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Electronic Product Design Cost: Estimating and Determining ROI

By targeting electronic product design cost factors and utilizing software support tools to manage them best will help you optimize development ROI.

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PCB Design for Manufacturing & Assembly

Before defining DFM and DFA and how to best utilize them, we explain the manufacturing process and the importance of optimizing this stage of PCBA development.

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Quick Tutorial: How to Create Soldermask Openings for RF Signals in OrCAD

This quick tutorial will provide step-by-step instructions on how to quickly create soldermask openings for RF signals using the Cross Copy feature in Allegro Productivity Toolbox.

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PCB DFM and Assembly Guidelines and Principles Explained

Following good DFM guidelines and principles based on your CM’s equipment and processes is essential for efficient PCBA development.

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PCB Design Process: Schematic to Manufacturing

Optimizing your PCB design process requires understanding the stages, following good guidelines and using the best tools.

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Quick Tutorial: How to Set up XNets in your PCB Designs

This quick tutorial will provide step-by-step instructions on how to setup XNets for your PCB design using OrCAD Capture and OrCAD PCB Designer.

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Quick Tutorial: How to Generate Via Shielding in OrCAD

This quick tutorial will provide step-by-step instructions on how to efficiently generate via shielding for the entire board and specific circuitry using the Shield Generator in Allegro Productivity

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Quick Tutorial: How to Edit Net Aliases in bulk in OrCAD Capture

This quick tutorial will provide step-by-step instructions on how to modify net aliases in bulk using OrCAD Capture and Excel to efficiently update net names.

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Quick Tutorial: How to Automatically Create Fillets in OrCAD

This quick tutorial will provide step-by-step instructions on how to automatically create fillets or teardrops on traces with OrCAD PCB Designer.

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Quick Tutorial: How to Verify Signal Integrity for DDR Interfaces

This quick tutorial will provide step-by-step instructions on how to use the SRC - SI Metrics Check workflow in Sigrity to analyze the effects of crosstalk and reflection for DDR.

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Quick Tutorial: How to Perform Noise Analysis

This quick tutorial will provide step-by-step instructions on how to perform noise analysis in OrCAD PSpice and identify the top components contributing to noise.

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Quick Tutorial: How to Adjust OrCAD for High Resolution Displays

This quick tutorial will provide step-by-step instructions for quickly adjusting how OrCAD displays on high resolution (4k) monitors using environmental variables in windows.

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Quick Tutorial: How to Verify Signal Integrity for Serial Link Interfaces

This quick how to will provide step-by-step instructions on how to use the SI Metrics Check workflow in Sigrity to analyze crosstalk for serial link interfaces.

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Quick Tutorial: How to Estimate the Board Space Required for the Components in your Design

This quick how-to will provide step-by-step instructions on how to determine the space required for components on the PCB during the schematic design with the CircuitFit App.

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Quick Tutorial: How to Automatically Group Components for Optimized Layout with PCB Clustering

This quick how-to will provide step-by-step instructions on how to use the PCB Clustering App to automatically group components based on schematic pages and functionality in OrCAD.

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Quick Tutorial: How to Quickly Group Components using a PDF with PCB Clustering

This quick tutorial will provide step-by-step instructions on how to quickly group components using a PDF of the schematic with the PCB Clustering App.

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Quick Tutorial: How to Reuse IP and Replicate Component Placement with PCB Clustering

This quick tutorial will provide step-by-step instructions on how to use templates in the PCB Clustering app to repliate component placement for similar circuitry.

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Quick Tutorial: How to Efficiently Place Components by Connectivity with PCB Clustering

This quick tutorial will provide step-by-step instructions on how to automatically place components based on schematic connectivity with the PCB Clustering App.

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