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Multi-Board PCB Design

Multi-board systems and assemblies present electrical and mechanical design challenges, and they require close collaboration between both design domains. Browse our library of resources to learn more about designing and building multi-board PCB assemblies, and how MCAD tools can aid your PCB design process.

Designing Systems with Multiple Boards CoDesigner and MCAD Component Placement Generate Multi-Board Production Data
Multi-Board Design Basics Webinar - August 2018 The webinar touches on electrical and mechanical challenges of system and product level multi-board PCB design. A demonstration follows, showing how to mitigate the challenges of the PCB design process with the capabilities of Altium Designer. You need to manage the whole system connections, resolve conflicts, and update system-child projects. Coordinating separate board rotation, alignment, and enclosure fit is like a game of three-dimensional Download PDF
What is Multi-board Design? Learn more about what is multi-board design and how to use native 3D design with ECAD MCAD collaboration aids complex PCB layout. Read Article
Designing for Multiple PCBs in the Same Project Majority of our PCB designs sit as a single PCB under our Altium Designer projects (i.e. .PrjPcb file). Now and then, we design using variants with different stuffing options. It seldom happens that we have a single project that requires multiple PCBs with various stuffing options, but when it happens, a lot of us tend to get stuck. All too many times, I have seen designers fork (i.e., copy and paste) a project and then add slight variations to Read Article
Designing PCBs for Interconnected Multi Board Systems in Altium Designer If you open up some of your favorite electronics, you’ll find they are multi-board systems or multiple PCBs connected together with cables and ribbons. In the past, PCB design software has treated each board in the system individually without considering important circuit board design issues like power distribution and grounding, high-speed routing, mechanical assembly, and thermal demands. Design software has caught up to the demands of Read Article
58:21 Multi-Board Design Basics in Altium Designer® Watch Video
47:35 2019-03-28 - AD19 - Multi-Board Design Basic in Altium Designer - ES - Webinar - EMEA - ADSCVid Watch Video
55:54 2019-03-28 - AD19 - Multi-Board Design Basic in Altium Designer - IT - Webinar - EMEA - ADSCVid Watch Video
1:32:57 19-03-2019 GRUNDLAGEN DES MULTI-BOARD-DESIGNS IN ALTIUM DESIGNER 19 Watch Video
1:28 How to add existing designs to a multi-board project Watch Video
42 How to create a new multi-board project Every new product starts with project creation and multi-board designs are no different. Multi-board projects provide a space to organize Watch Video
1:22:57 PCB Design vs. Product Design: Unleashing the Power of Effective Multi-Board Design View the presentation slides: Sign up to pre-register for AltiumLive next year or try Altium Designer today. Watch Video
PCB Design vs Product Design: Unleashing The Power Of Effective Multi-Board Design Download PDF
How Integrated Tools Ease Multi-board PCB Systems Design If you’ve ever taken apart a computer, then you know that the entire system can’t fit on a single PCB. Most complicated devices used in a variety of applications are multi-board systems, and designing these systems takes imagination, planning, and the right design software. Rigid-flex PCBs are just another type of multi-board system, and the same design concepts when designing each portion of the board, as well as the flex ribbon that connects Read Article
Optimal Multi-Board Assembly Placement with Object Smart Mates Ensuring the form and fit of multiple boards in an enclosure can challenge the most seasoned professional. Accurate 3D modeling gives you an intuitive way to picture and understand how your design will be manufactured and assembled. The problem gets worse when you start mixing traditional PCB and rigid-flex designs into a single assembly. Without insight into the complete multi-board assembly build, you have a better chance of finding a needle in Read Article
1:19 Cherie Litson on Managing Multi-Board Challenges Watch Video
1:37 Ben Jordan on Rigid-Flex and Multi-Board Watch Video
28 Rigid-Flex Support for Multi-Board Designs Watch Video