Hi, I'm Bill. I'm a software developer with a passion for making and electronics. I do a lot of things and here is where I document my learning in order to be able to inspire other people to make ...

Max posted an innocent enough blog post. If you have a design idea for the Altium NanoBoard, send me an email. Maybe, if you are lucky, you can win one of the boards. I thought “Why not? Email is free ...

Altium’s 3D PCB design system, Designer 14 now supports flex and rigid-flex design, including schematic capture, 3D PCB layout, analysis and programmable design. This release of Altium Designer ...

Boundary scan chain integrity can be checked automatically on Altium’s Designer schematic capture and PCB layout software, using an extension from Cambridge-based XJTAG. Called XJTAG DFT Assistant, ...

Last December I downloaded a trial of the Altium CircuitStudio circuit board CAD (computer-aided design) program. It’s buggy, slow to load, crashes occasionally, and has a new and infuriating user ...