MARCH 2019 I DESIGN007 MAGAZINE 85
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Natasha Baker: Supply Chain
Transparancy Inside the CAD Tool
E
Natasha Baker, CEO and
founder of SnapEDA, an on-
line parts library, discusses
the benefits of transparency
in online libraries to design-
ers, and discusses strate-
gies on how to solve supply
chain challenges, and more.
6
Carl Schattke on Stackup Design
and Managing the Comonent
Shortage
E
At AltiumLive, I met
Carl Schattke, CID+, a
lead PCB designer with
an American automaker.
Carl and TTM's Julie El-
lis taught a packed class
on good stackup practic-
es complete with plenty
of slides showing exam-
ples of all kinds of stackups.
7
Mentor White Paper: Lean NPI at
Optimum Design Associates
E
This is the first in
a series of three
white papers which
discuss Optimum
Design Associates'
business process-
es. For more than 20 years, Optimum Design
Associates has offered its customers PCB de-
sign and layout services, and also bare-board
assembly.
8
Cadence Reports Q4 and Fiscal
Year 2018 Financial Results
E
For the fourth quarter
of 2018, Cadence re-
ported revenue of $570
million, GAAP net in-
come of $98 million,
or $0.35 per share on
a diluted basis, and non-GAAP net income of
$147 million, or $0.52 per share on a diluted
basis.
9
Ucamco Launches XNC PCB Drill
Data Format
E
Ucamco, KiCad
and Pentalogix
have developed
XNC, a format
f o r P C B d r i l l
data, with the support of Graphicode, Cuprum
and ZofzPCB.
J
Casper van Doorne Discusses
His AltiumLive Class, IoT,
and More
E
What's in a name?
When PCB design-
er Casper van Doorne
needed to choose a
name for his service
bureau, only one name
would do—Doofensh-
mirtz Evil Incorporat-
ed, a villainous name
familiar
to fans of Walt
Disney.
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