PCB pricing automation for EMS

Cloud-based pricing automation reduces time and uncertainty in the PCB NPI process

Current Industry Challenges In an industry that utilizes cutting-edge technology, it is surprising to find that the design and purchasing…

PCB manufacturing capabilities

Why is Design for Manufacturing important?

Who is PCB DFM for? For those of us that have climbed a mountain to take in the gaze of…

PCB material selection

Choosing the right laminate for your PCB design

A balanced approach to material selection involves understanding and considering more than just electrical parameters. In general, with dielectric materials, every parameter that improves performance comes at a marginal increase in cost. Because of this, ensuring that you don’t overdesign within your materials is quite important.

What's new with Valor NPI DFM software release 11.5

What’s new in Valor NPI v11.5

Valor NPI 11.5 continues to introduce new and existing capabilities in MRA-Revolution, with a more complete Classification set which includes design preparations and analysis use of copper reference layers. Comparing an ODB++ to fabricator changes becomes easy and precise with the new CAM Compare flow and the first connection to stackup setup is established with Z-Planner integration.

PCBflow board viewer

See more with new PCBflow board viewer

New release, new features PCBflow, the online tool and collaboration space, keeps getting better! The latest release includes several new…

Built-in Security Equals Peace of Mind

The cybersecurity landscape continues to rapidly evolve, with resultant vulnerabilities too often headline news. Who can forget Log4j? Facing this…

IC PCB DFT image

Proactive Design for Test (DFT) best practices

The process of PCB DFT needs to be considered sooner and more proactively in our PCB design process, incorporated in the schematic phase, not during the layout phase. A designer should determine what nets will be needed to be tested based on their likelihood of failure and position those pins in open, accessible real-estate.

Z-planner Stackup design overview.

Practical advice on PCB stackup planning

The more technology advances, the more attention we must pay to every aspect of printed circuit board (PCB) design, including…

Nistec PCBflow partner Online DFM tool

PCBflow now available from Nistec, Israel

Nistec Design, one of Israel’s largest PCB design bureaus, has signed on as the world’s first distributor of PCBflow, Siemens’…