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New Engineers: 5 Tips to Start Your EE Career Off on the Right Foot

Whether you’re a recent grad or just a newbie in the field, establishing ways to ensure your career is on the right path is essential. It’s not always as simple as doing your job well—how you...
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Working with OrCAD: Creating a New Design

This week’s Working with OrCAD video, Creating a New design, discusses the multiple ways to create a new design within OrCAD. It also reviews Cadence project manager and where to set up basic...
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Working with OrCAD: Outputs

The final video to our Working with OrCAD series, Outputs, will discuss how to output all the necessary deliverables required by various downstream partners. It will discuss output options such as...
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Working with OrCAD: DRC

This week’s Working with OrCAD video, DRC, will discuss how OrCAD can help easily resolve DRCs in your design. The video will cover how view DRC counts, review, waive, or fix them and reports you...
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Working with OrCAD: Copper

This week’s Working with OrCAD video, Copper, discusses and the many features Cadence provides designers when dealing with copper shapes in addition to a few design best practices. It covers how...
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Working with OrCAD: Routing

This week’s Working with OrCAD video, Routing, show you some additional beneficial setup points as well as show you the different routing options available. The video will also cover the simplest...
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Working with OrCAD: Constraint Manager

This week’s Working with OrCAD video, Constraint Manager, discusses how the constraint manager constitutes the central focus point within OrCAD. This allows the designer to control the physicality...
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Working with OrCAD: Cross Section

This week’s Working with OrCAD video, Cross Section, will discuss how OrCAD can help you review design specs and determine physical requirements (i.e. controlled impedance, high voltage nets, high...
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Working with OrCAD: Series Introduction

Whether you are new user or current customer our new video series, Working with OrCAD, will show help walk you through the basics of designing a board within OrCAD from start to finish. We will...
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Working with OrCAD: Placement

This week’s Working with OrCAD video, Placement, will explain OrCAD app modes, as well as different methods you can use to place parts.
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Working with OrCAD: Netlist In

This week’s Working with OrCAD video, Netlist In, will show you how to quickly and effectively get schematic information, including parts and nets, into your design.
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Three Items to Consider Before Deciding to Use Freeware Simulation

Freeware is great and can be a wonderful way to help expand the use of simulation and provide a great learning ground for users. However, when you are using simulation results to verify design...
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Working with OrCAD: Libraries

This week’s Working with OrCAD video, Libraries, will showcase the different methods to import a board outline and some general best practices to use when creating board outlines. The video will...
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Working with OrCAD: Board Outline

Last week we introduced you to our new video series, Working with OrCAD. This series is designed to walk you through the basics of designing a board within OrCAD PCB Editor from start to finish.
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Maximize your Investment with OrCAD

When you decide to purchase an OrCAD product, we want to do everything in our power to ensure your success. Our goal is for you gain the knowledge and skills needed to help you get up and running...
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Working with OrCAD: Allegro and OrCAD ABC’s

Whether you are a new user or current customer our new video series, Working with OrCAD, will walk you through the basics of designing a board within OrCAD PCB Editor from start to finish. We...
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Tools to Train the Next Generation of Engineers

New technologies are emerging at a rapid pace. This makes educating the next generation even more pertinent than before.
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Things to Consider Before using Open Source Boards

At this point you may already be familiar with the different open source hardware (OSHW) boards like Arduino and Beagleboard. The concept of open source applies to the design and development of...
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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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Getting Started

EMA Asking the Right Questions

New Engineers: 5 Tips to Start Your EE Career Off on the Right Foot

Whether you’re a recent grad or just a newbie in the field, establishing ways to ensure your career is on the right path is essential. It’s not always as simple as doing your job well—how you...

Working with OrCAD: Creating a New Design

This week’s Working with OrCAD video, Creating a New design, discusses the multiple ways to create a new design within OrCAD. It also reviews Cadence project manager and where to set up basic...

Working with OrCAD: Outputs

The final video to our Working with OrCAD series, Outputs, will discuss how to output all the necessary deliverables required by various downstream partners. It will discuss output options such as...

Working with OrCAD: DRC

This week’s Working with OrCAD video, DRC, will discuss how OrCAD can help easily resolve DRCs in your design. The video will cover how view DRC counts, review, waive, or fix them and reports you...

Working with OrCAD: Copper

This week’s Working with OrCAD video, Copper, discusses and the many features Cadence provides designers when dealing with copper shapes in addition to a few design best practices. It covers how...

Working with OrCAD: Routing

This week’s Working with OrCAD video, Routing, show you some additional beneficial setup points as well as show you the different routing options available. The video will also cover the simplest...

Working with OrCAD: Constraint Manager

This week’s Working with OrCAD video, Constraint Manager, discusses how the constraint manager constitutes the central focus point within OrCAD. This allows the designer to control the physicality...

Working with OrCAD: Cross Section

This week’s Working with OrCAD video, Cross Section, will discuss how OrCAD can help you review design specs and determine physical requirements (i.e. controlled impedance, high voltage nets, high...

Working with OrCAD: Series Introduction

Whether you are new user or current customer our new video series, Working with OrCAD, will show help walk you through the basics of designing a board within OrCAD from start to finish. We will...

Working with OrCAD: Placement

This week’s Working with OrCAD video, Placement, will explain OrCAD app modes, as well as different methods you can use to place parts.

Working with OrCAD: Netlist In

This week’s Working with OrCAD video, Netlist In, will show you how to quickly and effectively get schematic information, including parts and nets, into your design.

Three Items to Consider Before Deciding to Use Freeware Simulation

Freeware is great and can be a wonderful way to help expand the use of simulation and provide a great learning ground for users. However, when you are using simulation results to verify design...

Working with OrCAD: Libraries

This week’s Working with OrCAD video, Libraries, will showcase the different methods to import a board outline and some general best practices to use when creating board outlines. The video will...

Working with OrCAD: Board Outline

Last week we introduced you to our new video series, Working with OrCAD. This series is designed to walk you through the basics of designing a board within OrCAD PCB Editor from start to finish.

Maximize your Investment with OrCAD

When you decide to purchase an OrCAD product, we want to do everything in our power to ensure your success. Our goal is for you gain the knowledge and skills needed to help you get up and running...

Working with OrCAD: Allegro and OrCAD ABC’s

Whether you are a new user or current customer our new video series, Working with OrCAD, will walk you through the basics of designing a board within OrCAD PCB Editor from start to finish. We...

Tools to Train the Next Generation of Engineers

New technologies are emerging at a rapid pace. This makes educating the next generation even more pertinent than before.

Things to Consider Before using Open Source Boards

At this point you may already be familiar with the different open source hardware (OSHW) boards like Arduino and Beagleboard. The concept of open source applies to the design and development of...

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...