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Take a deeper dive into how to create supply chain resilience for small and medium PCB design teams

We recently held a webinar for small and medium sized PCB design teams on how to create supply chain resilience….

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Enabling PCB supply chain resilience by shifting-left deep market intelligence

What is PCB supply chain resilience? When we talk about PCB supply chain resilience, we’re talking about the ability of…

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PCB design best practices: thermal analysis

Designing today’s complex PCB is no easy task. It requires a full understanding of the basics of PCB design, a…

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PADS Professional Premium DFM: harnessing DFM for a better and faster NPI

PADS Professional Premium DFM is a new solution that brings world-class, comprehensive Design for Manufacture (DFM) analysis directly into your…

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Understanding distribution of current in via arrays

The path of least resistance We all like to take the path of least resistance. If only it were easier…

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PCB design best practices: schematic analysis

What is PCB schematic analysis? PCB schematic analysis is the automated analysis of each net within a schematic prior to…

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Creating supply chain resilience for small and medium PCB design teams

PCB supply chain disruptions Disruptions in the PCB supply chain have caused problems for product development teams within most companies….

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PCB design best practices pillar 3: digital prototype-driven verification

Today I will outline our third pillar of PCB design best practices, digital prototype-driven verification. When it comes to digital…

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DC drop resistance analysis in the PADS Professional Premium flow

One impressive, and significant, feature of HyperLynx in the PADS Professional Premium flow is the DC drop resistance analysis. DC…