Inspiring the Evolution of Embedded Design

June 30, 2020

PCB Design Tools

Software Lets PCB Designers Work from Anywhere

Altium has rolled out several initiatives to keep the electronics industry moving forward, including aggressive pricing for Altium Designer perpetual licenses with Altium 365 subscriptions. Altium 365 is a cloud platform for PCB design and realization.

Multi-Board Design for Applications with Different Voltages

Stacking PCBs in a multi-board design is a current and highly popular trend, as manufacturing costs are reduced and reliability improved. In this Zuken blog post, Herbert Ritthaler explains the benefits of developing the boards concurrently on a single CAD canvas using Zuken's CR-8000 Design Force..

IC Vendor Taps 3D Tool for

SoC-PCB Analysis

Cadence Design Systems has announced that Ambarella has adopted the Cadence Clarity 3D Solver for design of their next-generation AI vision processors. For a recent evaluation, an Ambarella computer vision (CV) system on chip (SoC) and PCB were run on the Cadence Clarity 3D Solver.

Highlighter Markers and

X-Acto Knives

In his July Circuit Cellar editorial, Chief Editor Jeff Child takes a look at how PCB design has evolved in his lifetime, recalling the days of PCB layout edits made using X-Acto knives and PCB verification using highlighter markers.

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How Can I Catch Schematic Errors More Easily?

It’s no secret that PCB design can be a slow and unruly process. It’s 2020, and board designs are more fine-tuned than ever. Issues on the board therefore require a fine-tuned solution that saves you time. In this Mentor blog post, Nicole from Mentor, a Siemens Business, looks at how to catch tricky schematic errors.