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How To Work with Power Analyzer by Keysight • Jul 13, 2023

Adding Power Nets for Simulation

One of the most important things when designing your PCB is to check and measure the quality of electrical power for your project. Power Analyzer by Keysight offers you the ability to simulate how power is distributed on your PCB. In this video, we will show you how to prepare power nets for simulation in Altium Designer.

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How-To's • Jul 12, 2023

How to Use Transmission Lines in RF Design

High frequency signals are carried on circuit boards via transmission lines. Learn the differences between standard 50 ohm impedance microstrip lines and coplanar transmission lines in this video. We also explore the best-use cases for coplanar transmission lines, how they impact loss and interference, dielectric thicknesses, and more.

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Blog • Jul 11, 2023

Nucleo Shields Multi-Board Design

Learn how easy it is to create multi-board projects. This practical project article covers the reasons for breaking larger boards into sub-assemblies and explores the various connection options available between sub-assembly boards.

Blog • Jul 10, 2023

Analog Solar Tracker Project

In this article you can learn about light sensors while building an analog solar panel tracking system. This open-source project covers multi-channel design, window comparators, driving motors, and photosensors.

Blog • Jul 6, 2023

Concept Phase – Initial CAD Design

We are continuing our journey through the open-source laptop project. This article explains an initialization of CAD design process from the early concept and brainstorming phase.

Blog • Jul 5, 2023

Expert Tips for Safely Powering Up Your New PCB for the First Time

In this blog we will show you the strategies to minimize the risk of damage to circuit boards during the initial power-up process.

How-To's • Jul 3, 2023

How to Reverse Engineer a PCB from Gerber Files

Have you ever done a reverse-engineering? In this video we walk you through the process how to prepare a PCB from Gerber files, using a variety of methods, including via CAMtastic in Altium Designer.

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Blog • Jun 30, 2023

High-Speed PCB Design Tips

Essential tips for high-speed PCB designs, and when you need to start being concerned about how and where you route your traces.

How-To's • Jun 29, 2023

How to Use Power Regulator Circuits in Series and Parallel

In this tutorial video we show you two ways to get more power out of your power supply using power regulator circuits in series and in parallel.

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Blog • Jun 27, 2023

MIDs Make a Comeback as Vertical SMD Modules for Your PCB

If you've ever wanted to mount components vertically, but without the expense of a flex section this article is for you. You can use an MID in your PCB.

Blog • Jun 26, 2023

Everything You Need to Know about Conformal Coating

Explore the basics of conformal coating with us. Conformal coating is a protective layer applied to electronic circuits to guard against environmental factors such as moisture and dust.

Blog • Jun 15, 2023

Introduction to Open Source Laptop Project

We have started a very exciting journey into the creation of an open source laptop project. This project will be an ongoing one, with our community able interactively participate. By utilizing Altium 365 users will be able to view, comment on, and download design files. This will be a great learning experience for new and experienced PCB designers.

On-Demand Webinar • May 30, 2023

Benefits of Altium 365 Version Control for Solo Users

Join our insightful webinar on Altium 365 Version Control System (VCS) designed for solo users, where Ari Mahpour will guide you through creating and managing projects on the cloud-based platform.

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How-To's • May 18, 2023

Measuring in the PCB

Altium Designer gives you fine grained control over how you measure object distances in the PCB. When spacing is such a critical aspect of board layout, this control is absolutely necessary. We'll show you how to utilize the measure distance command and measure selected objects, as well as how to measure tracks and faces of 3D bodies.

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How-To's • May 11, 2023

Polygon: Polygon Creation

Learn how to create polygon pours to ensure proper copper distribution on your board.

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How-To's • May 4, 2023

How to work with cursors in the simulation results?

Cursors are one of the most indispensable tools for modeling results. They do not require long study, are easy to use and give an instant answer to the main questions.

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How-To's • Apr 26, 2023

3D view control

Learn how to use the 3D display mode of the PCB and learn to control the camera in this mode in this video.

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Blog • Apr 25, 2023

Mechanical and Electrical Design Come Together With Altium’s MCAD CoDesigner

Electronics designers working in small design houses or in large enterprises often encounter a common set of challenges when interfacing with mechanical designers. Continue reading to learn how you can best interface with your mechanical designer to get your projects out the door fast!

How-To's • Apr 18, 2023

Query Language: How to Easily Create Expressions

In this video the main tools which allow to simplify the process of building a query in Altium Designer will be considered. There are several such tools and each of them has its own limitations and peculiarities of use.

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How-To's • Apr 12, 2023

PCB Classes overview

Are there too many primitives on the board? Having trouble creating design rules? This video gives a brief overview of the classes of primitives that can be created on the board, as well as the possibilities for their further use.

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Blog • Apr 22, 2020

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. Read full article in our blog:

Blog • Mar 20, 2020

A Message from Altium on COVID-19

We understand that many of you, like ourselves, have transitioned to working remotely. This process comes with its challenges and we would like to offer all and any help we can to minimize disruptions for your teams and business.

Blog • Mar 2, 2020

About Altium Designer Home Page

With the new Altium Designer Home page, we are aiming to help users stay up to date with the latest features and productivity tricks available in Altium Designer. Learn more about the Home page in this documentation article.

Blog • Feb 25, 2020

Getting Connected: Altium’s User Community Forums

The Altium design environment is a complex and sophisticated set of software tools. Not surprisingly, becoming proficient with these tools will take some time, and you’ll need to practice every step of the design process from beginning to end. So what happens if you get stuck along the way?