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FPGA/PCB co-design

PCB design best practices: FPGA/PCB co-design

September 20, 2023

The next best practice in the model-based systems engineering pillar is FPGA/PCB co-design and optimization. What is FPGA/PCB co-design? FPGA/PCB…

By Stephen Chavez
2 MIN READ
Image of a 3D model showing electrical/electronic co-design in Xpedition software

PCB design best practices: electrical/electronic co-design

September 11, 2023

What is electrical/electronic co-design? Circuit boards don’t work in isolation, they usually interface with other circuit boards via connectors, cables…

By Stephen Chavez
2 MIN READ
Screen shot of Xpedition software with text onscreen that says 4.1 multi-board design

PCB design best practices: multi-board PCB design

August 28, 2023

What is multi-board PCB design? Multi-board PCB design is the design of multiple printed circuit boards that make up one…

By Stephen Chavez
2 MIN READ

Latest posts

Know your limits

Know your limits

March 5, 2012

“A man’s got to know his limitations” … true, and so does a digital bus.  Clint Eastwood’s quote to conclude…

By Patrick Carrier
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PADS Tips and Tricks – Cross Probing

PADS Tips and Tricks – Cross Probing

March 2, 2012

This weeks tip comes from Yan Killy, Technical Marketing Engineering, talking about cross probing between your schematic and PADS Layout…

By Jim Martens
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2012 U2U Meetings

2012 U2U Meetings

February 29, 2012

Mentor is getting ready to kickoff this year’s regional USER2USER meetings – I hope you can find time to attend,…

By Jim Martens
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PADS Tips and Tricks – Mounting Holes

PADS Tips and Tricks – Mounting Holes

February 24, 2012

Hello, I am starting a new regular topic to this blog – PADS Tips & Tricks.  These will be quick…

By Jim Martens
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Is The Job Market Getting Better?

Is The Job Market Getting Better?

February 20, 2012

The past few months I’ve visited several customers, and they have all had similar comments – their businesses are looking…

By Jim Martens
< 1 MIN READ
Fabrication and Assembly Analysis?

Fabrication and Assembly Analysis?

February 8, 2012

Do it right the first time – we all first heard this from our parents as kids, and throughout our…

By Jim Martens
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Gerber to ODB++ – Have You Made the Move?

Gerber to ODB++ – Have You Made the Move?

January 25, 2012

We’ve all used Gerber, NC drill, and Excel files for years (decades really) to output our fabrication and assembly data…

By Jim Martens
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Shorter stubs are getting longer

Shorter stubs are getting longer

November 4, 2011

…It all depends on how fast you are trying to go.  That’s really the name of the game with anything…

By Patrick Carrier
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Stupid vias… {grumble grumble}

Stupid vias… {grumble grumble}

November 3, 2011

Yeah, I can totally see Homer Simpson designing his SERDES bus and getting frustrated by all the additional insertion loss…

By Patrick Carrier
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