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When design meets manufacturing: Why the digital thread and digital twin are leadership imperatives

December 22, 2025

When design and manufacturing operate without a cohesive digital twin, the consequences ripple across the enterprise.

By Stephen V. Chavez
4 MIN READ
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Optimizing multi-domain collaboration: turning engineering complexity into competitive advantage

December 8, 2025

Multi-domain collaboration is no longer a technical nice-to-have. It is a business imperative.

By Stephen V. Chavez
3 MIN READ
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Top 5 benefits of Xpedition Standard

November 21, 2025

Xpedition Standard brings enterprise-level PCB design power into a flexible, approachable environment that evolves alongside your business.

By David Haboud
4 MIN READ

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PCB design best practice: library and design data management

January 27, 2023

Another best practice of this pillar is library and design data management. And what I mean by that is how…

By Stephen V. Chavez
3 MIN READ

The Mysterious Case of the Missing Bowties Part II

January 26, 2023

Previously… After receiving our boards and having them pass inspection I breathed a sigh of relief as this project was…

By I. M. Baffled
3 MIN READ
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Meeting RF design challenges with PADS Professional Premium

January 25, 2023

The demand for electronics with gigahertz wireless technology, as well as IoT consumer devices have both increased dramatically. This has…

By Jim Martens
2 MIN READ
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The road to resilience at the point of design: Optimization

January 20, 2023

On our last two episodes of the Printed Circuit Podcast, we talked about the road to PCB supply chain resilience,…

By Stephen V. Chavez
15 MIN READ

The Mysterious Case of the Missing Bowties Part I

January 17, 2023

It was just another Monday at the office. I had released a design I had been working on for four…

By I. M. Baffled
5 MIN READ
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PCB design best practice: design and manufacturing collaboration

January 13, 2023

Another best practice to talk about within the digitally integrated and optimized pillar is the collaboration between design and manufacturing…

By Stephen V. Chavez
3 MIN READ
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Considerations for rigid-flex design

January 11, 2023

Rigid-flex design introduces several challenges that many of today’s design tools cannot handle. These could include: The best way to…

By Jim Martens
2 MIN READ
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PCB design best practice: ECAD/MCAD co-design

January 6, 2023

When we think about the PCB design best practices that fall into the digitally integrated and optimized pillar, we need…

By Stephen V. Chavez
2 MIN READ
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Siemens PCBflow at IPC APEX 2023. Discover the latest advances in DFM.

January 5, 2023

San Diego, CA, USA, January 24-25, 2023 Over the past few years Design for Manufacturing (DFM) analysis has become a…

By Yaron Tayar
2 MIN READ