Replicate Modules and Apply Them to Your Design
Important circuits are used more than once in PCB designs. Power supplies, amplifiers and interfaces often need replication down to the final detail.
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How to Avoid PCB Assembly and Subassembly Redesign
No one likes doing the same task over when it could have been done better the first time. By implementing DFM and DFA, you can avoid the wasted time, additional cost, and frustration of PCB assembly a
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Design Reuse Within a PCB Layout and Beyond
As PCB Designers, we are often tasked with filling out a board with geometry that repeats itself. Better physical resemblance usually equals better performance.
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Making 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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Real 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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Don’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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Outsourcing 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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PCB 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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Top 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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Top 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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Top 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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Top 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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On 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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Shape 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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7 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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