Issue link: https://iconnect007.uberflip.com/i/1426508
Karnazes: It depends on the customer. We have about 25 different companies we've worked with. Some of them were just an inventor with an idea and no assets other than an Adobe Illustrator sketch. Other companies came to us with a circuit studio board and schematic with their own libraries and they just want us to update it. So, we really got everything. ere was a pretty good spread to it. Shaughnessy: I was thinking back to John's idea about having the initials on the design. Are checklists used to track the chain of custody of this data? Watson: It's a mishmash of different things. It depends on your company and how good your bigger team is. I mean, you may have two or three guys working from their garage right now, and they still have a great process because they wear different hats. It's just not assigned to a specific person who sits there and does a specific task. But you're correct; there is a set process that goes through. Oen, when you divert from that process, you introduce risk. ere is that hand- off. roughout that process, there are checks and milestone events that have happened that are gatekeeping. I always referred to them as gatekeeping items because that design needs to be verified at that point to make sure that you're still on track with the original objective. Shaughnessy: How much of this data is kept in the cloud? Watson: Not to do a shameless plug here, but Dugan mentioned Altium 365, a platform that is getting some interest. Your whole project can be placed up there—your components, librar-