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DownStream: Smoothing out the
Post-Processing Bumps
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Joe Clark, co-founder of
DownStream Technologies,
gives Kelly Dack an over-
view of the company and
their innovative product
line, which serves to smooth
the bumps that can occur
between source design output and manufac-
turing line input. As Joe explains, 2019 was
a great year for the company, and he expects
that trend to hold through 2020.
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IPC APEX EXPO 2020 Attendees
Speak: Caleb Buck
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"I am a PCB designer and an
electrical engineer," said Ca-
leb Buck of EaglePicher Tech-
nologies. "I'm not involved in
the manufacturing, but I tell
manufacturers what to do via
my drawings. I had an interest
in learning more about the IPC standards, my
manufacturer's capabilities, and some of the
tools they use."
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Ultra Librarian Announces
UltraBOM for Digi-Key
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Ultra Librarian, the
world's largest free
cloud-based CAD li-
brary provider, an-
nounced UltaBOM,
enabling design engineers to search and re-
search Digi-Key Electronics parts within Or-
CAD® Capture, and then submit BOM parts di-
rectly to Digi-Key for purchase.
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Elementary, Mr. Watson:
Are We There Yet?
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Anyone who has taken a road trip with chil-
dren knows the question, "Are we there yet?"
very well. This question also applies to PCB
design. If you are not careful, your PCB proj-
ect could easily go off track, and you could
lose sight of what you are doing (objective),
why (motivation), how (process), and when
(schedule). John Watson emphasizes the im-
portance of these fundamental questions.
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Publish Your Work, Become
an Industry Leader
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Andy Shaughnessy met with
Bert Simonovich, founder of
Lamsim Enterprises, to dis-
cuss a new mentorship pro-
gram and panel discussion at
DesignCon, where veteran au-
thors of technical papers mentor new authors
through the process. Bert explained the bene-
fits of publishing technical papers and shared
Wayne Gretzky's advice for any engineers or
technologists who are considering publishing
their technical work.
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Beyond Design:
Interconnect Impedance
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We know that transmission
line drivers must be matched
to the impedance of the line
for the perfect transfer of en-
ergy. Energy is never lost but
rather transforms into other
forms of energy. Barry Olney looks at why in-
terconnect impedance is so important to the
correct performance of the system.
Joe Clark
Caleb Buck
Bert Simonovich
Barry Olney