State of PCB Design Education with Zachariah Peterson

Judy Warner

| 已创建：September 7, 2021 | 已更新：July 1, 2024

State of PCB Design Education

In this episode, Altium’s Technical Consultant, Zach Peterson will share his insights about the availability and accessibility of education related to PCB design for high school and university students.

Zach will also talk about the inspiration behind “Design Secrets,” his new series available on Altium Academy Youtube Channel.

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Show Highlights:

Introduction, from academia and Ph.D. in Physics, how did he land in the world of PCB?
On Altium Academy YouTube channel, Zach offers basic PCB design courses. that are not frequently available, even to professionals.
Zach’s experience in university: Observations, Knowledge Gaps, what are the main focuses?
Zach thoughts on why are PCB design courses are not the main focus of education in college and university
- The challenges in semiconductor industry
- Focus on digital and analog design
Zach’s Industry “awakening”—noticed the “graying of PCB design expertise demographic”
Industry Problems: De-siloing, systems-based thinking—tools, engineering and the rise of digitization
Need for the industry to “step up” to help equip and prepare for next-gen engineers
How can companies educate next-gen design engineers in an ecosystem-based context
Industry de-siloing leads to educational de-siloing
Zach and his company’s contribution to these efforts?
Checkout Zach’s Blogs in Altium’s Resource hub
What is Upverter education and watch for the future university content
Altium full-time education team, free licenses, IPC, PCEA

Links and Resources:

Zachariah Peterson Video series on Altium Academy YouTube Channel
Upverter Education Website
Signal Integrity Journal--Zachariah Peterson Articles
How to Achieve Proper Grounding
#PCBeTheChange Design Contest | Upverter Education

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Judy Warner在电子行业的不同领域有超过25年的经验。她拥有PCB制造、射频和微波PCB以及合同制造的背景，专攻Mil/Aero应用。她还在多家行业出版物撰写文章、博客和日志，例如Microwave Journal、PCB007 Magazine、PCB Design007、PCD&F和IEEE Microwave Magazine，并且是PCEA（印刷电路工程协会）的活跃委员会成员。2017年，Warner加入Altium，担任社区参与总监。除了主持OnTrack Podcast和创建OnTrack Newsletter外，她还推出Altium年度用户研讨会AltiumLive。Warner致力于为全球PCB设计工程师提供资源、支持和建议。

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