Altium Productivity
Automate Part Creation: Omnify PLM
All my web scraping activity started with the desire to automate much of the work in creating new parts for Altium. When I started a full-time job, the company that I went to work for Read more…
Web Scraping
Automate Part Creation: Scrape Digi-key Part 1
I was tired of wasting time Alt-tabbing between Digi-key and Microsoft Access with my database library. Beyond that, when I started working for a company that used Omnify to pull new part numbers, I had Read more…
Altium Productivity
The Right Way to do Hierarchical Design in Altium Designer
“Why do I need unique net names across all my sheets?” “Why do I have multiple net names that are the same once I import my design to the PCB editor?” In Altium Designer, there Read more…
Altium Component Placement
Save Hours on PCB Layouts – Altium Plugin Part 2
Often I find myself in the middle of a complicated design, and for some external reason a new circuit needs to be added. The circuit has been incorporated in a design before – all the components Read more…
Altium Productivity
Sharing Altium Resources on a Distributed Team
One of the common challenges facing distributed teams is a lack of shared network resources and common drive names. Often times there will be shared libraries, schematic documents, and reference materials that are used by Read more…
Altium Sheet IP
Managing Multiple DC Sources – Ideal Diode LTC4357
In many mobile devices, the power supply has to be immediately switched from the battery(ies) to a DC supply. Traditionally, this is done with diodes in an ORing configuration. It is desired that only current Read more…
Altium Sheet IP
Linear Regulator 8Vin 3.3V out TL1963
Linear regulators form a core part of most printed circuit boards’ voltage regulation. The TL1963 is a great part that is an excellent addition to any library. The Good The TL1963 comes in a SOT-223 Read more…
Altium Sheet IP
LT8610 Switching Regulator – 24V input, 5V output
This switching regulator schematic was mostly copied from the Linear Technology datasheet. However, some high frequency filtering was added on the input and output to cut down on switching noise. For more information on this idea, see Read more…