The Day a PCB Was Born
By John Burkhert JrI want to take you back to a project that highlights a few twists as all good projects will. 17 years ago I was presented with 20 pounds of potatoes and a 10 pound bag. The bag was...
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By John Burkhert JrBringing a multiboard system together is a chance for the designer to spread their wings. As the circuit spreads, so do the risk of crossed signals. Some of the ways the circuits can...
View ArticleEmpowering Learning: New Learning – Cadence Allegro and OrCAD Release17.2-2016
Interested in an easy-to-use, collaborative, and robust design-environment that reduces design cycle? Use, Cadence® Allegro® and OrCAD® release 17.2-2016. Here are the 10 Top Reasons to Move Up to...
View ArticleCustomer Support Recommends – Rigid-Flex in Allegro PCB Editor 17.2
Cadence Online Support has this Rapid Adoption Kit (RAK) on Rigid-Flex in Allegro PCB Editor 17.2 that introduces a flow to define unique stackups by physical zone. The Cross Section Editor in 17.2 has...
View ArticleFollow Video-Embedded Troubleshooting Articles for Easier Debugging and...
Finding a way out of situations is routine in today’s ever changing world—more so in the world of tech. Our problems range from trivial to critical. Mostly, people look for simple solutions that are...
View ArticleCDNLive China: Interviewing with Allegro R&D VP Saugat Sen
Recently, CDNLive China was held in Shanghai. What are the highlights of PCB Track? What are the latest news in the industry? What are the development strategies for Cadence PCB/Packaging? We conducted...
View ArticleCustomer Support Recommends –Team Design in DE-HDL 17.2
Accelerating product time to market, achieving significantly higher productivity and efficiently working in global engineering teams are the key challenges being faced by designers. Team Design...
View ArticleReal World (Unexpected) Examples of Multi-Board PCB Systems
What do reusable rockets, self-driving cars, and the blockchain have in common? Besides breaching major milestones in the last 3-5 years, they are all stellar examples of how advancements in...
View ArticleHow is a Multi-board PCB System Assembly Different from Rigid-Flex Assembly
When people typically think of multi-board PCB design, they tend to picture racks of boards in server farms or the components of a gaming rig. But what if your typical rigid boards don’t fit within the...
View ArticleHow To Maintain Connectivity in a Multi-Board PCB System
Today’s electronics often incorporate multiple interconnected printed circuit boards (PCB) into their designs. Getting all the components in a multi-board system to work together as a cohesive final...
View ArticleCDNLive China: Interviewing with Allegro R&D VP Saugat Sen
Recently, CDNLive China was held in Shanghai. What are the highlights of PCB Track? What are the latest news in the industry? What are the development strategies for Cadence PCB/Packaging? We conducted...
View ArticleCustomer Support Recommends –Team Design in DE-HDL 17.2
Accelerating product time to market, achieving significantly higher productivity and efficiently working in global engineering teams are the key challenges being faced by designers. Team Design...
View ArticleDude, Where Are Your Files?
Let me tell you a funny story.We’ve been working with an outside research agency to write an eBook with new insights into ECAD data management. And based on the findings, I wanted to write a blog about...
View ArticleTop 10 Reasons Why You Need Allegro System Design Authoring (SDA)
When it comes to choosing a design-capture tool in the EDA world, there is no one-size-fits-all solution. Depending on a variety of factors, most of all personal preferences, the answer to “Which is...
View ArticleTech Blog Series: Know How Your Circuit Works! — Understand It Better and...
Using Sensitivity Analysis of PSpiceI was thinking of writing a series of blogs showcasing what all ammunition's a circuit designer may need to deal with any complex circuits today. So, here's the...
View ArticleHow Do I Know What Functionality to Put on Which Board/Component Placement...
There’s only so much you can do with a single printed circuit board (PCB). We’ve seen advances in miniaturization and the steady rise in the number of transistors you can squeeze on a single chip.(read...
View ArticleCustomer Support Recommends –Team Design in DE-HDL 17.2
Accelerating product time to market, achieving significantly higher productivity and efficiently working in global engineering teams are the key challenges being faced by designers. Team Design...
View ArticleDude, Where Are Your Files?
Let me tell you a funny story.We’ve been working with an outside research agency to write an eBook with new insights into ECAD data management. And based on the findings, I wanted to write a blog about...
View ArticleTop 10 Reasons Why You Need Allegro System Design Authoring (SDA)
When it comes to choosing a design-capture tool in the EDA world, there is no one-size-fits-all solution. Depending on a variety of factors, most of all personal preferences, the answer to “Which is...
View ArticleTech Blog Series: Know How Your Circuit Works! — Understand It Better and...
Using Sensitivity Analysis of PSpiceI was thinking of writing a series of blogs showcasing what all ammunition's a circuit designer may need to deal with any complex circuits today. So, here's the...
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