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Elementary, Mr. Watson: Ensuring Design Integrity

03/28/2024 | John Watson -- Column: Elementary, Mr. Watson
Back in February, many of us watched the "Big Game." It reminded me of the saying, “It's not how you start that is important, but rather how you finish." It is perfectly okay when you are talking about sports, you get off to a bad first half and need to recover in the second half. However, when it comes to PCB design, this is not a good practice. If things start badly, they usually don't recover. They continue down that same path, costing more money and losing design time.  

The Challenges, Opportunities, and Future Specialties of PCB Design

03/19/2024 | Stephen V. Chavez, Siemens EDA
What were once specialties have become more generalized over time—PCB designers must learn about design automation, signal integrity (SI), electromagnetic compatibility (EMC), complex high-speed design, mechanical design, and manufacturability/producibility. Design engineers must learn about layout, simulation, and supply chains—and in their place new specialties have emerged, like multi-gigabit SerDes channel design, advanced manufacturing, IoT, and multi-physics system verification.

OrCADX: High Performance That's Easy to Use

03/14/2024 | Andy Shaughnessy, I-Connect007
During DesignCon, I spoke with Chris Banton of EMA about the newest developments around OrCADX, which provides PCB designers with more design automation capability across the whole design process in an easy-to-use GUI. As Chris says, this tool is designed for agile design teams, and features an updated PCB UX, an enhanced 3D engine, SolidWorks integration, and AI for a superior user experience.

The Shaughnessy Report: The Myriad Opportunities—and Challenges

03/12/2024 | Andy Shaughnessy -- Column: The Shaughnessy Report
If you look at the current state of PCB design, there are a lot of positive indicators. We have almost full employment in this great career that appeals to the techie side of the brain as well as the artistic side. You can make good money as a designer without ever seeing the inside of a college. This segment is in constant flux. It’s challenging, and that’s part of what makes it fun. But there’s one big problem: There aren’t enough designers, and the problem is likely to get worse before it gets better.

March 2024: Design007 Magazine Looks at Opportunities and Challenges

03/11/2024 | I-Connect007 Editorial Team
In the March 2024 issue of Design007 Magazine, we asked our expert contributors to discuss the many challenges and opportunities in the PCB design community, and they shared their thoughts on what can be done to grow the numbers of PCB designers—and design instructors. Join us: We truly need your help. How do you think we can attract more young people into the PCB design segment?
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