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As more than one PCB designer has said, “Managing design data is a lot like herding cats.” It’s no wonder: schematics, footprints, BOMs, netlists, fab notes, assembly notes—millions of petabits (no pun intended) of data are used to design and engineer PCBs, and readers cite mismanaged data as a constant source of heartburn.
In the past, we’ve dedicated issues of Design007 Magazine to specific steps for handling one type of design data, such as fab notes, datasheets, or footprints. But in the November issue, we wanted to step back and look at data management in general, from a more macro level than in previous issues.
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