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I-Connect007 Launches 'The Printed
Circuit Designer's Guide to… Signal
Integrity by Example' Micro eBook
The latest title in this new line of
eBooks, The Printed Circuit De-
signer's Guide to… Signal Integ-
rity by Example, is authored by
Fadi Deek of Mentor, a Siemens
business. This free micro eBook
details the importance of elimi-
nating signal integrity challeng-
es. The chapters explore four
possible signal integrity problems using an under-
standing of essential signal integrity principles.
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Tim's Takaways:
It Really Wasn't My Fault
I once received verbal instructions
from an engineer who directed me
to make a certain change. I didn't
think anything of it. Many months
later, this same engineer told me
that there were troubles with the
board and all its successive versions because of the
change that I had made. He ended up making it
right in the end. But in hindsight, what could I
have done to save myself a couple of months of
suspense and worry?
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Altium Expands Cloud-Based
Offerings with Acquisition
of Upverter
Electronic design software company Altium Lim-
ited has acquired Upverter, Inc., the developer of
the world's first fully-cloud, fully collaborative elec-
tronics design system. Based in Toronto, Canada
Upverter's entire team of engineers, including its
CEO and co-founder Zak Homuth, will join Altium.
This transaction will augment Altium's cloud-based
competencies and drive further differentiation and
growth for Altium in the market for next-genera-
tion electronic CAD software.
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Enough Blame
to Go Around
The idea for this article began a
few months ago when The PCB
Design Magazine conducted
a reader survey regarding the
topic "Whose Fault is that Bad
Board?" After some thought,
I submitted my answers. Af-
ter all, I must have some kind
of input after over 25 years
of PCB design. But still, whose fault is that bad
board? OK, I know what you're thinking: Don't go
there. We designers make mistakes too.
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