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Behind the Design: Sanmina Corporation

Behind the Design: Sanmina Corporation

This is the third post in a series showcasing the winners of the 2014 Technology Leadership Awards. View the previous…

Now Available – Unlimited connections with Designer premium editions!

Now Available – Unlimited connections with Designer premium editions!

New Designer premium editions with unlimited connections are now available on DigiKey.com! Thats right!, our EDN 2014 “Hot 100” award…

Xpedition® Starter Libraries: Building Blocks of PCB Design

Xpedition® Starter Libraries: Building Blocks of PCB Design

Shortly after I graduated with my Associates degree in technical drafting, I entered the world of computer aided design. I…

Cool Earth Solar powers up designs with PADS

Cool Earth Solar powers up designs with PADS

Cool Earth Solar designs and develops solar products to reduce the world’s dependence on fossil fuels. The company has created…

Behind the Design: Seagate

Behind the Design: Seagate

This is the second post in a series showcasing the winners of the 2014 Technology Leadership Awards. View the first…

PCB Routing Solutions: New Interactive Routing Styles

PCB Routing Solutions: New Interactive Routing Styles

As you may already know, the Xpedition VX.1 release is now available to customers. I encourage you to take some…

Behind the Design: Alcatel-Lucent

Behind the Design: Alcatel-Lucent

This is the first in a series showcasing the winners of the 2014 Technology Leadership Awards. The votes are in…

PCB Design Archiving – 6 Key Areas of Functionality

PCB Design Archiving – 6 Key Areas of Functionality

Long gone are the days of manually backing up and archiving PCB design data or running scripts or routines that…

2014 In Review – PADS Highlights

2014 In Review – PADS Highlights

2014 was a very busy and exciting year for PADS. Here is a look back at the top 3 PADS…