Secrets of PCB Optimization with Rick Hartley

Rick Hartley is former senior principal engineer for L-3 Avionics Systems and current principal of RHartley Enterprises, where he serves as an international consultant on signal integrity and EMI issues. With more than 50 years of experience in the industry, the majority of Rick’s career has been spent working in aircraft avionics, telecommunications, and PC boards, and specializing in suppressing noise in analog, RF, and digital circuits.
Rick joins Judy on the OnTrack podcast to discuss everything from copper balance and sizing your boards for maximum producibility and minimum cost, to his upcoming presentation at AltiumLive 2020 and his contribution to PCB West’s upcoming virtual conference.
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Jump to Show Highlights:
01:44 Introduction to Rick Hartley
02:50 How Rick navigated the challenges of decreasing rise times
04:30 Rick’s upcoming live presentation at AltiumLive 2020
05:50 Sizing boards for producibility and minimal cost
06:50 Extreme reactions to unexpected cost minimization measures
12:53 Hard learned lessons in copper balance
15:02 Predicting disconnects between fabricator and engineer
16:40 Quantity vs Quality: taking control of your fabricator choices
18:55 The impact of footprints on the ability to assemble
23:38 How and why the PCEA was formed
26:09 PCB West’s upcoming virtual conference
28:45 It’s free, free, free! Details on AltiumLive 2020
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[@Chitranshleo]

It is always a pleasant watching Rick sharing his experience...
Thank you..

[@yeso8205]

THX. And A PPT would be appreciated.

[@paulhome2023]

Its rick and Eric also speaking during altium live Europe ?

[@XipeAyotl]

Nice chat!

[@PabloGarcia-mv7py]

where is the list of the book he has read?

[@koldramk]

resources.altium.com/p/reading-list-emi-noise-control

[@nixnox4852]

EMI & Noise Control Reading List
PCB Design for Real-World EMI Control - Bruce R. Archambeault (Kluwer Academic Publishers Group) - ISBN 978-1-4757-3642-7
Principals of Power Integrity for PDN Design Simplified - Larry D. Smith & Eric Bogatin (Prentice Hall) - ISBN 978-0-13-273555-1
Electromagnetic Compatibility Engineering - Henry Ott (2nd Edition - John Wiley and Sons) - ISBN 978-0-470-18930-6
Digital Design for Interference Specifications- A Practical Handbook for EMI Suppression - David L. Terrell & R. Kenneth Keenan (Newnes Publishing) - ISBN 0-7506-7282-X
Grounding & Shielding Techniques - Ralph Morrison (6th Edition - John Wiley and Sons) - ISBN 978-1-119-18374-7
EMI Troubleshooting Cookbook for Product Designers - Patrick G. André and Kenneth Wyatt - ISBN 978-1-61355-019-1
Signal Integrity Control Reading List
Fast Circuit Boards - Energy Management - Ralph Morrison (Wiley & Sons) - ISBN 978-1-119-41399-8
Right the First Time- A Practical Handbook on High-Speed PCB and System Design - Volumes I & II - Lee W. Ritchey (Speeding Edge) - ISBN 978-097-41936-0-1
High-Speed Digital System Design- A Handbook of Interconnect Theory and Practice - Hall, Hall and McCall (Wiley Interscience 2000) - ISBN 0-36090-2
High-Speed Digital Design- A Handbook of Black Magic - Howard W. Johnson & Martin Graham (Prentice Hall) - ISBN 0-13-395724-1
High-Speed Signal Propagation- Advanced Black Magic - Howard W. Johnson & Martin Graham - (Prentice Hall) - ISBN 0-13-084408-X
Signal and Power Integrity Simplified - Eric Bogatin (Prentice Hall) - ISBN 0-0-13-702502-0

[@davidshuman4469]

Very few "secrets" revealed here :|

[@alvinmcwolf]

Happens in Every Altium Podcast !!

[@skjaikumar]

too much theory . what would be helpful is
practically showing how to layout pcb
with examples.

[@nameredacted1242]

Dude, this is an infomercial. Better videos from this guy exist!

[@therandomchannel9226]

This brings nothing. It would be better when Rick does the routing and do a complex board for two hours or so. Rather telling stories for hours. Stories and webinars like this do not bring value to real-enthusiasts.