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Designing the Stiffness Out of a Flex or Rigid/Flex Circuit
Tips for designing flex circuits for PCB
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How Technology Creep Has Impacted PCB Design
Learn about how advancements in technology have impacted PCB Design
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How To: HDMI
 High Definition Media Interface is a beautiful thing. Back when 1080P meant something, the HDMI spec entered the scene as an upgrade on the legacy trio or quintet of RCA cables. The number of...
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Panelization Functionality now included in OrCAD PCB Designer Professional
The latest version of the OrCAD software helps you to streamline your design process and design better products at a quicker pace. One key feature that has been added to the latest release of...
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Cross Probing, Intertool Communication, and PCB Design
Part of your PCB design process can be described as bouncing back and forth between the schematic, which visually depicts the components and their connections as symbols in a circuit diagram, and...
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Power Supply in Schematic Capture and Circuit Simulation
source: commons.wikipedia From robots to electric vehicles to data centers and IoT devices—the one thing every circuit has in common is the need for a power supply. Different circuits will have...
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Flat Schematics vs. Hierarchical Design
 Every PCB design starts with a circuit diagram (also known as a schematic)—a graphical representation of all the components and their connections within an electrical circuit. The process of...
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PSpice Simulation
So you’ve created a circuit diagram with OrCAD Capture, you’ve already run a design rule check (DRC), and you’re ready to verify your circuit’s electrical performance. How do you do it? While...
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How Adding SPICE To Your EDA Workflow Makes Circuit Simulation Interactive
There’s no question that EDA (electronic design automation) tools have made PCB design easier and more accessible to the masses. We have schematic capture tools that allow you to whip up a...
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Why You Should Incorporate Real-Time Circuit Simulation Into Your EDA Workflow
It’s hard to imagine PCB design without the convenience of EDA (electronic design automation) software: Schematic capture editors allow you to build circuits on-the-fly by linking component...
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What is Annotation and Back Annotation in PCB Design?
 There are two cases where the words annotation and back-annotation will come up in the context of PCB design. One has to do with the general EDA (electronic design automation) workflow:...
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What is a PCB Netlist?
So you’ve created a PCB schematic using OrCAD Capture, and you’re ready to take your design to the next step in the electronic design automation (EDA) process with a PCB layout tool. How would...
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PCB Dimensions in Manufacturing
 So you’ve just completed your PCB design, and you’re about ready to send those CAD files over to the fabrication house. But there’s just one problem—you’ve designed a new form factor with...
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Gerber vs. CAD: PCB File Formats Demystified
 Today’s PCBs can be quite complex, there are multiple layers of traces, vias, and components that must fit together with a high degree of precision. One small error can turn a PCB into an...
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Are Acid Traps Still a Problem for PCBs in 2019?
 There’s an old rule of thumb circling around the PCB designer communities — avoid acute angles (
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How PCB Panelization Can Improve Your Manufacturing Process
 How PCB Panelization Can Improve Your Manufacturing Process PCB panelization is the art of organizing multiple boards on a single panel in order to manufacture more efficiently. From...
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Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Chamfering in PCB Design
source: wikipedia Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Chamfering in PCB Design Take any corner, cut it off, and you’re left with a chamfer. From your child-proof tables to the iconic...
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The Designer’s Guide to PCB Solder Defects
The Designer’s Guide to PCB Solder Defects During the inspection process you notice that some passive components aren’t sitting quite right. It seems as though they have pivoted up to stand at...
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Baby Steps to Self-Driving-Cars
Baby Steps to Self-Driving-Cars Image credit: Velodyne Lidar Most of us spend a good bit of time getting from place to place. Turning driving into work-time would add billions of productive...
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