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Steve Tran

Steve currently serves as an Application Engineer for Altium and is responsible for post sales support, customer training, and technical writing. He holds a B.S. in Engineering with an emphasis in Computer Engineering from Wentworth Institute of Technology.

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Jumpstart Your Next Design Your project is complete and you are ready to move onto the next project. But a lot of the same properties in the new project are already completed in the previous project. There must be a quick and simple way of bringing these properties over to your next projects. Read Article

How to Easily Import Your Designs to Your Favorite Design Tools One task that has always proven difficult is moving electronic product designs from one printed board design software environment to another. Whether you’ve changed PCB design tools or acquired designs from another company, there are a number of challenges involved in moving a project from one PCB software platform to another, while maintaining design consistency. It’s a difficult and time-consuming process, but it has to be done. Say a PCB has Read Article

Simplify BGA Routing With Safe Neck Down Trace Width How many times have you attempted to route into your BGA (ball grid array) only to be prevented by clearance and trace width constraints? It's possible to math out thinner traces, but computers are particularly good at this kind of work while maintaining a safe current carrying capacity. Learn how to effectively route into your BGA without interrupting the routing process to adjust rules or width size with the neck down features in Altium Read Article

Master Your PCB Design Workflow with Online Design Rule Checking The ever-increasing complexity of boards has made it nearly impossible to carry out the design rule verification process manually. Fortunately there are PCB design software tools that make the job considerably easier. Read on to learn more. Using Rule Checking to Master Your Design Workflow PCB designers begin with a set of physical requirements and specifications regarding the board layout. Certain factors such as the clearance between Read Article