Design Secret 51 to the Content Store in Altium Live. In this video, Dirk Glaser (Applications Engineer from Germany) shows us how to use Special Strings to standardize component assembly information.
Here's the link: http://altiumvideos.live.altium.com/#Detail/1218/True
Watch and enjoy!
The Altium Content Team is pleased to announce new updates to the Altium Vault and Content Store, including new components for Analog Devices DACs and Texas Instruments Power.
The team has released 1227 new board-level components to launch the TI Power Management collection with PWM Controllers being the first family out the door.
• Texas Instruments Power Management PWM Controller
Also this week we have released Analog Devices’ Digital-to-Analog Converters. 2231 DACs join the A/D Converters released in late June. All ADI’s Precision & General purpose data converters are now available for your in-design needs.
• Analog Devices Digital-to-Analog Converters
A total of 3458 components have been released this week across these 2 families. 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.
The Altium Content Team is pleased to announce new updates to the Altium Vault and Content Store, including new components for Analog Devices DACs and Texas Instruments Power.
The team has released 1227 new board-level components to launch the TI Power Management collection with PWM Controllers being the first family out the door.
• Texas Instruments Power Management PWM Controller
Also this week we have released Analog Devices’ Digital-to-Analog Converters. 2231 DACs join the A/D Converters released in late June. All ADI’s Precision & General purpose data converters are now available for your in-design needs.
• Analog Devices Digital-to-Analog Converters
A total of 3458 components have been released this week across these 2 families. 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.
In this Design Secret, once again Senior Applications Engineer Michael Hiel from our German office, delivers a reminder of the powerful customizable filtering engine within Altium Designer. Central to the filtering engine user interface is the Filter Panel, which allows you not only to build and run complex queries for object selection and rules development, but also can be completely customized through user scripts loaded into the workspace.
In this video, Michael shows us just how easy it is - much easier than you might think.
Enjoy - http://altiumvideos.live.altium.com/#Detail/1217/True
Altium announces an update to AltiumLive affecting the Unified Components Content Store. You can now view and search for part numbers across the entire component catalogue.
Search within Unified Components has been improved to include partial and full part number support as well as the ability to search across part descriptions.
Currently, search results display the corresponding Item/Family containing the match.
While only a small improvement, we hope you will enjoy the added functionality as we continue to develop this space
The Altium Content Team is pleased to announce new updates to the Altium Vault and Content Store, including new components for TI as well as updates to Altera and STMicro.
The team has released another 655 new board-level components to our TI Interface collection with the addition of the following new families:
• Texas Instruments Interface I2C
• Texas Instruments Interface CAN
• Texas Instruments Interface RS-485
Also in this week’s release, we have updated the Cyclone IV E library from Altera. 82 new parts and updates to the existing 141 components including schematic and package revisions as well as datasheet and URL updates.
More Altera updates coming in the weeks ahead including Cylcone IV GX.
Lastly, a correction to one of the STMicroelectronics footprints in the Sensors & MEMS family. The LGA16-3x3x1 now has the correct 5x3 pad arrangement that replaces the incorrect 4x4. 16 components that map to this LGA16 have been revised.
• STMicroelectronics Sensors & MEMS
A total of 737 new and 157 updated components have been released this week across these three manufacturers. 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.
The Altium Development team are pleased to announce the 21st update for Altium Designer.
This release focuses on additional enhancements to Altium Designer, with the key highlights being:
Re-annotate has been improved and now includes options for what to re-annotate (top & bottom, top only, bottom only, selected), and optionally allows for the protection of components with locked designators. Another new option is a user-definable location tolerance (Comparison Threshold), which allows components that are slightly out of line to still be annotated in a logical manner. Re-annotate now also uses the component bounding rectangle (without designator), where it previously used the bounding rectangle that included the designator, which could result in undesirable annotation results. Read more in the Wiki.
Auto-zooming in Cross Select Mode has been enabled, with three options available: No Zoom, Zoom to Last Selected, and Zoom to All. Read more in the Wiki.
Xilinx ISE v14.1 and Altera QuartusII v11.1 and v12.0 are now supported.
There are an additional 25 new enhancements included in this release, with half being a result of requests made through BugCrunch alone, and many of the remaining being a result of forum posts and support cases. So please keep the reports coming!
Full details of this update can be found in the release notes.
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 10.1181.24817. The Platform Build number will also update to 10.1181.24817 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.
