The evolution of technology has not been great. Not for me. Like many others, I remember watching the first moon landing on television in the 1960s which left me wondering in amazement about what we would be able to achieve in my lifetime. I watched science fiction TV series in the late 1960s, I think one was called “UFO”, which featured futuristic cars, a moon-base from which aliens were shot down. … Read More
PADS 9.4 was released earlier this week – take a look at the press release here: http://www.mentor.com/company/news/mentor-release-pads-dfm-high-speed-interactive-routing
The new features listed include:
DFM Analysis
Associated Nets
ODB++ Inside
CAM Compare
New advanced licensing controls
Follow Route
New 2D line styles and snap controls
And more…
A couple of these are truly unique to … Read More
We’ve all used Gerber, NC drill, and Excel files for years (decades really) to output our fabrication and assembly data for our PCB’s. These files have worked well, but they can be time consuming to generate, and even more so for the folks at the manufacturers that need to take that data, and prepare it for input to their machines.
The strange thing is, when you send your data files to the manufacturer, … Read More
I just got back from 2 tradeshows where I spent mucho time with editors, all interested in Mentor’s recent acquisition of Valor. APEX in Las Vegas (not bad duty) and NEPCON in Shanghai (looong trip!). Most had looked at our valor information web site page www.mentor.com/valor but had some additional questions which seemed to run in a common track. Maybe you have the same questions so let me discuss:
“Will … Read More
Tags: Design for Manufacturing, ODB++
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