Managing Your PCB Design Through BOM Planning: What’s Important
With proper PCB design BOM planning, you’ll resolve communication challenges. Here is what you’ll need to keep in mind when taking on the BOM challenge.
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PCB Floorplanning: The First Step to PCB Design Integrity
PCB floorplanning makes layout for minimizing noise and other RF signal issues much simpler than remembering all of Maxwell’s equations.
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Optimizing Your BOM for Rapid Prototype Manufacturing
Through optimizing your BOM for rapid prototype manufacturing, you ensure your product gets to the full design phase quick and with as little pain as possible.
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Take the Fear out of PCB Form Factors with These Four Considerations
When trying to fit a million things into a single device, how can you mitigate issues that arise when dealing with your PCB form factor.
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Assessing the Post-Development Hardships of Uncontrolled Data Management
Get your project completed faster with powerful design data mangement.
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Design Release Management and Communicating Intent
Get the clarity and transparency you need for successful product deployment.
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How to Keep Your PCB Design Variants Synchronized
New products can address different markets and requirements, but how do you go about keeping all of your design variants synchronized?
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Altium Designer 17 and the Ever-Changing World of PCB Design Software
We targeted the improvements introduced in Altium Designer 17 directly at the needs of the PCB designers and engineers — you — who are actually going to be using the product. What a concept!The...
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How to Navigate the Perils of PCB Design Review
Whether you’re a first-time designer or a hardened veteran, the integrity of your designs relies heavily on inspecting a product for potential issues before production. What can be done to...
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Bridging the Gap Between EDA and PLM
The manual process of transferring data between your ECAD and PLM systems is often cumbersome and error-prone. Simplify the process while maintaining complete synchronization between the two...
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The Top Two File Format Alternatives to Replace Gerber RS-274X
Despite its popular use in about 90% of all PCBs designed worldwide, Gerber RS-274X has several practical limitations that can lead to a number of problems during your fabrication process. What...
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Creating a custom pick-and-place file
I recently worked with a customer who had to generate a nonstandard pick and place file because his assembly house was using antiquated equipment and could not accept a standard pick and place...
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