Tim's Takeaways: Where Have All the Designers Gone (and Who Will be Taking Their Place)?

August 14, 2018 | Tim Haag, Consultant

We have a lot to pass on to the new designers. We must stress the importance of understanding of the roots of our industry and why this design knowledge is important. I have worked with many designers who don’t understand anything about the output of their design files. They go through a procedure, hit a series of commands, and presto: The design files are all wrapped up in a neat little zip file ready to go out to the manufacturer. That’s all well and good, until something breaks or a manufacturer has a specific question. It would be a great thing to make sure that the designers of tomorrow understand what a Gerber file and an aperture list really is.

The Shaughnessy Report—Multi-board Design: Multiple Challenges?

August 2, 2018 | Andy Shaughnessy, I-Connect007

Multi-board devices are here to stay. But multi-board PCB design brings with it even more challenges for the designer and design engineer. It’s all about management. It reminds me of a juggler trying to keep half a dozen balls...