Mentor Graphics has made its move into 3D design for PCBs with a tool which brings the power of 3D visualisation into classic PCB place and route design. This is the first of a number of changes to ...
If you’ve used KiCad before, you’re certainly familiar with the handy 3D view that shows you a rendered view of what your assembled board would look like. But as [Vadim Panov] explains, you can take ...
Desktop EDA's advanced IDF modeler app for Altium Designer allows users of the native 3D PCB design system to export and import a rich, complete model of the 3D PCB in the industry standard IDF file ...
With the low-cost PCB fabrication services available to hackers and makers these days, we’ll admit that making your own boards at home doesn’t hold quite the appeal that it did in the past. But even ...
Looking to address a range of PCB design challenges, including growing complexity, Mentor Graphics has announced the first phase of a new systems design enterprise platform. Called Xpedition – and ...
This file type includes high-resolution graphics and schematics when applicable. This article takes a look at how to get a 3D preview of a printed-circuit-board (PCB) project designed using mid-level ...
The hardware and software powering today’s electronic devices have evolved at breakneck speed, but one crucial bottleneck remains – prototyping, in particular unforeseen and costly delays during PCB ...
A team of researchers from the University of Maryland, Georgia Tech, and the University of Notre Dame created a new 3D printing method for building PCBs that use fully recyclable materials. According ...
Cadence Design Systems has started bringing artificial intelligence (AI) into the fold on its flagship chip design suite to help designers build smaller, faster processors that consume less power and ...
A 3D printed PCB is to fly on the Wisa Woodsat wooden satellite mission. “ESA had the opportunity to contribute to Woodsat’s payload and we requested Zortrax to manufacture one of the payload ...
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) represents the next great step forward in PCB design. This is, of course, what you might expect me to say. 2023 has been a year dominated by the rise of ...