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Read ArticleMaking the Most of a Design Win
It is a wonderful time to be a maker of products. Find an underserved niche and give the world a tangible solution. Famous movie quote, “If you build it, they will come.” The hard part becomes finding
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Read ArticleOrCAD Symbol Editor
In the Enhanced Symbol Editor, there's no need to leave symbol creation environment to perform any edits/ changes. Efficient selection of overlapped objects, hence easy to differentiate leading...
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Read ArticleReal Time Feedback While Designing with OrCAD Constraint Driven Flow
Real-time DRC engine provides immediate constraint pass/fail feedback as the design progresses, enabling designers to make quick adjustments on the fly.
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Read ArticleDon’t Waste Time Re-inventing the Wheel: Take advantage of the reuse feature in PCB Clustering for OrCAD
Have you or your team ever designed a board with the intention of reusing the same parts and circuits in future projects? Oftentimes you will run into instances where portions of your circuitry...
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Read ArticleOutsourcing PCB Design? 8 Reasons Having a PCB Design Tool In-House is a Smart Idea
Moving a design from concept to a completed board is an involved process—especially when the design is outsourced—there are many opportunities for problems to arise. In order to mitigate potential...
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Read ArticlePCB Clustering for OrCAD: AutoClustering™
Placing components has traditionally been a tedious, manual process no one in today’s day in age—with all the technological advancements out there—wants to deal with. As timelines shorten and an...
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Read ArticleTop Five Problems Ultra Librarian for OrCAD Solves: Do you need access to 3D models? (5 of 5)
As a PCB design engineer today, you experience a large amount of pressure to create smaller, faster, more intelligent products. Consequently, it has become increasingly important for ECAD and MCAD...
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Read ArticleTop Five Problems Ultra Librarian for OrCAD Solves: Having trouble finding unified part libraries? Symbols, footprints, and 3D models all ne
How many times have you worked on a design where three different people created the symbol, footprint, and 3D model—and of course they don’t match? The symbol doesn’t have the right number of...
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Read ArticleTop Five Problems Ultra Librarian for OrCAD Solves: Are You Tired of Dealing with Incomplete and Unreliable CAD Libraries? (3 of 5)
There are various different CAD libraries available online to help you get started with your PCB design. Anyone can develop a part library and upload it, unfortunately, that does not mean that the...
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Read ArticleTop Five Problems Ultra Librarian for OrCAD Solves: Is The Creation of Parts Taking You Hours? (2 of 5)
As you are probably already aware- a lot goes into designing a printed circuit board. From routing to part selection, signal quality, and manufacturability, PCB designers have a lot to evaluate....
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Top Five Problems Ultra Librarian for OrCAD Solves: Do You Waste Too Much Time Outside the CAD Environment? (1 of 5)
PCB design engineers are often forced to leave their native CAD program in order to create or search for parts. Having multiple windows switching between different platforms can be time consuming,...
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Read ArticleOn Board, as in Life, Timing is Everything (almost) | PCB Trace Length – Staying in the Sweet Spot
We are lucky to have the technology that helps us manage timing constraints. X-nets, pin-pairs, and match-groups may seem a little daunting at first. Once mastered, these are fantastic tools for...
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Read ArticleShape Creation and Management
With OrCAD, you don’t have to worry about lost time repouring shapes every time you make an adjustment.
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Read Article7 Habits of Highly Effective Engineers
Engineers are responsible for many of the great inventions and technology the world depends on today. Everything from space shuttles to air conditioning systems to hearing aids requires the work...
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Read ArticleDesign Strategies - WiFi 802.11
Of course, you know what WiFi is. You can get it wherever money changes hands. Being WiFi-enabled is a low-risk strategy when it comes to the number of hot-spots you're likely to pass through on a...
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Read ArticleReuse and Replication in OrCAD PCB Editor
See how easy it is to quickly reuse circuitry with the place replicate feature in OrCAD PCB Editor.
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Read ArticleOrCAD QIR5 Custom Design Workflow Toolbar
When desigining, quick access to frequently used commands can help increase productivity. The custominzable design workflow toolbar allows you to create custom worlflows for specific task and...
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Read ArticleOrCAD QIR 5 Find by Query
OrCAD's find by query feature makes it easy to search within your design when your boards start to get large, dense, or both.
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Read ArticleInteractive Routing
Routing dense, complex designs is quicker and easier with OrCAD. There are no routing modes to remember or cycle through. Just select the trace you want, or all the traces you want, and start...
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Read ArticleOrCAD Fanout and Vias
Most designs these days use one or more BGAs, QFNs, and other high pin - count devices. They're repetitive, and fanouts are perfect for automation. But just adding traces and vias is not...
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