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Explore Thermal Management Solutions in Latest Podcast Series—New Episode Now Available

04/23/2025 | I-Connect007
I-Connect007 is excited to share the latest episode in our new podcast series! In this episode, Ryan returns to discuss practical strategies for managing heat, starting early in the design planning and specification phases. After all, prevention means there’s less to mitigate later.

Learning to Speak ‘Fab’

04/23/2025 | Ray Fugitt, DownStream Technologies
Over the years, I’ve seen many PCB designers make DFM mistakes. At DownStream, I work with design and fabrication, and sometimes it feels as if the two segments are speaking completely different languages. But once designers learn to speak “fab,” many of these DFM challenges disappear.

Connect the Dots: Involving Manufacturers Earlier Prevents Downstream Issues

04/17/2025 | Matt Stevenson -- Column: Connect the Dots
If you have read any of my earlier columns, you know I am passionate about helping designers design for the reality of manufacturing. Designing for manufacturability (DFM) is a team sport. DFM is a design process that looks forward to the manufacturing process and integrates with it so that manufacturing requirements and capabilities can be accurately reflected in the design work.

PCB Designers: Enhance Your Listening Experience With New Companion Download to the DFR Podcast Series

11/11/2024 | I-Connect007
Exciting news for listeners of On the Line With... Designing for Reality, the popular podcast series hosted by I-Connect007. A 10-page companion guide featuring insights from ASC Sunstone’s expert Matt Stevenson is now available for download.

BOOK EXCERPT: The Printed Circuit Designer’s Guide to... DFM Essentials, Introduction

10/16/2024 | I-Connect007 Editorial Team
Design for Manufacturing (DFM) is defined as the practice of designing printed circuit boards that meet not only the capabilities of the customer’s assembly manufacturing process, but also the capabilities of the board fabrication process to provide the highest reliability at the lowest possible cost. 
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