Friday, January 20, 2017

Decoupling Capacitors - Layout Guidelines

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Source: TI SPMA036B–September 2011–Revised February 2013
Source: Effective Power /Ground Plane Decoupling for PCB - Dr. Bruce ArchambeaultMore Decoupling:Decoupling - Henry Ott

Thursday, January 12, 2017

PCB Fabricator - Search UL IQ Database

I picked up good tip today for identifying who fabricated a PCB.

Using the UL IQ Database and the UL Markings on the PCB.

















Search Underwriters Lab IQ Database for HF-4.

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then click on ULiQ



That's it !

Thursday, January 5, 2017

Resource Monitor

While cruising the User Forum today I learned about the Resource Monitor.



Resource Monitor (Red box) appears when AD has used more than 1600 mb.

Source: Out of memory error, no ratsnest - Altium Discussion Forums

That's it !