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Placement Challenges: Hey You, Get Off of My Cloud!

Placement Challenges: Hey You, Get Off of My Cloud!

This is the second post in this series. View the first one here. A placement challenge that I had to…

PADS VX Draws Crowds from Around the World

PADS VX Draws Crowds from Around the World

Mike Griesbach, the PADS Product Line Director, and I had the pleasure of traveling the globe conducting a worldwide seminar…

Vblog ! How the Free Land Pattern Creator in PADS will save you time!: Part 4

Vblog ! How the Free Land Pattern Creator in PADS will save you time!: Part 4

This is the 4th of my 5-part blog series focusing on cool features, tips and tricks that will enable you…

Don’t miss this Free Web Seminar on how to shorten PCB design time with PADS real-time data synchronization and integration

Don’t miss this Free Web Seminar on how to shorten PCB design time with PADS real-time data synchronization and integration

Are you tired of having to undo days of work and upload new ASCII files whenever the engineer “tweaks” the…

How the Free Land Pattern Creator in PADS will save you time! :  Part 3

How the Free Land Pattern Creator in PADS will save you time! : Part 3

This is the 3rd of my 5-part blog series focusing on cool features, tips and tricks that will enable you…

How the Free Land Pattern Creator in PADS will save you time! :  Part 2

How the Free Land Pattern Creator in PADS will save you time! : Part 2

This is the 2nd of my 5-part blog series focusing on fun facts, tips and tricks that will enable you…

Does trace width matter much?

Does trace width matter much?

I guess that all depends on what you are talking about… for Signal Integrity, trace width is very important, as…

How the Free Land Pattern Creator in PADS will save you time! :  Part 1

How the Free Land Pattern Creator in PADS will save you time! : Part 1

In this 5-part blog series I’ll focus on cool features and tips and tricks that will enable you to get…

PCB and Routing Solutions: Centering Traces in BGA

PCB and Routing Solutions: Centering Traces in BGA

This is the second post in this routing series. View the introduction post here. To increase fabrication yield, it is…