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How to Add Secondary Sources to Your PCB Component Library with OrCAD X CIP

Collaborative PCB Design for Remote Teams with OrCAD X

Learn how remote PCB teams use OrCAD X collaboration tools to manage revisions, share design data, improve part control, and streamline PCB workflows.

Centralized PCB Component Library Management with OrCAD X CIP

Centralize PCB component library management with OrCAD X CIP to improve data integrity, streamline new part introduction, and gain real-time supply chain visibility.

How to Track Tariff Impact During PCB Component Selection

Track tariff impact during PCB component selection with OrCAD X CIP. Compare country of origin, HTSUSA data, and supply chain risk before parts reach the BOM.

Real-Time PCB Component Selection with OrCAD X CIP

Discover how OrCAD X CIP enables real-time part selection with integrated distributor data, parametric search, and supply chain visibility to accelerate PCB design and ensure component availability.

Real-Time Component Sourcing and Supply Chain Visibility for PCB Design with OrCAD X CIP

Learn how supply chain visibility in OrCAD X CIP enables real-time component availability, multi-sourcing, and data-driven PCB design decisions to reduce risk, ensure manufacturability, and improve BO

Real-Time Supply Chain and Compliance Management for PCB design using OrCAD X CIP

Learn how the OrCAD X CIP Compliance Module integrates real-time supply chain data, lifecycle insights, and regulatory compliance into PCB design workflows to reduce risk, ensure component ...

How to Incorporate Supply Chain Data into PCB Component Selection

Learn how to incorporate supply chain data into PCB component selection to reduce BOM risk, avoid redesigns, and ensure component availability throughout the design lifecycle.

What the Schematic Does Not Show in a Flyback Converter

Flyback converter design fails in what the schematic hides: isolation gaps, dual ground domains, leakage inductance spikes, and EMI return paths. Learn the first-pass decisions that make it work.

Why You Should Have Supply Chain Data in Your Library

Discover how supply chain data improves PCB component selection, BOM accuracy, and design for manufacturability to reduce risk and accelerate production.

Why SI and PI Must Be Solved Together During PCB Layout

Reference planes ensure signal & power integrity. Vias carry signal & power currents. Dielectrics impact both. Fixing one issue in isolation can break another.

PCB Crosstalk Is a Layout Decision, Not a Post-Layout Issue

Crosstalk is predictable from geometry. Discover how spacing, length, and reference planes affect crosstalk, and how to measure near/far-end crosstalk during routing in Sigrity X Aurora.

PCB Power Integrity Analysis: Why PDN Behavior Is a Geometry Problem

Your voltage regulator outputs clean power, but the IC has noise. The issue lies in the copper. Discover how plane spacing, cavity resonance, and via placement shape power delivery.

Why Rule-Based Signal Integrity Checks Miss EMC Issues

Your PCB passes design rule checks but fails signal integrity at 8 Gbps. Discover three failure modes geometric rules miss and how electrical analysis prevents them pre-fabrication.

RF PCB Layout: Transmission Lines, Impedance, and PDN Design

Explore PCB design for signal integrity with insights into transmission lines, PDN requirements and impedance control versus manufacturing concerns.

PDN Design for PCBs: A Power Integrity Overview

An overview of PDN design for PCBs, covering linear and switch mode power supplies plus placement and connectivity considerations for power integrity.

ICT vs Flying Probe: Factory Testing of PCB Assemblies

Learn how ICT and flying probe testing work in PCB assembly production, including test fixtures, SPC, burn-in, and design for testability tips.

Printed Circuit Board Design For Assembly

Optimize your PCB design for assembly with tips on component placement, double-sided boards, RoHS compliance, and creating efficient, error-free manufacturing processes

Printed Circuit Board Design for Test

Printed Circuit Board testing ensures reliable connections and functionality. Learn about continuity checks, evaluation boards, and DFx considerations for effective product placement.