Hackaday

Stuck Designing Two-Layer PCBs? Give Four Layers A Try!

Many readers are certainly familiar with the process for home-etching of PCBs: it’s considered very straightforward, if a little involved, today. This was not the case in my youth, when I first ...
Electronic Design

What’s the Difference Between 2- and 4-Layer PCBs?

Multi-layered printed circuit boards (PCBs) are typically preferred because they offer high signal intensity. Of all the multi-layered types, the 2-layer PCB is the most common, as it can accommodate ...
EDN

Altium makes it ‘real’ for PCB/FPGA designers

Altium has added a rather cool 3D PCB visualization engine to Altium Designer. Available in Altium Designer 6.8, this new 3D PCB visualization capability allows designers to see at any time exactly ...
Nasdaq

Altium Extends its Leadership in PCB Design with the Most Powerful Version of Altium Designer to Date

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 11, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Altium is extending its lead in PCB design by announcing the newest version of Altium Designer, the software chosen by more professional PCB designers and ...
Hackaday

Comparing Altium And Cadence PCB Layout Tools

We see a lot of projects using Eagle for the schematics and PCB layout. There are a few that use Kicad, but we hear very little about other alternatives. Recently, [Limpkin] has been working with ...