Utilizing Fanout Strategies To Maximize PCB Real Estate I have a coworker who always jokes about how “back in his day” PCB design was straightforward. While I usually take his comments as “old man” humor, I had to agree with him one day when I realized how dense my PCB designs had become. The pressure from management to make my boards smaller and smaller had resulted in some heavy routing issues and my dog bone fanout strategies were not cutting it. In designing integrated circuits, fanout refers to Read Article Heat Sink PCB Mounting: Maximizing Cooling with Best Design Practices for a Surface Mount Image Source: Flickr user bengt-re ( CC BY 2.0 ) Just How Important Are Heat Sinks? It’s a hot summer day in smoggy Brooklyn… Your fan is in an awkward spot in your overcrowded apartment and you can’t shake the heat. If only you could restructure your apartment’s layout so that the fan is blowing air in your direction to cool you down. The same can be said for your printed circuit board heat sink design if your surface mount technology (SMT) heat Read Article 1:06 Unified Design Environment - Benefits Watch Video 1:23 Maximum Design Efficiency - Benefits Watch Video 2:11 Introduction To PCBWorks - Overview Watch Video 2:36 Creating And Editing Board Shape - How-To Watch Video 3:56 Creating A Component - How-To Watch Video 3:07 Cross-Probe, Selection, Masking And Highlighting - How-To Watch Video 2:00 Compare Differences - How-To Watch Video 2:15 Generate Manufacturing Outputs - How-To Watch Video 4:11 Grids And Alignment - How-To Watch Video 3:12 Find And Place Components - How-To Watch Video 1:51 The Inspector Panel - How-To Watch Video 1:51 ECAD To MCAD Collaboration - How-To Watch Video 2:48 Multi-Sheet Schematic Pages - How-To Watch Video 2:10 Start A New PCB Project - How-To Watch Video 2:08 Pin Swapping - How-To Watch Video Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹‹ Page182 Current page183 Page184 Page185 Page186 Page187 Next page ›› Last page Last » Load More