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Read ArticleSo, You Want to be a CAD PCB Layout-er
Knowledge workers are of the variety that knows and does something that their manager probably doesn't. Even the schematic capture experts struggle with the layout software. It has always been a...
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Read ArticleThe Shapes of Things to Come
Once upon a time, the power would have an entire layer devoted to a single voltage domain. That would be the whole solution to making everything turn on. The definition of "everything" has changed...
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Read ArticleMakerFaire 2018: Making the Future
A circus of 3D printed robots, articulated metal squid, and giant, walking exoskeletons. Reflections of our time at Maker Faire Bay Area 2018.
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Read ArticleManufacturing Matters
No two board designs are the same. We could run a thought experiment. Given a token complexity level of a generic board that mixes a bit of digital with a slice of analog, every PCB designer would...
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Read ArticleNotes from the Board Room - A day in the life of a Googler
In my quest to become a world famous PCB designer, (stop laughing!) I've taken to putting my own words on the screen and sharing them here. My job is to enable design wins, period. It's a cruel...
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Read ArticleHow Do Manufacturing Tolerances Work?
In July 2017, a rollercoaster ride in Ohio failed dramatically, killing one person and injuring seven others. The cause of the accident? Corrosion. Roller coasters must operate and withstand...
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Read ArticleWhat is the Cost of Field Failures?
We see it in the news frequently; a battery explodes, car brakes malfunction, electronic systems are hacked, a material inexplicably fails. Field failures are costly and unforgiving, necessitating...
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Read ArticleOh Say Can You C? – Grappling with the USB type-C Connector
I can honestly say that I was working on the USB-C protocol before USB-C was cool. Google was/is part of the specification development consortium. My first encounter was in early 2015 trying to...
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Read ArticleOrCAD PCB Editor Tutorial: 12. 3D Modeling and Collision Detection
View and design in 3D. Learn how to map 3D STEP models to your parts, use the 3D canvas and check for collisions in 3D.
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Read ArticleOrCAD PCB Editor Tutorial: 11. Manufacturing Export
Produce and export manufacturing data, including drill information, gerber output, assembly drawings, solder and paste masks, and other essential documentation. PCB Editor has the ability to...
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Read ArticleOrCAD PCB Editor Tutorial: 10. Prepare for Manufacturing
Set your design up for fabrication and assembly. Setup fab drawings, dimensioning, title block, drill tables, cross section, and more.
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Read ArticleOrCAD PCB Editor Tutorial: 09. DRC checking and Manufacturing
Check the status of your board with DRC checking. Once completed, the DRC will then highlight design rule violations. When errors are corrected, prepare your files for manufacturing by placing...
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Read ArticleOrCAD PCB Editor Tutorial: 08. Routing
Pre-route the board by creating fanout for all the power and ground traces, route differential pairs and the rest of the entire board, then finalize the design by running a post- routing inspection.
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Read ArticleOrCAD PCB Editor Tutorial: 07. Create Copper Plane and Shapes
Create shapes and add copper pours to the plane layers, add dynamic healing for copper pouring and add void after creating copper plane.
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Read ArticleOrCAD PCB Editor Tutorial: 06. Set Up Differential Pairs and Constraint Manager
Set up the differential pairs and assign electrical, physical and spacing constraints to get ready for routing.
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Read ArticleOrCAD PCB Editor Tutorial: 05. Place Components
You can place your components manually or automatically in OrCAD. Seamless integration between OrCAD Capture and OrCAD PCB Editor allow you to cross place components and cross-probe between your...
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Read ArticleOrCAD PCB Editor Tutorial: 04.Create and Place Mechanical Symbols
Mechanical symbols represent physical objects that you can place in your board design and are not part of the netlist. One of the important mechanical symbols is the mounting hole. Create and...
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Read ArticleOrCAD PCB Editor Tutorial: 03. Set Up PCB Design and Draw a Board Outline
Set up design parameters and grid spacing to get ready for your PCB design, draw the board outline and add layers to your design.
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Read ArticleOrCAD PCB Editor Tutorial: 02.Generate a PCB Editor Netlist in OrCAD Capture
Once the schematic design is complete, the next step is to create a PCB Editor netlist and generate a new PCB board file.
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Read ArticleOrCAD PCB Editor Tutorial: 01.Assigning Footprints to Your Components
Find components’ footprints in OrCAD PCB Editor’s footprint libraries and assign the footprint names to properties spreadsheet in OrCAD Capture, or simply find a pre-built component footprints...
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Read ArticleOrCAD PCB Editor Tutorial: 00.Getting Started
Quick video to show you how to get started with PCB Editor and use this tutorial.
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Read ArticleOrCAD Capture Tutorial: 11.Generate a Smart PDF
Create smart PDF so that you can view and share your schematic in a PDF reader with descendible hierarchies and component links without worrying about losing your design IP.
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Read ArticleOrCAD Capture Tutorial: 10.Generate BOM (Bill of Materials)
Add manufacturers and parts information to properties of parts, fill in the parts information from manufactures, and generate and view bill of materials (BOM).
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Read ArticleOrCAD Capture Tutorial: 09.Perform a Schematic DRC
It is always a good idea to run a Design Rule Check (DRC) before generating a netlist. The schematic DRC will check your design for design rule violations and place error markers on your schematic...
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Read ArticleOrCAD Capture Tutorial: 08.Annotating Your Design
Performing an annotation chronologically renumbers the part references in your schematic design from top to bottom to ensure each component is uniquely defined. You can choose to annotate your...
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Read ArticleOrCAD Capture Tutorial: 07.Assign Part Information to the Design
Discover multiple ways to assign value and change properties of components.
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Read ArticleOrCAD Capture Tutorial: 06.Define Differential Pairs
Differential pairs can be defined in both the schematic capture phase in OrCAD Capture and the PCB layout phase in OrCAD PCB Editor.
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Read ArticleOrCAD Capture Tutorial: 05.Net Aliases
Set aliases to nets and buses, which will be very useful for the layout process.
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