FEBRUARY 2022 I DESIGN007 MAGAZINE 93
Dr. Bruce Archambeault is retired
from IBM now, but as he explains,
he's still teaching. He taught a class
at the show that focused on layout
considerations and inductance, and
why inductance needs to be mea-
sured. There weren't many empty
seats in his class.
I have recently had
some great conversa-
tions with many of you,
and the same question
keeps coming up: What
does it takes to have an excellent component
library? So, I have decided to kick off the new
year by taking a deep dive into your PCB com-
ponent libraries and looking in detail at the
five pillars of your library.
The Internet of
Things (IoT) is a
platform enabling
embedded devices
connected to the
internet, to collect and exchange data with each
other. Devices can begin to interact and work with
each other, even learning from each other's experi-
ence as humans do. What role do resins play?
An empty board
outline is a PCB
designer's empty
canvas. Components
are the designer's
paint palette, and the
traces are the brush strokes used to blend
and mesh the components together on the
canvas. The subject matter is defined by the
schematic entry and the tone is often set
according to the purpose of the design.
Editor Nolan
Johnson
chats with
guest editor
and colum-
nist Kelly
Dack, one
of the event hosts for AltiumLive Connect
2022. Kelly updates Nolan on the latest
about the upcoming AltiumLive virtual
conference.
We recently spoke with high-speed design
expert Lee Ritchey of Speeding Edge, and
electronic materials veteran Tarun Amla of
Avishtech and Thintronics, about the rela-
tionship between advanced PCB materials
and high-speed design techniques. They
discuss the challenges facing designers
and engineers working with materials at
speeds that were considered unreachable
not long ago.
For the latest news and information, visit PCBDesign007.com
If You're Not Measuring
Inductance, Ask Yourself:
Do You Feel Lucky?
Sensible Design:
The Rise of Resins in IoT Applications
Elementary, Mr. Watson: The Five
Pillars of Your Library, Part 1
Living in a Material World:
High-Speed Design Strategies
The Art of Using Symmetry—
and Asymmetry—in PCB Design
Kelly Dack Teases
AltiumLive 2022
