{"id":4199,"date":"2015-06-15T10:27:07","date_gmt":"2015-06-15T17:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.mentor.com\/jimmartens\/?p=4199"},"modified":"2026-03-27T09:24:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T13:24:20","slug":"announcing-the-pcb-tech-talk-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/electronic-systems-design\/2015\/06\/15\/announcing-the-pcb-tech-talk-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing the PCB Tech Talk Podcast!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today I’m excited to announce a new podcast – PCB Tech Talk! In the first episode I talk about a paradigm shift in routing.<\/p>\n

Listen to the first episode and subscribe to the podcast by clicking on\u00a0http:\/\/pcbtechtalk.libsyn.com\/rss<\/a>\u00a0from your mobile device or manually adding the podcast within your mobile podcast app\u00a0using that same link.<\/strong> Or, if you prefer, you may listen through the player below.\u00a0Future episodes will be announced here on the blog and will show up in your podcast app of choice if you subscribe.<\/p>\n

\"PCB_Tech_Talk\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Have questions or topics of interest? Add them in the comments below or send them to\u00a0pcb_techtalk@mentor.com<\/a> so that we can feature them in future episodes.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

PCB Tech Talk: Episode 1 – The New Path to PCB Routing Success<\/h2>\n

Ask any PCB designer you know about autorouters and you\u2019ll likely get the same response, \u201cthey just don\u2019t get the job done.\u201d\u00a0You\u2019ll often hear that autorouter results \u201caren\u2019t good enough or even close\u201d to being comparable to what PCB designers know they can accomplished with hand routing.<\/p>\n

Packing 10lbs in a 5lb Bag<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fact is, when we break up todays PCB design cycle into individual tasks \u2013 like library development, schematic, component placement, pre-routes, etc.,\u00a0one of the biggest, if not the biggest chunks of time we spend on the design is with design connectivity. That is, turning all those rats, thousands\u00a0even tens of thousands in many cases into traces.<\/p>\n

Oh, and if things weren\u2019t already tough enough how about adding rules and constraints to 90 percent of those nets!<\/p>\n

Rules on EVERY net? \u00a0So what!<\/strong><\/p>\n

With designs becoming more complex, rules on nearly every net, and PCBs becoming smaller and denser every year, autorouting designs is not getting any easier.<\/p>\n

But, imagine this — a\u00a0new technology, one that combines automatic routing power with user-controlled interactive routing. That is, a technology capable of producing the same high-quality results that are achieved with hand routing.<\/p>\n

Seeing is believing!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sound interesting? Listen to my podcast and you\u2019ll learn about a\u00a0new technology called Sketch Routing<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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