The Content Team is pleased to announce a new release in the Altium Vault and Content Store. Analog Devices has now been updated with the first of their Data Converter families - Analog-to-Digital Converters:

1. Analog Devices Data Converters Analog-to-Digital Converters

These components can be found in the Unified Components section of the Content Store. You can also use these components directly from within Altium Designer via the Vault Explorer - where you will also find supplier links and pricing information. For integrated libraries, look for the ‘Download Library’ button on the Content Store pages.

A total of 2400 new components have been released this week - making up a huge collection of single 1.8V, multi-channel, high-speed (>/= 20MSPS), high resolution (>/= 16 Bits) and simultaneous sampling analog-to-digital converters. For further details on ADI’s A/D converters you can find more at their website here.

Stay tuned for more ADI component content coming soon, with a large collection of general purpose DACs up next!

 

Analog Devices Data Converters Analog-to-Digital Converters

The Altium Content Team is pleased to announce the release of an update to the Altium Vault and Content Store. Analog Devices has been updated with 2400 new Analog-to-Digital Converters. See the blog announcement here.


To jump straight to the ADI ADC content in the store click here.

Connect to the Altium Vault directly from Altium Designer, or browse the Content Store to preview vault-based components and download integrated libraries.

Announcement: Update 20 for Altium Designer

The Altium Development team are pleased to announce the 20th update for Altium Designer.

This release focuses on additional enhancements to Altium Designer, with some of the notable inclusions being:

New PCB connection drawing options:

New options have been implemented in the “View Configurations” dialog for "Show All Connections In Single Layer Mode" and "Use Layer Colors For Connection Drawing". Read Wiki information.

Support for Lattice Diamond:

Lattice Diamond software is now supported in Altium Designer for designs targeting Lattice FPGAs. In addition, Lattice iostandard constraints have been improved and are correctly mapped.

Further improvements to 3D Mechanical CAD interfaces in PCB:

Improvements include a change in the STEP file output to use the "Component Suffix" option for the Board Part, and a warning has been added to the PCB IDF Export utility for when it detects an empty component comment.

Support for alternate PDF readers:

Altium Designer will now utilize the default PDF reader for the system, regardless of whether Adobe Reader is installed.

With over 20 new enhancements included in this release, the majority are a result of requests made through BugCrunch and the Forums, as well as through support cases. Please keep the reports coming!

Full details of this update can be found in the release notes.

Accessing the Update

To update your Altium Designer installation, first ensure you are using a license with valid subscription. Proceed to the Plug-in page (DXP >> Plug-ins and Updates) and select “Update All”. If you don’t see the update, use the “Refresh” link in the top right hand corner of the Plugins page.

This release includes changes to our Run Time Libraries, which requires the majority of modules to be updated. For those users who experience a lengthy update process due to anti-virus programs, using the full download option becomes a much faster process. For more info, see Wiki.

Installation of the updated modules will bring their revision up to 10.1133.24352. The Platform Build number will also update to 10.1133.24352 as the Altium Designer Base module is updated.

Note: If you are using a Private Server license or Standalone license and you have renewed your subscription since activation, you will be required to reactivate your license to obtain this and future updates.

For those who installed directly from DVD, you can access the updates by changing a setting in preferences: System >> Installation Manager, change the Remote Repository Location to http://installation.altium.com

If you are wanting to install a new build containing this update, the Installer and Uninstaller can be downloaded from the Software page in AltiumLive - download the latest Installer/Uninstaller.

 

Design Secret 47 Released! - Using Custom BoM Filters

Hi Everybody,

I'm very happy to inform you all that we have yet another Design Secret video released. This time, one of our great AE's from the USA office - Injy Gadalla - walks us through a little gem of a feature in the BoM report generator that I would bet most of you don't know about.

In this video, Injy shows us how to use the custom filter option at the report column headings to filter fiducials out of the BoM for purchasing, while leaving them in for assembly. There are many possible uses for this filtering capability.

Watch and enjoy: http://altiumvideos.live.altium.com/#Detail/1215/True

Stay tuned for more Design Secrets videos!

Announcement: Texas Instruments Content Update

The Altium Content Team is pleased to announce a new update to the Altium Vault and Content Store. We have added more board-level components to our TI Interface collection with the release of 27 new components in Interface 1394 and the following new families:

1. Texas Instruments Interface Digital Audio Interface
2. Texas Instruments Interface Equalizer and Redriver
3. Texas Instruments Interface RS-422
4. Texas Instruments Interface USB

These components can be found in the Unified Components section of the Content Store. You can also use these components directly from within Altium Designer via the Vault Explorer - where you will also find supplier links and pricing information. For integrated libraries, look for the ‘Download Library’ button on the Content Store pages.

A total of 787 new components have been released this week across these five Interface families. For details on TI’s Interface device offering you can find more information at their website.

Still more TI components just around the corner so stay tuned.

http://blog.live.altium.com/#Blogs/texas-instruments-content-update-14-06-12

BackUse Rooms to control Component Orientations for Manufacturability

There are many situations where the manufacturing process calls for strict component orientation rules. One such example is when utilizing wave soldering techniques.

In this Design Secret Video, Application Engineer Michael Heil from our European support team shows us a really cool trick where we can use rooms to very specifically control the orientation of components within a region of the board that is to be wave soldered. This method can also be used for component placement and orientation control for other mechanical situations, so it's definitely a good one for the kit bag!

 

http://designsecrets.live.altium.com/#Detail/1214/True

Announcement: Maxim Content Update

The Content Team is pleased to announce an update to our Maxim Real-Time Clocks family in the Altium Vault and Content Store. Working with Maxim source data, we have developed and released another 516 new components.

1. Maxim - Real-Time Clocks (RTCs)

These components can be found in the Unified Components section of the Content Store. You can also use these components directly from within Altium Designer via the Vault Explorer - where you will also find supplier links and pricing information. For integrated libraries, look for the ‘Download Library’ button on the Content Store pages.

A total of 2531 Maxim components have been released to date with more planned in the coming weeks. For more details on these Real-Time Clocks you can find more at Maxim’s website here. To read more about the our relationship with Maxim you can find the March press release here.

Stay tuned for more Maxim updates coming soon.