News - Electronic Systems Design

Valor Parts Library: What You Need to Know

December 27, 2021

Validating the PCB footprint with a comprehensive component library Are you familiar with the Valor Parts Library? Whether you are…

By Tova Levy

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Five Practices PCB Designers Should Avoid

December 12, 2021

PCB design and manufacturing are complex processes that affect the PCB’s functionality, manufacturability, quality and cost—all important aspects necessary to…

By Kobi Levi

3 MIN READ

How do you do PCB Stackup Planning?

December 8, 2021

Being able to quickly qualify materials based on your known electrical tolerances, and not upon the materials availability of your selected fabricator is key for efficient stackup design. This allows you to optimize the design around the available materials and take complete control of your stackup.

By Don Kost

3 MIN READ

Flex & rigid-flex PCB DFM: Learn from the expert

November 24, 2021

Flex and rigid-flex circuits use unique materials in the manufacturing process and must be handled differently than FR4 PCBs.

By Patrick McGoff

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PCBflow in use at Siemens CT online DFM analysis tool

Easy and fast DFM analysis now available for PCB designers

November 22, 2021

PCB designers face a lot of challenges. On one hand, the design must fulfill the electrical functionality requirements. On the…

By Shirley Segev

2 MIN READ

Creating Custom Automation in Valor NPI Using Scripting Languages

November 10, 2021

The most modern language supported and delivered with Valor NPI is Python. If Perl is your language of choice then an additional module needs to be acquired through Active State. When all else fails there is the legacy C-Shell that is also included with Valor NPI.

By Max Clark

3 MIN READ

Stoneridge: Addressing Digital Transformation with Xpedition Enterprise

October 25, 2021

Stoneridge’s global engineering team wanted to standardize their electronic systems engineering platform and evaluated enterprise ECAD systems to meet this…

By John McMillan

2 MIN READ

The last step in PCB design needs more attention

October 18, 2021

We put a lot of attention on the first step of a process and then it seems we fall behind schedule. By the time you get to the last step of a process you are out of time and just need to wrap things up. How often are you pressed by management to get a PCB design out the door and sent to the fab house?

By Patrick McGoff

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Valor Parts Library: What You Need to Know

October 7, 2021

Are you familiar with the Valor Parts Library? Whether you are experienced with VPL or this is your first exposure,…

By Guy Shoshany

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