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Design reuse in electronics

July 9, 2024

Last year, I sat with Steph Chavez, the host of the Printed Circuit Podcast, and engaged in a conversation about…

By Carlos Gazca
2 MIN READ
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The foundations and challenges of electronics design data management

June 25, 2024

Last year on the Printed Circuit Podcast I talked with Andre Mosley, a seasoned professional in the field of electronics…

By Stephen V. Chavez
2 MIN READ
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Fundamentals of library and design data management

June 13, 2024

When it comes to electronic systems design, I’m often asked what a robust library and design data management system should…

By Andre Mosley
4 MIN READ

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PCB design best practice: design and manufacturing collaboration

January 13, 2023

Another best practice to talk about within the digitally integrated and optimized pillar is the collaboration between design and manufacturing…

By Stephen V. Chavez
3 MIN READ
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Considerations for rigid-flex design

January 11, 2023

Rigid-flex design introduces several challenges that many of today’s design tools cannot handle. These could include: The best way to…

By Jim Martens
2 MIN READ
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PCB design best practice: ECAD/MCAD co-design

January 6, 2023

When we think about the PCB design best practices that fall into the digitally integrated and optimized pillar, we need…

By Stephen V. Chavez
2 MIN READ
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Siemens PCBflow at IPC APEX 2023. Discover the latest advances in DFM.

January 5, 2023

San Diego, CA, USA, January 24-25, 2023 Over the past few years Design for Manufacturing (DFM) analysis has become a…

By Yaron Tayar
2 MIN READ
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MCAD Collaboration with PADS Professional Premium

December 22, 2022

One of the trends emerging over the past several years is packing more and more functionality onto ever decreasing substrates….

By Jim Martens
2 MIN READ
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The road to resilience at the point of design: Intelligence

December 21, 2022

In our fourth episode of the Printed Circuit Podcast, we talk about how to create resilience at the point of…

By Stephen V. Chavez
18 MIN READ
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Advanced DFM Constraints management in ADM (Analysis Definition Manager)- Valor NPI 2211

December 15, 2022

The Analysis Definition Manager (ADM), introduced in Valor NPI 10.0, is a constraints management tool for creating and maintaining sets of Design for Manufacturing DFM rules to be used during the analysis in Valor NPI.

By Maya Shani
4 MIN READ
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The road to resilience at the point of design: Knowledge

December 14, 2022

In our third episode of the Printed Circuit Podcast, we talk about how to create resilience at the point of…

By Stephen V. Chavez
12 MIN READ
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Routing automation

December 9, 2022

One of the most critical and time-consuming part of the PCB design cycle is interconnecting the design. Typically, this is…

By Jim Martens
2 MIN READ