PCB design - Electronic Systems Design

Proactive Design for Test (DFT) best practices

May 11, 2022

The process of PCB DFT needs to be considered sooner and more proactively in our PCB design process, incorporated in the schematic phase, not during the layout phase. A designer should determine what nets will be needed to be tested based on their likelihood of failure and position those pins in open, accessible real-estate.

By Patrick Hope

3 MIN READ

PCBflow now available from Nistec, Israel

April 10, 2022

Nistec Design, one of Israel’s largest PCB design bureaus, has signed on as the world’s first distributor of PCBflow, Siemens’…

By Ofer Lavi Ben-David

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PADS Professional VX.2.11 is Now Available!

March 28, 2022

PADS Professional solves the problems other unified PCB design tools don’t. With industry-leading placement, routing, and analysis technologies, PADS Professional contains everything you need…

By John McMillan

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CONNECT – For PADS Professional

February 1, 2022

Going beyond your desktop workspace and seamlessly collaborating with teammates and partners worldwide in a secure cloud environment just got…

By John McMillan

2 MIN READ

Validating, costing and sourcing with PCBflow

January 12, 2022

PCBflow aims to make the design-to-manufacturing process simpler and more efficient. With the addition of our two new features we…

By Yossy Pinhas

2 MIN READ

What is Design for Manufacturing?

January 4, 2022

PCB Design for Manufacturing DFM looks at all factors that may impact the manufacturability of a PCB design, such as assembly, fabrication, flex/rigid-flex, microvia, panel and substrate. It should also consider whether SMT component placement and soldering can be conducted automatically to reduce costs. DFM can involve general manufacturing specifications and/or the specifications of a specific manufacturer.

By Patrick Hope

4 MIN READ

Flex & rigid-flex PCB DFM: Learn from the expert

November 24, 2021

Flex and rigid-flex circuits use unique materials in the manufacturing process and must be handled differently than FR4 PCBs.

By Patrick McGoff

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PCBflow in use at Siemens CT online DFM analysis tool

Easy and fast DFM analysis now available for PCB designers

November 22, 2021

PCB designers face a lot of challenges. On one hand, the design must fulfill the electrical functionality requirements. On the…

By Shirley Segev

2 MIN READ

The last step in PCB design needs more attention

October 18, 2021

We put a lot of attention on the first step of a process and then it seems we fall behind schedule. By the time you get to the last step of a process you are out of time and just need to wrap things up. How often are you pressed by management to get a PCB design out the door and sent to the fab house?

By Patrick McGoff

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