100 DESIGN007 MAGAZINE I JULY 2020
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Altium 365 Helps Designers Stay
Productive From Home
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From home offices to virtual
workplaces, the working
environment has changed.
For the PCB design indus-
try, Altium has helped make
the transition seamless,
empowering collaboration
across every aspect of the design process. With
Altium 365, the world's only cloud-based plat-
form for PCB design and realization, many of
Altium's customers were able to stay in motion
even during this challenging time.
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Beyond Design: The Impact of Signal
Rise Time on Bandwidth
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The term bandwidth was first used years ago in
the RF world to represent the range of frequencies
in a signal. In digital electronics, we also use the
term to describe the signal spectrum since square
waves are made up of numerous sine waves (har-
monics) of the fundamental frequency.
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DownStream Technologies Update
With Joe Clark
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On June 15, Andy Shaugh-
nessy spoke with Joe Clark,
co-founder of DownStream
Technologies, about the com-
pany's drive to take care of
its customers and employees
throughout the pandemic and
beyond. Joe discusses some of his customers'
current challenges, especially those working
from home for the first time.
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Dana Korf: What Fabricators
Expect From Designers
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Andy Shaughnessy and Barry Matties spoke
with Dana Korf, former chief PCB technologist
for Huawei and currently principal consultant
of Korf Consultancy, about the breakdown in
communication between manufacturers and
designers. Dana discusses exactly what a fabri-
cator expects from a PCB designer, why these
expectations are often not met.
Joe Clark
