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How to Avoid Common Signal Integrity Issues in Your Designs
Are you doing everything you can to resolve signal integrity issues in your high-speed designs? Read on to find out how to avoid the most common signal integrity issues with board stackup and routing...
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Announcements: Update 16 for Altium Designer 10
The Altium Development team are pleased to announce the 16th update for Altium Designer 10 which includes various enhancements requested through BugCrunch and the AltiumLive forums, including...
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Announcements: Update 12 for Altium Designer 10
The Altium Development team are pleased to announce the 12th update for Altium Designer 10 which includes a new Schematic feature: Specific No ERC Directives. The No ERC Directives can now suppress...
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How to Simplify Your Circuit Replication with Multi-Channel Design
Circuit replication, particularly in flat designs, presents several unique challenges that can be intimidating for any designer. Use a multi-channel design to efficiently replicate circuitry and...
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A cloudy focus
There’s been some discussion on our new Forum about our plans for “all this cloudy stuff”. Some of you have asked why we have this focus. Some have questioned why we’re bothering when we can’t “even...
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Creative use of flexible tools
A question came up on the forums today asking how to make a design rule in Altium Designer to check for silkscreen clearance to the board outline. Knowing that there is no direct method to achieve...
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Software development streams - the natural evolution of our business
The software engineering industry is a bit of an ugly duckling when it comes to release cycles. For reasons of traceability, validation, verification, and marketing, most software packages are built to...
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High-Speed PCB Differential Pair Routing to Preserve Signal Integrity
Proper routing of differential pairs in high-speed digital circuits is necessary for preserving signal integrity. Follow these guidelines for differential pair routing and leave your EMI troubles behind.
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High-Speed PCB Design Principles: Keep Traces Short and Direct
As you know, high-speed PCBs can often have issues with EMI. This EMI risk can come from long traces that form transmitting or receiving antennas. Longer traces also cover more distance, which...
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The Best PCB Design and Manufacturing Practices for Moisture Management
A common source of PCB malfunctions, especially in outdoor environments, comes from moisture on the boards. Fortunately, there are several options for protecting your boards when they are deployed....
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Which Altium PCB Design Software is Right For You?
Confused as to which Altium professional PCB design product is right for you? Are you a maker just looking to dip a toe with CircuitMaker? Are you a professional PCB designer just starting out or are...
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Flexible PCBs and the Internet of Things: How the Landscape of PCB Design is...
The Internet of Things is a new category of exciting gadgets and appliances transforming the consumer market. However, developing that smartwatch isn’t as easy as putting it on. PCB designers are...
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How to Protect Your PCB Designs from Counterfeit Electronic Components
Counterfeit electronics are components that are fakes or relabelled as a higher quality product and sold to unwitting customers. They can wreak havoc with your designs, security, budget, and schedule....
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How 3D Printed Prototypes are Changing the Landscape of PCB Design
It’s no surprise that you hate waiting for prototypes. In the time it takes for the test board to arrive you could probably invent a new method for fabricating prototypes. Lucky for you, someone...
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How Tesla Rethought Lithium Ion Cells Through Modular Design and Vertical...
Lithium Ion batteries provide high performance and fast recharging, making them ideal for electric vehicles. However, their cost has always been a barrier to adoption in the world of electric vehicles....
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How to Choose a Test Lab for FCC Certification of Your IoT Product
Getting an FCC certification is an important (and legally required) step for IoT systems and other products that transmit and receive data. Choosing the right lab makes a huge difference in the ease of...
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PCB設計プロセスを容易にするモジュールの使い方
PCB設計は、概念的な仕様を実際の設計に移す際に適切に計画を立てないと、最終的により多くの時間が必要になります。同時に考慮すべき要素が多数あります。例えば、空間とパフォーマンスを最適化するため、主要コンポーネントをどの場所に配置するか、どのコンポーネントを最初に配置するかなどがあります。また、サブシステムをどこに収納するか、どの配置が結果的に最もきれいにトレースできるかなども検討する必要があります。...
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適切なPCBレイアウトでは、どのようにして設計へのヒートシンクの追加を回避できるか
コンポーネントは余分な熱で壊れたり仕様外の動作をしたりすることは誰もが知っていますが、いつ熱が問題になるかわからない場合があります。放熱の問題は、度重なる熱サイクルで熱膨張や熱収縮が起きたために割れたはんだ接合のように、経時的に発生する可能性があります。これらの問題は試験で見逃される可能性があります。このため、このようなシナリオを避けるため、適切に基板をレイアウトすることが重要です。詳細は全文をお読...
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ティアドロップにより設計の量と質を高める方法
一般に、組み立てや製造のプロセスで、穴の位置がずれたり思いがけずドリルが範囲からはずれたりすることで、問題が発生します。設計にティアドロップを追加することで、ビアやパッドを正確に作成して製造したPCBの品質や歩留まりがどのように向上するかを学びましょう。
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PCB Design for Manufacturing: Prevent Via Defects by Talking to Your...
Sometimes your feelings toward your manufacturer may resemble your feelings towards any ex-girlfriends. Especially when they tell you that your boards have a
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