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For much of the history of the printed circuit board, thermal management hasn’t exactly been top of mind for designers and design engineers. But with the growth of electric and autonomous vehicles, along with telecom and mil-aero applications, thermal management and thermal design processes are becoming mainstream. So, in this issue of Design007 Magazine, our expert contributors share their thoughts on the best methods to “beat the heat.”

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11/09/2020 | I-Connect007 Editorial Team

Andy Shaughnessy, Happy Holden, and Dan Feinberg recently met with James Hofer, general manager of Accurate Circuit Engineering, to discuss via design techniques and via reliability from the fabricator’s viewpoint. As Hofer explained, even with open lines of communication between the designer and the board shop, there are plenty of variables to contend with regarding proper via design, especially when working with PTFE materials.

11/09/2020 | Andy Shaughnessy, Design007 Magazine

Andy Shaughnessy recently invited four recent contributors—Dana Korf, Jen Kolar, Mark Thompson, and Kelly Dack—to review the June and August 2020 issues of Design007 Magazine, which covered app notes and fab notes, respectively. In this wide-ranging roundtable, the group discusses some of the ongoing challenges related to incomplete and inaccurate design data and why communication can preclude many of these problems. What follows is the transcript from this conversation.

11/03/2020 | I-Connect007 Editorial Team

Altium Technical Marketing Manager Vince Mazur discusses his presentation at the recent AltiumLive, which focused on updates to Altium Designer's approach to creating design rules and constraints. Vince explains that these features will be more intuitive for the user, and the update, which is currently in beta, will be released in the future. The company is shifting from “rule-centric” design rules features to capabilities that are more “design-centric,” with applicable rules for each object available at one click.