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    How to use Schematic CAD Drawings for Cable Assemblies: Part 4 Sainesh Solanki continues his blog series on using Schematic CAD tools for cable and wiring harness design. In this 4th installment, Sainesh discusses how to clearly lay out the cable assembly drawing on the schematic page, along with the electrical schematic for generating a netlist for testing and DRC later on. Doing the cable assembly drawing in a Printed Board layout assembly Now that we have created the computer-aided design circuit, it is Read Article
    How to use Schematic CAD Drawings for Cable Assemblies: Part 2 The need to design cable assembly drawings often falls to the electronics design team, but for many the use of high-cost dedicated cabling design software is simply out of reach and overkill. In this second installment of the cable design blog series Sainesh Solanki reveals the needed design elements of the components used in a great cable assembly drawings. These schematic symbols and their associated parameters and other items will make your Read Article
    How to use Schematic CAD Drawings for Cable Assemblies: Part 1 The need for computer-aided cable assembly drawings often falls to the electronics design team, but for many the use of high-cost dedicated cabling design software is simply out of reach and overkill. The solution? Use the Schematic Editor! Most electronic engineers work on products that require Printed Circuit Board designs to be interconnected by cable assemblies. As you might have already noticed, some dedicated tools that primarily focus on Read Article
    How to use Schematic CAD Drawings for Cable Assemblies: Part 3 The long anticipated part 3 in Sainesh Solanki's Cable and Harness Design blog series is here! This installment continues the establishment of libraries with connector heads and crimp lugs, as well as how to model heatshrinks. We introduce some parameters too,which enable wire-to-crimp compatibility checks. Take a look! Creating Components Continued... There are two additional schematic symbols that can be added into your . The first is the crimp Read Article