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Blog • Nov 4, 2025
6 Areas Your PCB Design Reviews Should Focus On

Learn the six essential topics every electronics team should address in design reviews to improve quality, avoid surprises and bring products to market faster.

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Altium Training • Nov 3, 2025
Altium Training - Navigating Schematics: Schematic Preference Settings for Navigation

Unlock smarter design navigation in Altium! Learn how to customize navigation preferences to boost your design insight and visualize connectivity like never before. In this video, we’ll explore Design Insight settings, interactive connectivity hover features, and quick thumbnail navigation between schematic sheets. All designed to make your workflow faster, clearer, and more intuitive.

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Blog • Oct 30, 2025
What Is BOM Management? A Practical Guide to Avoiding Costly Part Mismatches

From design to production, effective Bill of Materials (BOM) management is critical to ensuring smooth collaboration between engineering, procurement, and manufacturing teams. In this practical guide, we break down proven strategies for structuring, maintaining, and synchronizing your BOM to prevent costly mistakes and accelerate time-to-market.

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Blog • Oct 29, 2025
Requirements Portal Introductory Tutorials

This series of guided demos shows how the Altium Requirements Portal transforms scattered requirement spreadsheets and emails into traceable, version-controlled data that stays aligned with your PCB design efforts.

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How-To's • Oct 28, 2025
PCB Design Tools for Every Team Size: Altium's New Approach

Explore how Altium is transforming PCB design with software solutions built for teams of every size. In this exclusive PCB West 2025 interview, Justin Sears highlights the key distinctions between Altium Develop and Altium Agile helping you identify the ideal platform for your design needs.

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Blog • Oct 27, 2025
Bridging the Gap: When to Use Rigid-Flex Instead of Flex & Connector

Discover when a rigid-flex PCB is a better choice than a separate flex circuit and connector, especially for designs requiring compact packaging, repeated motion or high reliability. The article emphasizes that although rigid-flex needs more upfront planning and fabrication collaboration, it often pays off in simpler assemblies and improved performance.

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How-To's • Oct 23, 2025
PCB Design: Sequential Lamination vs Sub-Lamination

Explore the key distinctions between sequential lamination and sub-lamination techniques, and learn how each approach influences microvia placement, board complexity, and design flexibility in high-density interconnect (HDI) circuit board fabrication.

 

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Blog • Oct 22, 2025
Bridging Mechanical and Electrical Teams for Smarter Automotive Design

As vehicles evolve into advanced electronic systems, the separation between electrical and mechanical design teams becomes a critical bottleneck. This article explores how synchronized ECAD–MCAD workflows help automotive projects move faster, reduce rework and maintain design integrity.

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How-To's • Oct 21, 2025
PCB Design Review: Power Meter Layout Deep Dive

Gain practical insights into PCB design with an in-depth power meter project review, covering parameter optimization, BOM control, and IPC-compliant high-voltage spacing.

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Blog • Oct 20, 2025
Via Structures: Designing for Reliability, Not Just Density

We all want to pack more into our PCB designs, but the smallest via isn’t always the smartest one. Dive in to learn how picking the right structure can save you headaches down the line.

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How-To's • Oct 16, 2025
Drawing Tools for Pro Schematics in Altium

In our brand-new tutorial, you’ll learn how to create professional-looking schematics in Altium using built-in drawing tools and features. We’ll show you how to add custom title blocks, revision histories, tables of contents, block diagrams, and color schemes to make your schematics stand out.

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Blog • Oct 15, 2025
How Structural Electronics Enables 3D, Flexible, and Wearable Integration

Structural electronics integrates electronic functionality directly into the physical structure of a product, eliminating the need for traditional circuit boards. This article examines how advances in materials, additive manufacturing, and flexible substrates are enabling compact, 3D, and wearable systems with enhanced performance and design freedom.

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How-To's • Oct 14, 2025
3 GHz RF Amplifier Deep Dive

Check out our design review of a 3.6 GHz RF amplifier! This in-depth analysis highlights schematic issues, PCB layout challenges, and key RF design principles to help you build better high-frequency circuits.

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Blog • Oct 9, 2025
Beyond Traces: Why Soldermask May Be the Critical Factor in Ultra HDI

In ultra-HDI designs, soldermask is no longer a passive coating but a pivotal element that can determine manufacturability. This article explores why mask registration, resolution, and feature tolerances become critical as line spacings shrink below 50 µm.

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How-To's • Oct 8, 2025
The Right Way to Use SIG/GND/PWR/SIG Stackups

Find out how to properly implement signal-ground-power-signal stackups in 4-layer PCB designs. Check out our tutorial from Zach Peterson, where he explains when to use dedicated power layers, how to route signals correctly over split power planes, and common mistakes to avoid for optimal EMI performance and signal integrity.

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Blog • Oct 7, 2025
How ECAD-MCAD Co-Design Supports Aerospace Reliability and Compliance

When the margin for error is nearly zero, aerospace engineering demands a design process that’s seamless across all domains. Here, we explore how ECAD-MCAD co-design delivers an integrated workflow that supports first-pass success and compliance with strict aerospace standards.

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Blog • Aug 22, 2023
Altium MCAD CoDesigner 3.5.0: New Features and Enhancements

The latest version of Altium MCAD CoDesigner is here! The 3.5.0 version of Altium MCAD CoDesigner brings several new features and enhancements.

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Blog • Aug 21, 2023
Webinar: Design with Confidence - Altium 365 meets SiliconExpert

Join us on August 23 at 10 am PDT for a new exciting #webinar! Learn how the SiliconExpert integration in Altium 365 can optimize your workflows and elevate your design process. Hear from experts from SiliconExpert and discover insights into data-driven design decisions. Also don't miss the chance to see the integration in action and explore improved risk analysis and alternative component discovery features.

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Blog • Aug 17, 2023
RF Power Amplifier Module PCB Design

RF power amplifiers can be found in many wireless products, often integrated into chipsets or modems. However, in certain specialized systems, you might require higher power output at a specific frequency. This necessitates a discrete amplifier circuit to deliver that power. In this article, we present an example project for a power amplifier that you can incorporate into your RF project.

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Blog • Aug 15, 2023
Avoid GIGO in Your PCB Simulation Tools

Simulation tools are extremely useful for understanding electromagnetic behavior in a design. Learn more about how to avoid obtaining inaccurate results during your PCB simulation process.

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Blog • Aug 14, 2023
Altium 365 PCB Compare Feature is Released

We are grateful to our beta testers for their valuable feedback. Your insights and suggestions have helped us significantly improve the product, and we couldn't have done it without you.

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Blog • Aug 11, 2023
Altium 365 CMMC Level 1

Altium has achieved CMMC Level 1 self-assessment, demonstrating our commitment to security. Users benefit from enhanced data protection, trusted relationships, access to SPRS scores, and CMMC 2.0 compliance. Organizations can leverage Altium 365 GovCloud to satisfy CMMC 2.0 requirements.

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Blog • Aug 9, 2023
Announcing the NEW Altium 365 BOM Manager

We are excited to announce the newest Altium 365 application which will connect design and procurement in the early stages of the hardware development process. You can now begin forecasting risks and costs from the moment the first components are selected. Our new BOM Manager is now in open beta. Request access now.

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Blog • Aug 9, 2023
Choosing a Converter or Regulator For Your Power Supply Design

When designing the power supply for your device, there are lots of different options. In this article, we will take a brief tour of the main choices in DC power supply design.

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Benefits of Ultra HDI
Blog • Aug 7, 2023
The Benefits of Ultra HDI

Learn more about the combination of using both flexible materials and ultra-HDI feature sizes in this article.

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Blog • Aug 2, 2023
Understanding Power Supply Current Handling Issues: Causes and Solutions

Troubleshooting power supply current handling issues is crucial to achieving optimal performance of your electronic devices. In this article, we will explore the common reasons why a power supply fails to handle the defined output current and provide practical solutions to solving these issues.

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Blog • Aug 1, 2023
Design with Confidence: Altium 365 Meets SiliconExpert

We're thrilled to announce our new integration of SiliconExpert into Altium365! Streamline your design workflow, mitigate risks, and enhance decision-making with comprehensive, reliable, and accurate component data. Compliance management? Made easier. Component selection? More efficient. Risk analysis? With one click.

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Blog • Jul 31, 2023
Concept Phase – Cooling and Airflow Part 1

Next step in our open-source laptop project is to explain how to design cooling and airflow. In this article, we can show you the first part of this process, such as airflow concept, fan measurement and clearance.

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Harness Design
Blog • Jul 26, 2023
Create Connections with Harness Design

Many modern electronics have multiple boards, and connecting those different boards and systems together are harnesses. Learn more about how Altium Designer can help you create harnesses for your own multi-board designs here.

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Voltage Fluctuation
Blog • Jul 24, 2023
Do You Know How to Prevent Voltage Fluctuation?

We invite you to explore the causes of output voltage fluctuation. In this article we provide you insights on how to solve and prevent these issues.

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Laser Range Finder
Blog • Jul 17, 2023
How to Build Your Own Laser Range Finder

In this article we will show you how to create step by step a digital laser range finder for your own. Everything is based on Raspberry Pi board.  

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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.

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• Jun 16, 2020
Searching for Errors

We’ve looked at how to set up the Design Rule Checker to help us analyze our PCB design errors. Now it’s time to resolve these errors and prep our design to start generating output files.

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• Jun 16, 2020
Performing Board DRC

Design rules are crucial to a PCB’s overall design and performance. It’s just as important to adhere to these rules and ensure that we didn’t overlook any unconnected nets or short circuits. This is why we need to run a Design Rule check.

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• Jun 16, 2020
Placing a Custom 3D Body in 3D View

With the help of the 3D view, it is possible to view a PCB design from all sides, to check on component placement, silkscreen alignment, and many other visual aspects.

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• Jun 16, 2020
Silkscreen Placement

The silkscreen layer is the layer on which we print any visual text or symbols on our PCB. With the help of this silkscreen layer, we can print our component designators, pin placement, and more.

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• Jun 16, 2020
Working with Polygon Pours

When working with common signals, the current levels are usually quite minimal, but when working with power nets it’s not uncommon to see current levels of a few amps. One of the reasons to use polygons is to maintain the quality and reliability of the power supply system.

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• Jun 16, 2020
Routing Post Processes

Depending on how you routed your board, it may be a time-consuming process to fix these manually. So we’ll dive into Route Glossing a little more, along with an automated way to retrace pre-existing routes.

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• Jun 16, 2020
PCB Layout Cleanup

After the board has been routed, it’s almost certain that you’ll need to either move, delete, or adjust some traces. We’ll be looking at a few basic methods to easily modify and remove traces in our design.

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• Jun 16, 2020
Differential Pair Routing

Routing Differential Pairs is similar to routing single traces, but there are additional rules and guidelines to follow that will help you avoid signal integrity problems.

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• Jun 16, 2020
Introduction to Routing

We’ve looked at different routing behaviors and options that we can change to make routing much easier. So we’re going to dive into the basics of routing and how these settings and routing modes can be applied.

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• Jun 10, 2020
Defining the Layer Stackup

The PCB is designed and formed as a stack of layers and the definition of the PCB layer stack is a critical element of successful printed circuit board design. In Altium Designer, the Layer Stack Manager is used to develop the printed circuit board internal design including layer-pairing, careful via design, any back drilling requirements, rigid/flex requirements, copper balancing, layer stack symmetry, and material compliance. This video guides you through creation of a layer stackup, adding the necessary layers, as well as adding an impedance profile.

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• May 20, 2020
Searching for Errors in Schematic

Searching for Errors: Errors and mistakes happen to everyone - from beginners to professionals. So we always preach how it is paramount for your design to be validated before pushing it to the PCB. But luckily it’s pretty easy to find and analyze any errors using Altium Designer. We’ll take a look at how to find and analyze errors in your schematic.

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• Jun 2, 2020
Creating Net Classes

A Net Class is a collection of nets that can be used for creating a targeted design rule. So for example, you may want all power and ground nets to have a minimum track width to handle a specific current rating. So we’ll show you how to assign these nets to a NetClass. 

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• May 14, 2020
Configuring Design Rules - Part 2

Altium Designer uses the concept of Design Rules to define the requirements of a design. These rules collectively form an instruction set for the PCB Editor to follow. They cover every aspect of the design - from routing widths, clearances, plane connection styles and so on. With a well-defined set of design rules, you can successfully complete board designs with varying and often stringent design requirements.

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• May 12, 2020
Routing Modes and Setup

Most of you know that routing can be a time consuming process, but it doesn’t have to be a daunting task if you have the right tools. So we’ll be looking at what options and settings can help us perfect the art of routing.

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• May 12, 2020
PCB Component Placement

Component placement in the PCB is an important stage of the design process as it sets the precedent for efficient and clean routing. We’ll be diving into different component placement methods along with some tips and tricks that you can use to make this an easy process. 

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• May 12, 2020
Configuring the Basic Rules

Altium Designer uses the concept of Design Rules to define the requirements of a design. These rules collectively form an instruction set for the PCB Editor to follow. They cover every aspect of the design - from routing widths, clearances, plane connection styles and so on. With a well-defined set of design rules, you can successfully complete board designs with varying and often stringent design requirements.

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On-Demand Webinar • Apr 7, 2024
A Seamless Connection Between ECAD and Simulation
Altium and Ansys have partnered to solve the most time-consuming steps in between and even further developed a seamless integration and structured approach.
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On-Demand Webinar • Mar 29, 2024
Streamline Your Product Development - Altium 365 Cloud PLM Integration with Arena® PLM
Watch the webinar to discover how Altium 365 Cloud PLM Integration with Arena® can optimize your electronics product development processes. Discover the seamless connection between Altium 365 and the leading Cloud PLM system, designed to automate data flow, eliminate manual input, and minimize errors that lead to costly rework.
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On-Demand Webinar • Mar 18, 2024
Data Security and Access Controls for Electronics Development Teams
Watch the webinar that brings together the expertise of Altium 365 and AWS to introduce the specialized Altium 365 GovCloud within the robust AWS GovCloud infrastructure. This session is designed for IT and security professionals seeking advanced data protection and access control solutions for their electronics development teams.
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Harness design
On-Demand Webinar • Mar 12, 2024
Unlock Complete System Design with Altium Designer 24
Join us in this webinar where you'll gain valuable insights into optimizing your design workflow, enhancing productivity, and overcoming common challenges faced in multi-board design projects.
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On-Demand Webinar • Mar 8, 2024
Apply Modern Requirements and Systems Engineering for Faster Product Development
Watch the webinar to explore the future of electronics product development, focusing on Altium’s recent acquisition of Valispace. Understand how Valispace transforms requirements management and systems engineering, fostering enhanced collaboration, speeding up design processes, and leading to better products.
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On-Demand Webinar • Feb 29, 2024
Can Agile Development Work for Hardware? 3 Critical Elements for Success
Watch the webinar to explore the benefits of agile methodologies and how they can be translated into the physical world of hardware development!
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On-Demand Webinar • Feb 26, 2024
Efficient Thermal Management with SPICE Simulation in Altium Designer 24
Uncover the art of predicting and refining circuit behavior using cutting-edge simulation tools within Altium Designer.
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High speed
On-Demand Webinar • Feb 20, 2024
Advanced Techniques to design and optimize your High-Speed PCBs with Altium Designer
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On-Demand Webinar • Feb 20, 2024
PCB CoDesign in Altium Designer Demo
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Harness design
On-Demand Webinar • Feb 20, 2024
Harness Design Demonstration
Discover how to streamline your cable harness design process using Altium's newest features—faster, simpler, and more integrated than ever before. Watch now and see how you can take your projects to the next level!
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Ansys
On-Demand Webinar • Feb 20, 2024
Seamless Connection Between ECAD and Simulation Environment Using Ansys CoDesigner
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PCB CoDesign Webinar
On-Demand Webinar • Jan 24, 2024
Discover How Altium Designer 24 Revolutionizes Team Dynamics in PCB Design
Expand your collaboration skills and stay ahead of the curve with PCB CoDesign. Design teams often grapple with prolonged design cycles and coordination issues, leading to delays and inefficiencies. In the current landscape, design processes are hindered by fragmented collaboration, resulting in increased layout times and difficulties in synchronizing design updates.
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On-Demand Webinar • Nov 30, 2023
Empowering Faster Electronics Development with Altium Designer 24
Revolutionize your approach to electronic product development and unlock the full potential of collaborative design. Join us as we discover how Altium Designer 24's intuitive and intelligent design platform empowers engineers and design teams to accomplish tasks with precision and speed, leading to enhanced efficiency and accelerated project timelines.
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Gerber
On-Demand Webinar • Jul 20, 2020
From '0' to Gerber in 36.5 minutes
See how easy it is to create prototypes from scratch and automatically generate manufacturing files and standardized documentation using Altium Designer.
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