TIP #049: Place crystals close to the chip to keep the tracks as short as possible
Why? Long crystal tracks may prevent the crystal from oscillating – so, crystal may not work.
How to download Altium templates – PCIE card, COM Express and other form factors
Altium has a lot of free templates for different form factors. For example, if you need to design a PCIE card, you don’t have to create it from scratch. You can download it and it will save you a lot of time. Here is the link to the Altium design content website: http://designcontent.live.altium.com/
