (Diglent, Keysight, Rigol) offer more consistent performance and quality control compared to cheaper alternatives. Read Article
Can You Use Series and Parallel Termination on the Same Net? Can You Use Series and Parallel Termination on the Same Net? 8 min Blog Electrical Engineers Electrical Engineers Electrical Engineers Series and parallel termination are the most common resistive termination options for digital signaling. The reason is that resistance is Read Article
The Digital Bridge Ecosystem with Joao Beck The Digital Bridge Ecosystem with Joao Beck 23 min OnTrack PCB Design Engineers PCB Design Engineers PCB Design Engineers Today, we are joined by Joao Beck, Altium's Director of Enterprise Technical Marketing, to give us all the details. This new workflow is yet another step in Altium's quest toward a digital ecosystem! Read Article
Lossy Transmission Line Impedance Without a Field Solver Lossy Transmission Line Impedance Without a Field Solver 9 min Blog Electrical Engineers Electrical Engineers Electrical Engineers A signal on a transmission line will experience loss as it propagates, but the losses are rarely in PCB transmission line equations. Read this ultimate guide on transmission line analysis to learn how to design transmission lines to a loss target. Read Article
Avoid GIGO in Your PCB Simulation Tools Avoid GIGO in Your PCB Simulation Tools 4 min Blog Simulation Engineers Simulation Engineers Simulation Engineers GIGO in your PCB simulations happens when the inputs do not accurately reflect the reality in your PCBA. Read Article
224G PAM-4 PCB Design PCB and Package Design for 224G PAM-4 Channels 13 min Blog Electrical Engineers Electrical Engineers Electrical Engineers The next interface and packaging milestone is here with 224G PAM-4. Here is how these channels can be designed to provide broadband signal integrity. Read Article