OCTOBER 2018 I DESIGN007 MAGAZINE 79
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PCB West 2018 Draws a Crowd of
Designers and Technologists
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The I-Connect007 team
attended UP Media
Group's PCB West 2018
Conference and Exhi-
bition in September. I
have been attending this event for many years,
and every year the show is better than the year
before. This year was no exception.
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Transitioning from FR-4 to
High-Frequency Materials,
Revisited
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The bottom line is that FR-4
materials have been around
a long time, and they work
well within the range they
are formulated to work. The
same can be said for high-
frequency circuit materials,
which are also thought of as low-loss mate-
rials. However, there is a definite gray area
that can muddy the waters when a designer
is weighing a possible decision to switch from
FR-4 to low-loss materials.
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Samtec Releases Over 100,000
New Models on SnapEDA
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With this new collabora-
tion, designers can now
easily discover, down-
load, and design with
over 100,000 ready-to-use
Samtec connector mod-
els, helping accelerate the
design process. The new models include USB,
card edge, board-to-board, headers, and RF
coaxial connectors.
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Version 2.8 of Ucamco's Free
Reference Gerber Viewer
Now Available
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"For version 2.8 of the Reference Gerber Viewer
our focus was ease of use and especially ease
of learning. Plenty of users of the viewer need
it only from time to time, and for them it is
of paramount importance that it is very intui-
tive," said Peter Vermeulen, lead developer of
the Reference Gerber Viewer.
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Zuken to Hold Fall
Webinar Series
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Zuken's Fall Webi-
nar Series will run
from September 2018
through March 2019.
The company will be
covering a wide range
of topics from Silicon Expert to E3.series
MCAD co-design.
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Mentor Xpedition and PADS
Professional Win ISO 26262
Functional Safety Compliance
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Mentor's Xpedition and PADS Professional
printed circuit board design (PCB) design
flows, including the Valor NPI and HyperLynx
family of products, have each achieved ISO
26262 functional safety compliance.
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