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Better PCB design using the fabricator’s view
PCB designers can get so deeply immersed in their work that they hardly consider manufacturing. It can be difficult to see the forest for the trees. Adopting another perspective — that of fabricating...
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Make best-practice lean NPI for PCB a reality
Almost every PCB designer has had problems when a product has gone to manufacturing. They are often associated with manufacturing processes or yields, or with PCB assembly, and result in scrap or a lot...
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Eight steps for efficient PCB manufacturing and assembly – Part One
PCB manufacturing and assembly is a crucial stage that stands between the design of every technology device and the finished product. Critical business metrics – cost, quality, delivery, etc. – are...
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Eight steps for efficient PCB manufacturing and assembly – Part Two
In the first part of this series, we looked at the first four of the eight crucial steps that will help you achieve truly effective printed circuit board (PCB) manufacturing and assembly. Just to...
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Tackling the multi-board reality of systems of systems
Mentor Graphics has spent much of the last two years extending the capabilities of its Xpedition PCB software along the lines of a chip-to-package-to-board design flow. It was inevitable once that work...
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The Wally Rhines interview – Part Two: AI, automotive and security
Part One of our interview with Mentor chairman and CEO Wally Rhines looked at the mechanics of the company’s acquisition by Siemens. You can read that here. In Part Two, Rhines discusses more detail of...
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