APRIL 2019 I DESIGN007 MAGAZINE 73
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Linda Mazzitelli: PTC Goes all in on
ECAD/MCAD Collaboration
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At AltiumLive Munich, Andy
Shaughnessy ran into Linda
Mazzitelli of PTC. Linda has
worn a lot of hats in the PCB
design world—she's even
married to a designer. Linda
discussed her current work at
PTC and the apparent convergence of ECAD
and MCAD, which many think has been a long
time coming for this industry.
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Cherie Litson on ECAD/MCAD and
Training the Next Generation
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Cherie Litson, CID+, was one
of the instructors at Altium-
Live Munich. Andy Shaugh-
nessy asked her to discuss
some of the topics she cov-
ered in her class, and what
the future of PCB design will
look like. How are we going to pass down all of
this design knowledge to the next generation?
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EMA: Cadence Moves Simulation
Further Up in the Design Cycle
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Cadence Design Systems re-
cently integrated more of its
Sigrity capabilities into the
front end of its PCB design
tools. During DesignCon,
Chris Banton of EMA Design
Automation spoke with me
about how this drive for "model-less analysis"
benefits the PCB designer who can now access
signal and power integrity, DFM, and electrical
rule checking functionality early in the design
process and have fewer issues later.
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Carl Schattke on Stackup Design and
Managing the Component Shortage
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At AltiumLive, Carl Schattke,
CID+, a lead PCB designer
with an American automaker,
and TTM's Julie Ellis taught a
packed class on good stackup
practices complete with plen-
ty of slides showing examples
of all kinds of stackups. After class, Carl ex-
plained why the stackup is often the root of
manufacturing problems downstream, and
why today's discrete component shortages are
likely to be around for quite some time.
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The Bare (Board) Truth:
Eliminate Confusion
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This column will address
eliminating confusion that
creates remakes both from
the end-user/designer and
the fabrication house. Let's
say you've asked for a ma-
terial type on your drawing
that is not either readily available or used by
your fabricator.
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Tim's Takeaways:
A Job Worth Doing
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I get it. We PCB designers are
made of the kind of tough
stuff where we will work our-
selves to death if given the
chance. But in our all of our
efforts, are we really doing
it right, or could we some-
how be doing it better? Let's take a moment to
consider some other ways that we might help
ourselves to improve.
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Carl Schattke
Mark Thompson
Tim Haag
Linda Mazzitelli
Cherie Litson
Chris Banton
