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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 • Jul 9, 2025
How to Make Your PCB Layout AOI and X-Ray Friendly

Designing for inspection is key to reliable manufacturing. This article covers practical PCB layout tips to optimize your board for AOI and X-ray inspection helping you reduce defects, false positives, and production delays.

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Blog • Mar 17, 2025
Cloud PCB Design: 5 Cloud Security Myths Debunked

This article addresses common misconceptions about cloud security in PCB design. It explains how modern cloud platforms, such as Altium 365, often provide superior security compared to traditional on-premises solutions. Key features like advanced infrastructure, granular access controls, and compliance with stringent regulations ensure the protection of valuable design data.

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Blog • Mar 10, 2025
Renesas and Altium Announce Introduction of Renesas 365, Powered by Altium

Last week, Renesas Electronics and Altium proudly announced the introduction of Renesas 365, Powered by Altium—a first-of-its-kind industry solution designed to streamline electronic system development, from silicon selection to system lifecycle management. Renesas 365 will be demonstrated at Embedded World, Booth 5-371, from March 11-13 in Nuremberg, Germany.

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Blog • Mar 6, 2025
DFM/DFA Requirements in Systems Engineering

Learn how integrating DFM and DFA principles into systems engineering ensures manufacturable, cost-effective PCB designs by optimizing CAD, CAM, and requirements management in our new article by Javier Alcina.

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Blog • Mar 4, 2025
Mastering EMI Control in PCB Design: Crosstalk Prevention for better EMI

Crosstalk control is essential for better EMI performance. Learn effective design techniques to reduce interference in the final installment of this series by Dario Fresu.

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Blog • Mar 3, 2025
Best Practices for Electronics Project Management - Part 2

Part 2 of this series covers essential project management techniques for electronics design teams. Rafał Stępień discusses effective data organization, revision control, and collaboration strategies to improve efficiency and minimize errors.

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Blog • Feb 27, 2025
Rigid-Flex PCBs: Understanding the Pros, Cons, and Fabrication Considerations

Read our new article which discusses the advantages of rigid-flex PCBs, such as space-saving designs and enhanced reliability, while also addressing potential challenges in their fabrication. It provides essential design and manufacturing tips to help engineers effectively implement this technology in various applications.

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Blog • Feb 25, 2025
The Role of Automation & Robotics in Wire Harness Assembly

Our new article highlights how automation and robotics are transforming wire harness assembly, improving efficiency, precision, and cost-effectiveness. Technologies like robotic wire handling and AI-driven testing are paving the way for smarter production. However, challenges like custom designs and high costs still persist.

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Blog • Feb 24, 2025
Best Practices for Electronics Project Management - Part 1

Check out the first part of "Best Practices for Electronics Project Management" by Rafał Stępień. It offers valuable advice on enhancing team communication and documentation in hardware design projects.

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Blog • Feb 18, 2025
Wiring for the Final Frontier: A Guide to Space-Grade Harness Design

Wiring harnesses are mission-critical in space systems, requiring strict adherence to ECSS-Q-ST-70-61C and NASA-STD-8739.4A. In "Wiring for the Final Frontier: A Guide to Space-Grade Harness Design", Kamil Jasiński explores key design principles, material selection, and testing to ensure reliability in extreme environments.

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Blog • Feb 11, 2025
The Future of Wire Harnesses in the Electric Vehicle and Electronics Era

Discover how wire harnesses are evolving to meet the demands of electric vehicles and modern electronics. Our latest article explores key trends like higher voltages, lightweight designs, and smart harnesses, along with challenges such as cost and supply chain issues.

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Blog • Feb 10, 2025
Mastering EMI Control in PCB Design: Decoupling Strategies for PDN

Dario Fresu explores effective decoupling strategies for power distribution networks (PDNs) to minimize EMI in PCB designs. The article covers techniques like decoupling capacitors and power planes to ensure stable power delivery for integrated circuits.

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Blog • Feb 4, 2025
Building Your Own Android Device with a Raspberry Pi

Learn how to turn a Raspberry Pi into a custom Android device. This guide covers hardware selection, software setup, and troubleshooting common issues.

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Blog • Jan 31, 2025
How PCB Design Engineers Can Securely Share Design Files with External Teams

Learn how PCB design engineers can securely share design files with team members, clients, and manufacturers. Marek Orzeł explores best practices and tools to protect your intellectual property while ensuring efficient collaboration.

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Blog • Jan 30, 2025
OEMs and Harness Manufacturers: Building Strong Collaboration for Success

Strong partnerships between OEMs and harness manufacturers are key to efficient, high-quality product development. In this article, Krishna Sundaram shows how collaboration, clear communication, and the right design tools can streamline the harness manufacturing process and drive success.

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Blog • Jan 24, 2025
Ideal Rectifier Bridge

Read Marcin Lewandowski's article explaining how MOSFETs are replacing traditional diodes for reverse polarity protection. Step into the future of energy-efficient electronics!

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Blog • Jan 21, 2025
Master Your Circuit Design: Dive into Worst Case Analysis

Dive into Worst Case Analysis techniques with Kamil Jasiński and ensure the reliability of your circuits. Master sensitivity analysis, Monte Carlo simulations, and more to confidently address real-world challenges.

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How-To's • Feb 21, 2025
The Hidden Dangers of PCB File Sharing (And the One Solution You Need)

Protect your PCB designs from security risks! This video uncovers hidden vulnerabilities in traditional file-sharing methods and shows how encrypted file transfers can safeguard your intellectual property. Learn why email and unsecured cloud storage aren’t enough—and explore secure collaboration solutions used by leading companies.

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New in Altium Designer 25 • Feb 19, 2025
Optimized for Success: Advanced PCB Features in Altium Designer - Recording Preview

Unlock the power of Altium Designer 25 to streamline your PCB design process. With advanced features like dynamic phase matching and enhanced signal integrity tools, you’ll improve efficiency and reduce errors. Watch the webinar recording now to see how this release can elevate your design workflow!

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Altium Stories • Feb 14, 2025
Engineering collaboration across Disciplines with Altium 365 and Design+Industry

Watch how D+I Part of Capgemini leverages Altium 365 to connect engineering disciplines, enhancing collaboration between electronics, mechanical, and industrial design teams. Their refined design process showcases how diverse expertise drives innovation.

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How-To's • Feb 12, 2025
High-Speed PCB Design: Mastering EMI/EMC on 8+ Layer Boards

Watch our tutorial on designing high-speed PCBs with eight or more layers while minimizing EMI/EMC issues. This video is a must-watch for engineers and designers working with high-speed digital systems, including FPGAs, microprocessors, and high-speed communication interfaces. Learn how to ensure your designs meet EMC standards and achieve optimal signal integrity.

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How-To's • Feb 7, 2025
Standard Stackup + Controlled Impedance Deep Dive

Check out our brand-new video where Tech Consultant Zach Peterson explores controlled impedance and controlled stackup design in PCB manufacturing. He breaks down their advantages and limitations, shows how to specify impedance in Altium Designer, and answers a viewer question about using controlled impedance with a standard stackup.

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Kickstart Your Rigid-Flex Journey • Feb 3, 2025
Kickstart Your Rigid-Flex Journey: Part IV - MCAD Integration

The final episode of Kickstart Your Rigid-Flex Journey covers MCAD integration with Altium Designer. Hosted by Piet Callemeyn, this video walks through using MCAD CoDesigner, collaborating with mechanical engineers, and syncing design changes.

Full series available here: Kickstart Your Rigid-Flex Journey Series

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New in Altium Designer 25 • Jan 29, 2025
Tackling Complexity: How Altium Designer 25 Handles Large PCB Designs - Recording Preview

Discover how Altium Designer 25 enhances performance across schematic design, PCB layout, and documentation. Watch the webinar recording to see how it handles large and complex designs with ease!

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How-To's • Jan 27, 2025
TVS Diodes on RF PCB Traces: What You Need to Know!

Check out our latest video to learn about bidirectional and unidirectional TVS diodes, tips for avoiding harmonic generation, and the key characteristics to ensure optimal ESD protection. Host Zach Peterson provides practical examples and design tips to keep your RF lines interference-free. Plus, he dives deep into RF circuit protection, featuring valuable resources from Octopart.

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How-To's • Jan 22, 2025
Ferrite Bead Circuit Model Parameters Deep Dive

Check out our new video where host Zach Peterson explains how to calculate resistance, inductance, and capacitance for ferrite bead models. From analyzing impedance curves to using SPICE simulations and a custom Excel calculator, discover practical techniques for accurately modeling ferrite bead behavior.

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How-To's • Jan 13, 2025
How to Design a PCIe Edge Card

Watch our new video where Zach Peterson walks you through designing a PCIe edge card. Learn about mechanical specifications, pinouts, creating templates in Altium Designer, and extending an 8-lane PCIe card to a 16-lane configuration—all with practical tips and a ready-made template!

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New in Altium Designer 25 • Jan 9, 2025
Wire Bonding in Altium Designer: Features and Capabilities

During the Hardware Design Masterclass Conference in Wrocław, we showcased the Wire Bonding feature. Samer Aldhaher delivered a presentation, and now we're excited to premiere it on YouTube. This session explores the Wire Bonding feature and includes a live demo highlighting its basic capabilities.

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New in Altium Designer 25 • Jan 7, 2025
Unlock New Design Possibilities with Wire Bonding - Recording Preview

Explore how Altium Designer simplifies advanced PCB designs like 3D stacked die in cavity. From routing bond wires to generating complete project documentation, this on-demand webinar has you covered. Full recording is here: Wire Bonding Webinar Recording.

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Altium Stories • Dec 20, 2024
Industrial Design Meets Electronics Engineering

Discover how engineering disciplines come together to create remarkable products with Altium’s powerful tools. Electronics, mechanical, and industrial design merge their expertise, as D+I, part of Capgemini, showcases their refined design process. See how diverse skillsets and Altium's solutions drive innovation.

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How-To's • Dec 19, 2024
Simplify Analysis with Power Analyzer by Keysight

The Power Analyzer by Keysight in Altium Designer simplifies power design by enabling detailed analysis of power nets and PDNs. This demo highlights how to identify and resolve issues like voltage drops to ensure reliable power delivery, all within the Altium environment.

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New in Altium Designer 25 • Dec 18, 2024
Perfect your high-speed routing with Dynamic Phase Matching!

Struggling with phase matching in your high-speed projects? Learn how Altium Designer 25’s Dynamic Phase Matching feature ensures precise signal integrity and simplifies high-speed design.

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HDM Wrocław • Dec 17, 2024
Hardware Design Masterclass Wrocław 2024 - Autumn Edition

Altium participated in the Hardware Design Masterclass Wrocław 2024, organized by Rafał Stępień. Representing Altium, Samer Aldhaher delivered a presentation on Wire Bonding in Altium Designer. This slideshow highlights key moments from the event.

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Ansys
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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Pcb co design
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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faster electronics design
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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