November 2016 • The PCB Design Magazine 63
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EMA Puts SiliconExpert Part
Insight Into OrCAD Design
Environment, Reducing
Supply Chain Risk
"Our customers can now se-
lect parts based on compo-
nent lifecycle status, environ-
mental compliance, inventory
and more all without leaving
the OrCAD design environ-
ment," said Manny Marcano,
president and CEO of EMA. "This capability alone
has the potential to save weeks of manual part re-
search, while ensuring that parts with the required
specifications are used in the designs."
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ICD Adds Termination Planner
to Stackup Software
In-Circuit Design Pty
Ltd (ICD), Australia,
developer of the iCD
Stackup and PDN
Planner software, has
released a new Ter-
mination Planner feature for its Stackup software.
This new feature will be delivered to current ICD
support customers as part of an interim upgrade.
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Beyond Design: How to Handle
the Dreaded Danglers, Part 2
In Part 1 of this series, I deliberated
on how dangling via stubs distort
signals passing through an inter-
connect and also decrease the us-
able bandwidth of the signal. This
is due to the via stub acting as a
transmission line antenna. The conventional solu-
tion is to back-drill the vias to bore out the via stub
barrels, so that the via stubs are reduced in length
if not completely removed. This month I will look
into all the possible solutions to alleviate this issue.
8
Altium ActiveRoute Debuts at
PCB West: Routes Under One
Second Per Connection
While at PCB West in Santa
Clara in mid-September, Judy
Warner sat down with Charles
Pfeil of Altium to learn more
about their exciting new tool,
ActiveRoute, that was intro-
duced and demonstrated
in their booth during PCB West 2016. She also
learned a bit about Pfeil, who is a living history les-
son in PCB design.
9
Sunstone Circuits Launches
New Version of PCB123
and PCB123.com
Sunstone Circuits has launched a
two-part solution for the PCB de-
sign engineer: the new version
of PCB123, V5.4, and the new
PCB123.com. The site has been
completely rebuilt to coincide
with the new software launch.
Now, PCB123 users can use a
separate and focused website for
PCB123 tool downloads, manuals, tutorials, up-
dates, news, and access to forums.
J
Mentor Graphics Launches
Xpedition Multi-Board Systems
Design Solution
Mentor Graphics has an-
nounced its new Xpedition
multi-board systems design
solution which enables seam-
less concurrent multi-disci-
pline team collaboration to
efficiently manage increasing
system complexity. The Xpedition flow maximizes
team efficiency by eliminating redundant effort
during the design process.
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