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Blog • Aug 6, 2025
Smarter Electronic Part Sourcing for Automotive Purchasing Professionals

Targeted at procurement professionals in the automotive industry, the article outlines the evolving pressures of sourcing components for electrified and connected vehicles. It highlights Octopart’s ecosystem as a unified tool that centralizes availability, compliance, pricing, and lifecycle intelligence to optimize sourcing efficiency.

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How-To's • Aug 5, 2025
PCB Library Management: One Library or Many?

This detailed guide walks you through the pros and cons of each approach and offers proven strategies for managing component data, whether you're an independent designer or overseeing libraries for an entire organization.

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Blog • Aug 4, 2025
Stack-Up to Success: Avoid the Pitfalls

"Stack‑Up to Success" highlights how a carefully planned PCB stack‑up is foundational to preventing warpage, managing impedance, and avoiding manufacturing delays by clearly communicating layer construction, materials, and tolerance requirements to fabricators.

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New in Altium Designer 25 • Jul 31, 2025
Coming Soon: Sawtooth Rounding Support for Length Tuning

Sawtooth Rounding for Length Tuning improves signal‑path accuracy by applying controlled corner‑rounding to sawtooth geometries during both Interactive Length Tuning and within‑pair matching in the Auto Tuning engine. Discover this capability and additional innovations on our Coming Soon page.

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Blog • Jul 30, 2025
IC Components Explained: A Comprehensive Guide to Integrated Circuits

Gain a clear understanding of the fundamental elements within integrated circuits. This guide examines their structure, function, and role in system performance, knowledge that’s vital for anyone involved in sourcing or developing electronic designs.

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New in Altium Designer 25 • Jul 29, 2025
Coming Soon: Z-Axis Clearance Rule

The Z-Axis Clearance Rule checks the shortest distance between copper features on different layers in a PCB design. It is available in both the Constraint Manager and the legacy PCB Rules Editor. Discover more new features in Altium on our Coming Soon Page.

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Blog • Jul 28, 2025
Ensuring Precise Connector Alignment in Multi‑Board Manufacturing

Misaligned connectors can cause major issues in multi-board assemblies. In this article, David Marrakchi shows how Altium’s 3D tools help detect and fix alignment problems early in the design process.

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New in Altium Designer 25 • Jul 24, 2025
Coming Soon: Advanced Polygon Pour Engine

Now supports true arcs instead of approximated curves in copper pours. This enhanced engine marks a major advancement in the polygon pour process in Altium Designer, delivering smoother and more accurate copper shapes. Native arc rendering improves visual quality and helps ensure cleaner, more professional PCB designs.

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Blog • Jul 23, 2025
Getting Started with the Renesas RA8D1 Evaluation Kit and Edge AI

Dive into the power of Renesas’ RA8D1 MCU using the EK‑RA8D1 evaluation kit. Learn how to train, test, and deploy image‑based detection models seamlessly with Edge Impulse, and kickstart your embedded vision AI projects in minutes.

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How-To's • Jul 22, 2025
How to Design Rigid-Flex PCB Stackups from Scratch

Watch this tutorial to learn the fundamentals of Rigid-Flex design. We cover everything from understanding polyimide materials and adhesive layers to building complex, multi-layer Rigid-Flex constructions that are ready for manufacturing.

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Blog • Jul 21, 2025
How to Effectively Use Jira for Hardware Development Projects

Originally built for software development, Jira has become a popular tool for agile project management across various industries. Our new article explores how hardware teams can leverage core Jira features and adapt agile principles to suit the unique needs of hardware development.

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How-To's • Jul 17, 2025
How to Draw Antipads - Complete Tutorial

Discover how to draw and define antipads in Altium with this complete tutorial. Learn three different methods for creating antipads around vias. From simple design rules to advanced polygon cutouts for both basic and complex PCB designs.

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Blog • Jul 16, 2025
Building Supply Chain Resilience: Transforming BOM Management for Modern Electronics

Discover why top electronics companies are replacing spreadsheets with purpose-built BOM management solutions. This whitepaper outlines the risks of outdated methods, offers a readiness checklist, and explores how BOM Portal helps teams cut costs, reduce risk, and speed up development with smarter, data-driven workflows.

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How-To's • Jul 15, 2025
Do PCB Manufacturers Actually Look at Fabrication Drawings?

Explore this in-depth tutorial featuring real fabrication drawings, stackup specifications, and drill tables - all created using Altium Designer’s Draftsman tool. Learn essential insights into PCB data management and manufacturing requirements from an industry perspective.

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Blog • Jul 14, 2025
Material and Process Considerations That Influence Performance

Material and process choices play a key role in high-performance PCB design. This article highlights how stack-up configuration, substrate selection, and lamination strategy impact signal integrity, reliability, and manufacturability.

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How-To's • Jul 10, 2025
Compensating Transmission Line Losses in a PCB Calculator

This tutorial uncovers the key difference between ideal, lossless impedance calculations and real-world signal behavior giving you practical techniques to design controlled impedance PCBs that deliver reliable performance.

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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!

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DRC
Blog • Apr 13, 2023
DRC/ERC in WebViewer
Altium 365 Web Viewer now displays reports on Design Rule Checking (DRC) and Electrical Rule Checking (ERC) for your project, which makes reviewing easier as you can check for rule errors or violations without opening the design in Altium Designer.
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Blog • Apr 4, 2023
Ebook: Routing High-Density Interconnects with Reliable Microvias

HDI PCBs take a particular approach to routing interconnects through multiple layers to ensure reliability during fabrication, assembly, and operation. The critical structure that enables this is microvias, which are prone to failure if not designed properly. In this e-book, readers will receive an initial look at the reasons microvia reliability has come into the spotlight and why HDI PCB designers put reliability first when routing through microvias.

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Altium 365 Personal now supports ODB++ manufacturing data storage and management in your personal workspace.
Blog • Apr 3, 2023
ODB++ in Altium 365 Personal Space
Altium 365 Personal now supports ODB++ manufacturing data storage and management in your personal workspace.
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GovCloud
Blog • Mar 29, 2023
Altium 365 GovCloud

Introducing Altium 365 GovCloud - a dedicated region of the Altium 365 cloud platform designed for regulated companies and organizations handling sensitive data. 

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Blog • Mar 27, 2023
New Default Preferences for Altium 365 Web Viewer
Our primary objective is maintaining consistency in the project view between Altium Designer and Altium 365 Web Viewer. In the past, the default Altium Designer preferences used in the Altium 365 Web Viewer created discrepancies when non-default preferences were employed, leading to incorrect design displays during design reviews.
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MCAD CoDesigner 3.4.0
Blog • Mar 24, 2023
MCAD CoDesigner 3.4.0

The newest release of MCAD CoDesigner 3.4.0 is finally here, and it comes packed with amazing features and improvements that will change how you work.

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Design Review
Blog • Mar 22, 2023
Design Review Challenge Winners

We're proud to announce the PCB Design Review Challenge winners by Altium. ? Thank you to all the participants of this competition, and congratulations to the lucky winners!

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Blog • Mar 21, 2023
IPC-2221 Calculator for PCB Trace Current and Heating

Aside from impedance and annular ring calculations, one of the other major formulas specified in the IPC 2221 standard relates temperature rise, trace width, and trace current. THere is also the IPC-2152 standard, both include this guidance on designing for thermal reliability, but which standard should we use?

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Blog • Mar 16, 2023
Multiple PCBs and Panels Support in Altium 365 Web Viewer

We are delighted to announce the release of a new feature that allows you to view multiple PCB documents in your project, including panel PCBs. This feature streamlines your design process, enabling you to access and collaborate on your entire PCB design in one central location.

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Blog • Mar 14, 2023
PCB Compare in Altium 365 Web Viewer

Altium 365 has enhanced its compare capabilities by adding PCB Compare operations between different commits/releases of managed projects. This latest feature, which complements Altium 365's existing compare capabilities for schematic, BOM, and Gerber files, provides users with comprehensive tools for reviewing and analyzing design changes.

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Blog • Mar 2, 2023
Stripline Impedance Calculator

Striplines provide some advantages over microstrips as they take advantage of natural shielding and coupling from nearby ground plane layers. Although they tend to experience higher losses due to total confinement in the dielectric, they can be thinner due to the high dielectric constant used in internal layers of a PCB. Use our free impedence calculator to help you determine the correct width needed to hit a target impedance.

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Blog • Mar 1, 2023
Project History Export

Altium Designer now offers the added capability to share project history reports with third-party entities in PDF format, while enabling users to save them as release artifacts for backup and internal auditing purposes.

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Blog • Feb 23, 2023
Which Types of Opto-Isolators Are Right For Your Signal?

An optoisolator is a cool electronic device that can be used to pass information between a diode without passing an electrical current. There are many great applications for these, but do you know which one is right for you?

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Blog • Feb 22, 2023
Properties panel document options in SCH editors

The Properties panel provides access to the properties of documents and objects. The contents of the panel change depending on the active document or the selected object. This blog will quickly go over some of need to know options around the properties panel in the schematic document.

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Blog • Feb 17, 2023
Part Choices Revision Control

The revision-controlled part choice enforces special control over parts. Each set of modifications is captured in a snapshot of the item record called a revision. Each revision represents the state of that item at a particular instance in time. When a new revision is created, the previous revision of the item is permanently locked and cannot be changed.

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How to Design a BGA • Dec 6, 2021
Tent Vias under BGA

When via are located close to component pads some soldering issues can arise, but this can be fixed with Tented vias. We’ll show you how to manually tent vias and how to tent vias through the Design Rules.

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How to Design a BGA • Dec 1, 2021
Via-in-Pad for BGA

We’ll teach you how to use Via-in-pad to reduce inductance, improve signal integrity, and improve power distribution system performance in BGA designs.

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How to Design a BGA • Nov 26, 2021
Using HDI Stackups during BGA Design

Micro Vias and Buried Vias play an important role in high density interconnection layer stackups (HDI Stackups). We’ll show you how to add via and create rules to allow you to take full advantage of the HDI Stackup.

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How to Design a BGA • Nov 22, 2021
Automatic Fanout With BGA

When routing a BGA it can be necessary to use automatic fanout to make the routing process easier and faster. We’ll show you how to run the automatic fanout for routing a BGA and how the rules can affect the outcome of the route.

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How to Design a BGA • Nov 19, 2021
Specifying NSMD and SMD for BGA

BGA layouts use two types of pads: SMD, Solder Mask Pads, or NSMD, Non-Solder Mask Pads. Here we’ll walk you through the differences and how to specify and edit them for your layout.

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Via Stitching • Nov 17, 2021
Via Shielding and Stitching

Altium Designer gives you full control over your via shielding and stitching. We’ll show you how to use our shielding and stitching tools, how to alter their parameters, and how to remove any unwanted via shielding and stitching.

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How To Work with High-Speed Projects • Nov 15, 2021
xSignals for DDR3 and DDR4

In a high-speed design, DDR3 and DDR4 memory chips can utilize xSignal classes to match track lengths from the controller to the memory chip easily and quickly using the xSignals wizard.

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How To Work with High-Speed Projects • Nov 12, 2021
High-Speed Tuning

If you use high-speed interfaces like USB 3.0, PCIE, or DDR3/DDR4, you need to use match length tuning to ensure that they work properly. We’ll show you why and how, as well as demonstrating the different tools for length tuning.

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How to Work with Draftsman • Nov 8, 2021
Using Document Parameters with Draftsman

The Draftsman Editor in Altium Designer uses document parameters to allow fine grain control over the draftsman document. We’ll show you how you can use the document parameters in your Draftsman document. 

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How To Work with High-Speed Projects • Nov 5, 2021
High-Speed Features of Creating a Stack

The foundation of any high speed design is the layer stack. We’ll show you some of Altium Designer’s powerful layer stack creation features.

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How To Work with High-Speed Projects • Nov 3, 2021
High-Speed Return Paths

For high speed designs it is critical to maintain your return path for adequate signal integrity. We’ll show you how, using best practices and error resolutions in Altium Designer.

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How to Work with Draftsman • Nov 1, 2021
Working with Design Variants

Altium Designer’s Draftsman Document allows for several different board views and variants that you can work with. We’ll show you how to add new variants and work with their properties to display exactly what you need in your Draftsman Document

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How To Work with High-Speed Projects • Oct 29, 2021
Creating Schematics in High-speed Projects

There are several powerful features in Altium Designer for creating schematics in high speed projects. We’ll show you a few, such as how to utilize nets, net classes, blankets, design rules, and differential pairs.

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How to Work with Multichannel Schematic • Oct 25, 2021
Creating Connectivity

Multichannel connectivity can be created in a few different ways. We’ll show you how to create connectivity using ports and net labels efficiently and effectively. 

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How To Work with High-Speed Projects • Oct 22, 2021
Hierarchical Structure for High-Speed Projects

A Hierarchical structure can make your high speed project much easier to navigate and complete. We’ll show you some tips and tricks for creating and maintaining a high speed. Hierarchical design project.

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How to work with Snippets • Oct 20, 2021
Schematic Design Reuse Using Snippets

Snippets allow you to easily reuse circuitry across multiple parts of your designs. We’ll show you how create a new snippets the Schematic and how to connect and annotate it so you can easily bring your circuitry directly into your board.

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BOM Editor
On-Demand Webinar • Jun 13, 2024
BOM Editor
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Simulation
On-Demand Webinar • May 24, 2024
The Value of Upgrading: Time and Financial Advantages of Recent Altium Versions
Learn how features such as PCB Layout Replication, Auto Tuning, and Simulation are making design processes more efficient and effective.
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Constraint Manager
On-Demand Webinar • May 22, 2024
Constraint Manager
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Configurable Workflows In-App On Demand
On-Demand Webinar • May 20, 2024
Configuring Electronics Development Workflows That Really Work: Best Practices
Watch the webinar to understand the impact of disjointed workflows on project timelines, product quality, and cross-functional collaboration. Learn how configurable workflows can help you accelerate innovation and maintain competitive advantage.
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On-Demand Webinar • May 15, 2024
Iterate Faster in Complex Engineering Projects
Learn how Valispace is transforming the world of requirements and systems engineering, enabling teams to do super fast design iterations and develop quality products while ensuring they comply with standards and regulations.
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On-Demand Webinar • Apr 25, 2024
Bridge the Information Divide: Altium 365 Meets Z2Data
Watch the webinar to learn how Z2Data can help you build resilience in engineering, compliance, and procurement through the comprehensive supply chain and component data.
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Data management
On-Demand Webinar • Apr 22, 2024
Mastering Data Management with Altium Designer 24
Join our webinar to learn how easy it is to manage, access, and synchronize your data with Altium Designer 24.
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On-Demand Webinar • Apr 19, 2024
Bridge the Gap Between Engineering and Procurement: Altium 365 BOM Portal
Watch the webinar to learn how to make informed decisions and mitigate supply chain risks with Altium 365 BOM Portal, BOM management application purpose-built for electronics engineering and procurement. Improve your time to market and proactively manage electronic component supply chain risks.
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Enterprise Subscription
On-Demand Webinar • Apr 18, 2024
Introduction to Altium 365 Enterprise Subscription Level
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Introduction to Altium 365 Enteroruse Subscription
On-Demand Webinar • Apr 18, 2024
Introduction to Altium 365 Enterprise Subscription Level
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On-Demand Webinar • Apr 18, 2024
Introduction to Altium 365 Pro Subscription
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Altium 365 Standard Subscription
On-Demand Webinar • Apr 18, 2024
Introduction to A365 Subscription Levels - Standard
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Harness Design
On-Demand Webinar • Apr 18, 2024
Harness Design Introductory Demo
In this video, we explore Altium Designer's integrated harness design features, showing how it simplifies creating wiring harnesses within the same environment as PCB and system design.
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Introduction to Altium Designer Subscription Levels
On-Demand Webinar • Apr 18, 2024
Introduction to Altium Designer Subscription Levels
Whether customer designs are simple or complex, and your customers work solo or in a team,
Altium has a solution for every engineer or enterprise. Altium offers three subscription levels, Standard, Pro and Enterprise.
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MCAD CoDesigner
On-Demand Webinar • Apr 18, 2024
MCAD CoDesigner: ECAD-MCAD Collaboration
This video introduces the MCAD CoDesigner feature in Altium Designer, a powerful tool designed to enhance collaboration between electrical and mechanical engineers.
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SiliconExpert Integration Altium 365
On-Demand Webinar • Apr 11, 2024
Design with Confidence: Altium 365 Meets SiliconExpert
Watch the webinar to learn how SiliconExpert Integration in Altium 365 can optimize your workflows and elevate your design process.
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