And the Winner of the 2020 PADS Professional Student Design Competition is…

There’s snow in the forecast, so summer is officially over. The same is true for the inaugural PADS Professional Student…

Xpedition® VX.2.8 is now available for download!

Before you read on, a newer version of Xpedition is now available. To learn more, visit the VX.2.12 product highlights…

Silkscreen – is it really that simple?

A silkscreen contains human- and machine-readable marks on the surface of a PCB that indicates PCB components’ positions and polarity,…

Ensuring PCB design is ready for manufacturing

Skydiving without a parachute – how to enable exchange of manufacturing process requirements

On an August evening in the sky above a California desert, a skydiver leaped from the safety of an airplane…

PCB design tweaks by manufacturers

How to Take Control and Reduce PCB Design Tweaking

In the realm of PCB fabrication, it is commonplace for manufacturers to “tweak” board designs provided by designers in order…

ABCs of PCBs – O for ODB++

ABCs of PCBs – O for ODB++

Welcome to ABCs of PCBs – a blog series to help new engineers learn about the world of Printed Circuit…

ABCs of PCBs – N for Netlist

ABCs of PCBs – N for Netlist

Welcome to ABCs of PCBs – a blog series to help new engineers learn about the world of Printed Circuit…

Accelerate Design With Integrated FPGA-PCB I/O Co-Design

Accelerate Design With Integrated FPGA-PCB I/O Co-Design

Did you know that a PCB design tool flow with FPGA I/O Optimizer technology eliminates the barriers between FPGA and…

ABCs of PCBs – M for Manufacturing

ABCs of PCBs – M for Manufacturing

Welcome to ABCs of PCBs – a blog series to help new engineers learn about the world of Printed Circuit…