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Fresh PCB Concepts: Traceability in PCB Design

February 20, 2025 | Team NCAB, Fresh PCB Concepts

Traceability has evolved from a safety-critical need in PCB production to a valuable tool across all electronic manufacturing industry sectors. The IPC-1782 standard addresses automated data collection, reduces ownership costs, and ensures accurate, timely information. It provides a flexible data architecture for different levels of traceability, from highly detailed systems (e.g., critical safety systems) to basic traceability needs (e.g., consumer products). The structure avoids data duplication and allows crucial information to be added post-production.

New EDA Tool Company Embraces AI and Code

February 19, 2025 | I-Connect007 Editorial Team

At DesignCon 2025, we met with Duncan Haldane, CEO and co-founder of the EDA software company JITX, based in Berkeley and San Jose, California. This PCB design tool runs on AI and software code, which Duncan says can accelerate your design cycle by up to 25x. We asked Duncan to explain how this software came to be, how it works, and what this could mean to the future of PCB design.




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The Shaughnessy Report: Back to the Future

February 11, 2025 | Andy Shaughnessy, The Shaughnessy Report

It’s no big secret: There’s a shortage of PCB designers and design engineers, and we don’t have enough of a pipeline to fill these seats. To top it off, the last batch of designers from the Baby Boomer generation is approaching...

Designers Notebook: Addressing Future Challenges for Designers

February 6, 2025 | Vern Solberg, Designer's Notebook

The printed circuit board is and will probably continue to be the base platform for most electronics. With the proliferation of new generations of high I/O, fine-pitch surface mount semiconductor package variations, circuit...

Connect the Dots: Designing for Reality—Surface Finish

January 29, 2025 | Matt Stevenson, Connect the Dots

In the previous episode of I-Connect007’s On the Line with… podcast, we discussed the solder mask and legend process, one of the final steps in the PCB manufacturing process. The board is nearly complete. We just need to wrap up...

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