PCB Tech Talk: DFM Analysis

PCB Tech Talk: DFM Analysis

Engineers, PCB designers, business execs, and even marketing and sales teams all understand the value in both time and cost…

DFMA – Integrated DFM Analysis in PADS

DFMA – Integrated DFM Analysis in PADS

In my previous posts in this series (DFMA – Preparing for the best! and DFMA – PCB Fabrication Success by Design), I…

DFMA – PCB Fabrication Success by Design

DFMA – PCB Fabrication Success by Design

In my last post, DFMA – Preparing for the best! I wrote about my recent article in PCD&F entitled 6…

DFMA – Preparing for the Best!

DFMA – Preparing for the Best!

PCB designers work on a budget for both time and costs. We can’t afford time delays that come from poor…

Search, select, and place components quickly with PartQuest

Search, select, and place components quickly with PartQuest

PartQuest enables designers to get product designs off to a fast start with access to more than 680,000 manufacturer parts…

It’s Engineers Week!

It’s Engineers Week!

When I was a kid I remember being impressed by how quickly new technologies seemed to come about. To me,…

Care about product quality and reliability? Commit to it!

Care about product quality and reliability? Commit to it!

Significant changes in product quality and reliability typically require high-level changes in the way you look at the entire product…

PCB Tech Talk Podcast: Bridging the Gap between ECAD and MCAD

PCB Tech Talk Podcast: Bridging the Gap between ECAD and MCAD

Where does collaboration with MCAD fit into your PCB design flow? Are you still encountering communication barriers between electrical and…

3D PCB Design – Far from Flat

3D PCB Design – Far from Flat

In my placement blog series I talked about the old days when we as PCB designers used “paper dolls” to…