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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
Engineers working on PCB designs.

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
Icons for PCB components and design processes.

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

Latest posts

PCBflow board viewer

See more with new PCBflow board viewer

May 29, 2022

New release, new features PCBflow, the online tool and collaboration space, keeps getting better! The latest release includes several new…

By Ofer Lavi Ben-David
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Built-in Security Equals Peace of Mind

May 25, 2022

The cybersecurity landscape continues to rapidly evolve, with resultant vulnerabilities too often headline news. Who can forget Log4j? Facing this…

By Matt Walsh
2 MIN READ
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Proactive Design for Test (DFT) best practices

May 11, 2022

The process of PCB DFT needs to be considered sooner and more proactively in our PCB design process, incorporated in the schematic phase, not during the layout phase. A designer should determine what nets will be needed to be tested based on their likelihood of failure and position those pins in open, accessible real-estate.

By Patrick Hope
3 MIN READ
Z-planner Stackup design overview.

Practical advice on PCB stackup planning

April 28, 2022

The more technology advances, the more attention we must pay to every aspect of printed circuit board (PCB) design, including…

By Patrick Hope and Mark Forbes
< 1 MIN READ
Nistec PCBflow partner Online DFM tool

PCBflow now available from Nistec, Israel

April 10, 2022

Nistec Design, one of Israel’s largest PCB design bureaus, has signed on as the world’s first distributor of PCBflow, Siemens’…

By Ofer Lavi Ben-David
< 1 MIN READ
Test Drive Valor DFM software

Test Drive Valor NPI Free for 30 Days

April 8, 2022

This free, online trial will let you learn how moving manufacturing knowledge into the layout process can eliminate potential manufacturing issues early with Valor NPI.

By Patrick Hope
2 MIN READ
DFM tool for SMBs

A customer survey confirms: Early DFM is more important than ever

March 31, 2022

It’s a given in manufacturing—the earlier you catch an error, the less it will cost to remedy. In the electronics…

By Shirley Segev
4 MIN READ

What’s New in Xpedition IC Packaging-VX.2.11

March 29, 2022

Xpedition IC Packaging VX.2.11 delivers capabilities targeting heterogenous integration and the prototyping, planning, design and verification of next-generation 2.5/3D package…

By John McMillan
< 1 MIN READ

PADS Professional VX.2.11 is Now Available!

March 28, 2022

PADS Professional solves the problems other unified PCB design tools don’t. With industry-leading placement, routing, and analysis technologies, PADS Professional contains everything you need…

By John McMillan
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