Z-planner Enterprise - Electronic Systems Design

What’s new in Z-planner Enterprise 2510

October 27, 2025

The Z-planner Enterprise 2510 release of Z-planner continues to refine the product by focusing on simulation accuracy, overall ease of use and collaboration.

By Patrick Hope

4 MIN READ

Cutting your losses – loss planning and you

October 9, 2025

Loss planning – What is the best laminate for a loss budget of x dB for y inches? I was thinking in terms of Panasonic Megaton (sic) 6 or something like it.

By Bill Hargin

6 MIN READ

Copper thickness: Closing the knowledge gap to design success

August 13, 2025

Copper thickness determination of rolled and electro-deposited (ED) copper foil by weight provides far more accuracy than contact-thickness gauges. Since the topography of treated foil varies greatly, and since the density of copper is known, weighing a 1-by-1 foot sheet is the best way to determine the average thickness of a sheet of copper. So formally, the unit that we refer to as “ounces” is actually ounces per square foot.

By Bill Hargin

5 MIN READ

What’s new in Z-planner Enterprise 2504

August 4, 2025

Z-planner Enterprise 2504 release The latest 2504 release of Z-planner Enterprise delivers powerful updates that streamline stackup planning, improve rigid-flex…

By Patrick Hope

3 MIN READ

Your #1 defense against a crosstalk crisis

July 10, 2025

It’s been some time since I’ve seen an article on crosstalk, so I decided to take the opportunity to walk…

By Bill Hargin

8 MIN READ

PCB material selection for PCB stackup design

Avoid overspending on stackup materials in your PCBs – 8 high speed materials to consider

May 29, 2025

PCB material discussions are often focused around stackup material selection. These tend to be framed by questions like: ‘We use material ‘x’ for our designs and really like it. What do you think of it?’ This often veils the real question which is: ‘Do you know a good alternative to it?’

By Patrick Hope

10 MIN READ

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

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

Rigid-Flex Material Considerations

June 28, 2023

Flex and rigid-flex designs refer to a PCB that is partially or entirely constructed using flexible rather than exclusively rigid…

By Patrick Hope

5 MIN READ