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DFM collaborator view in PCBflow

DFM profile collaboration and management

May 8, 2025

I have always had a certain affinity for the saying ‘the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over…

By Max Clark
4 MIN READ
Data safety in PCBflow

How the PCBflow platform keeps your data safe

April 7, 2025

A look at how PCBflow keeps your board design and manufacturing capability files secure

By Tal Zur
2 MIN READ
Icons of file folders

Design for manufacturing output files – optimizing engineering to manufacturing efficiency

March 18, 2025

As PCB design and manufacturing become increasingly complex, the choice of design for manufacturing output files plays a crucial role in streamlining processes, reducing errors, and improving time to market.

By Stephen V. Chavez
4 MIN READ
blind and buried vias

Blind and buried vias: An HDI technology

March 13, 2025

One of the key innovations within HDI PCB design is the use of blind and buried vias, which enhance routing capabilities by freeing up additional routing resources, increasing the amount of routing channels while requiring fewer signal layers, and optimizing board space.

By Stephen V. Chavez
5 MIN READ
What's new in z-planner 2024.1

What’s new in Z-planner Enterprise 2409 – stackup design wizard, impedance, compare stackups, DFSI

September 30, 2024

What’s new in version 2024.1 of Z-planner Enterprise including information on the enhanced stackup design wizard, impedance tab, compare stackups, improved import/export, DFSI and more

By Patrick Hope
4 MIN READ
Altera Stratix IV

Component Assembly Risk Assessment tool in Valor NPI 2403

July 23, 2024

With a Manufacturing Driven Design, Valor NPI brings specialized component assembly knowledge into and throughout the entire NPI lifecycle. This allows designers and NPI engineers to have immediate and direct access to the knowledge of their specialists throughout the design flow, allowing individual and intelligent DFM reviews to happen at any all points of the process.

By Patrick Hope
4 MIN READ
PCB DFM fabrication

4 things a PCB librarian needs to know about PCB fabrication

May 7, 2024

a PCB librarian also needs to understand how the PCB is going to be built by a PCB fabrication factory. The PCB fabrication process involves dozens of steps, which can often be more complicated than the PCB assembly process.

By Bill Ji
6 MIN READ
PCB assembly process and what a PCB librarian needs to know

The PCB assembly process: The 4 Things a PCB librarian must know

April 16, 2024

PCB assembly is one of the main fields that a good PCB librarian needs to know in detail, as it is the point where your board components interact with your final design. Understanding this interaction and the PCB assembly process in general is vital for your initial library creation and to ensure a seamless Design for Manufacturing strategy early in your design process.

By Bill Ji
6 MIN READ
Manufacturing Supply chain within the digital factory enables PCB DFM

Manufacturing supply chain resilience

March 26, 2024

PCB Components and the flexibility of manufacturing supply chain resilience involves alternate parts form an important part of Design for Manufacturing (DFM) within the industry. Leveraging a digital twin allows …

By Patrick McGoff
4 MIN READ