Craig Armenti
What’s New in Xpedition – Design Verification

What’s New in Xpedition – Design Verification

May 17, 2018
In the last What’s New in Xpedition blog post, we reviewed the new Layout features available in the Xpedition VX.2...
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What’s New in Xpedition – Layout

What’s New in Xpedition – Layout

May 1, 2018
In the last What’s New in Xpedition blog post, we reviewed the new FPGA-PCB Co-design features that are available in...
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What’s New in Xpedition – FPGA-PCB Co-Design

What’s New in Xpedition – FPGA-PCB Co-Design

April 10, 2018
In the last What’s New in Xpedition blog post, we reviewed the new schematic capture features that are available in...
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What’s New in Xpedition – Schematic Capture

What’s New in Xpedition – Schematic Capture

April 3, 2018
In the last What’s New in Xpedition blog post we reviewed the new multi-board system design features that are available...
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What’s New in Xpedition – System Design

What’s New in Xpedition – System Design

March 21, 2018
In the previous What’s New in Xpedition blog post, we reviewed the new data management functionality that is available in...
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What’s New in Xpedition – Data Management

What’s New in Xpedition – Data Management

March 14, 2018
In the first What’s New in Xpedition blog post, we reviewed how the Xpedition VX.2 series of releases address the...
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What’s New in Xpedition?

What’s New in Xpedition?

March 1, 2018
The latest release of Xpedition® Enterprise, VX.2.3, is now available for download. What does this mean for you? Fundamentally, the...
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Behind the TLA Winners: Aselsan

Behind the TLA Winners: Aselsan

December 12, 2017
This is the third in a series of blog posts showcasing the winning designs from the 27th Annual PCB Technology...
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Behind the TLA Winners: Adcom

Behind the TLA Winners: Adcom

November 30, 2017
This is the second in a series of blog posts showcasing the winning designs from the 27th Annual PCB Technology...
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Behind the TLA Winners: Fujitsu

Behind the TLA Winners: Fujitsu

November 15, 2017
This is the first in a series of blog posts showcasing the winning designs from the 27th Annual PCB Technology...
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Adding Automated EMC Analysis to PCB Layout

Adding Automated EMC Analysis to PCB Layout

October 18, 2017
Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) compliance is a necessary condition for releasing products to market. National and international standards bodies define limits...
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3D Collision and Clearance Checking

3D Collision and Clearance Checking

October 4, 2017
In my last blog post, ECAD-MCAD co-design for First Pass Success, we reviewed how an efficient ECAD-MCAD co-design process can...
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ECAD-MCAD Co-Design for First Pass Success

ECAD-MCAD Co-Design for First Pass Success

September 15, 2017
First pass success in the engineering domain is generally defined as the ability of a product to function as designed...
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Virtual Fabrication and Assembly Documentation

Virtual Fabrication and Assembly Documentation

August 29, 2017
Over the years, the term “virtual” has become associated with many different domains. Virtual machines are now a commonplace substitute...
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WIP Design Data Management – Asset or Liability?

WIP Design Data Management – Asset or Liability?

August 1, 2017
Quick – if someone says work-in-process design data management, which word first comes to your mind: asset or liability? Do...
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Your ECAD Library – Is it best-in-class?

Your ECAD Library – Is it best-in-class?

July 25, 2017
Your ECAD library. Not exactly the most exciting topic of conversation to bring up in the company break room; but...
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Yes, You Can

Yes, You Can

July 19, 2017
“Yes, you can” are the three words that every hardware engineer, librarian or PCB designer wants to hear from their...
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How robust is your Engineering Data Management system?

How robust is your Engineering Data Management system?

July 5, 2017
Engineering Data Management, or EDM, is broadly defined as the administration of documents and data related to engineering applications. Most...
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Are you Investing in Modular Design?

Are you Investing in Modular Design?

June 21, 2017
While attending a conference last month, one of the presentations that caught my attention described a concept whereby circuit board...
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Creating the Perfect Part

Creating the Perfect Part

May 31, 2017
Congratulations! You used the tools and techniques described in part one of this blog series on component libraries, Finding the...
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Finding the Perfect Part

Finding the Perfect Part

May 17, 2017
The component library. It’s at the heart of every product development process. At a minimum, it contains logical symbols for...
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Concurrent Engineering for a Sustainable Competitive Advantage

Concurrent Engineering for a Sustainable Competitive Advantage

April 27, 2017
The first three parts of this series on concurrent engineering discussed the key features associated with systems that support real-time concurrent...
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It’s okay to BRAG! The PCB Technology Leadership Awards Are Here!

It’s okay to BRAG! The PCB Technology Leadership Awards Are Here!

April 14, 2017
We’ve all dealt with one of “those” designs. You know, that design with the unrealistic schedule or the impossible to...
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Real-time Concurrent PCB Layout

Real-time Concurrent PCB Layout

April 3, 2017
In part one of this series on concurrent engineering, we reviewed the key features associated with a system that supports...
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Concurrent Engineering – Part 2: Concurrent Schematic Design

Concurrent Engineering – Part 2: Concurrent Schematic Design

March 14, 2017
In part one of this series on concurrent engineering, we reviewed the key features associated with a system that supports...
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Collaborative management of design constraints

Collaborative management of design constraints

February 23, 2017
Most design teams would agree that as circuit complexity continues to increase, so has the criticality for efficient rules-driven design...
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Silicon Valley IC Packaging Seminar Validates Growing Proliferation of FOWLP

Silicon Valley IC Packaging Seminar Validates Growing Proliferation of FOWLP

February 7, 2017
If you’re interested in High Density Advanced Packaging (HDAP), our recent, focused seminar at Mentor Graphics’ Fremont campus was the...
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Multi-board – What’s Your Definition?

Multi-board – What’s Your Definition?

February 6, 2017
Recently, while researching system design software, I was struck by how often the term multi-board was mentioned. As I began...
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Increase the Reliability of Your Next Design

Increase the Reliability of Your Next Design

January 23, 2017
If someone were to ask you what the acronym DfM stood for, you would most likely quickly respond with a...
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Is Rigid-flex on Your Résumé?

Is Rigid-flex on Your Résumé?

December 12, 2016
A colleague of mine who manages a PCB design service bureau called recently asking if I knew of any rigid-flex...
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Changing the Focus

Changing the Focus

November 21, 2016
Those of us who have been in the PCB design business for more than a decade either have direct knowledge...
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