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What’s new in PADS Professional release VX.2.13

The new VX.2.13 release of PADS Professional has improvements for the following features in PADS Professional layout. Enhancements to the…

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What’s new in Xpedition Enterprise release VX.2.13

The new VX.2.13 release of Xpedition has improvements across three key areas: Layout, data management, and verification. Improvements in Layout…

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PCB design best practices: design automation

When we think about the PCB design best practices that fall into the engineering productivity and efficiency pillar, we need…

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Five ways to achieve pre-layout simulation with PADS Professional Premium

With increasingly advancing technology and faster edge rates in today’s integrated circuits, it’s important to find more efficient ways to…

IPC APEX 2023 – Thanks to all of our customers and partners, we had a great show!

We can’t believe its already been a few weeks since returning from IPC APEX 2023. Siemens and Boardera started collaborating…

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PCB design basics

What is PCB design? PCB design is the entire process of creating a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) through collaboration and…

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PCB design best practices pillar 2: engineering productivity and efficiency

As I outlined in my first blog, there are five pillars of PCB design best practices. The first pillar we…

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FPGA/PCB co-design with PADS Professional Premium

As the complexity of today’s designs continue to increase, more electronic product designers are turning to Field Programmable Gate Arrays…

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The Mysterious Case of the Missing Bowties Part III

Previously… People often say ‘better late than never’, but I’ve never heard my boss say that. After much difficulty in…