Combining the knowledge of an engineer, the skill of a printed circuit board (PCB) designer and the power of an autorouter, Wilsonville, Ore.-based Mentor Graphics Corp. has taken the wraps off of a ...

The advent of cheap and accessible one-off PCB production has been one of the pivotal moments for electronic experimenters during the last couple of decades. Perhaps a few still etch their own boards, ...

Consolidation in the printed-circuit board design tool industry has radically altered the landscape for these venerable products, to the point where some industry watchers are wondering aloud whether ...

In PCB design, design for manufacturing (DfM) is all about correcting mistakes after reviewing a PCB layout. We then devise corrective actions to fix those mistakes and improve procedures to make ...