Electronic Systems Design

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It’s never too late

March 29, 2012

It’s never too late to fix a design problem. Well, maybe if the product is shipping, that might be classified…

By Patrick Carrier

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PADS Tips and Tricks – Downloading New License File

March 21, 2012

This weeks Tip comes from Andrew Audova in the environmental support group: What do you do when you launch PADS…

By Jim Martens

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PADS Tips and Tricks: Differential Pairs

March 15, 2012

Today’s tip is from Bill Tkachuk in CSD. It’s a great way to speed the definition and rule assignment for…

By Jim Martens

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Great Things in Small Packages

March 14, 2012

I visit many customers throughout the year, and read press releases from many of them. I’ve seen some of the…

By Jim Martens

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PADS Tips and Tricks – Installation and Licensing

March 9, 2012

Hello, With the release of PADS 9.4, many of you are getting ready to move to this new release. With…

By Jim Martens

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PADS 9.4 Released with Unique Technology

March 8, 2012

PADS 9.4 was released earlier this week – take a look at the press release here: http://www.mentor.com/company/news/mentor-release-pads-dfm-high-speed-interactive-routing The new features…

By Jim Martens

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The Parallel Pain

March 7, 2012

Parallel busses are a pain to implement. They really are. Sure, they are slower than blazing-fast SERDES busses, but they…

By Patrick Carrier

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Put the Pieces in Place for SERDES Success

March 6, 2012

Interconnect loss modeling? Check. Signal conditioning modeling? Check. Ability to simulate multiple S-parameter models for things like connectors and packages…

By Patrick Carrier

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