90 DESIGN007 MAGAZINE I MAY 2022
I recently spoke with Joey Rodriguez, director of product management for
MacroFab, which just announced a major partnership with Altium that brings
supply chain information to Altium users much earlier in the design cycle.
Joey and I discussed his AltiumLive presentation, now available online,
which provides details about MacroFab's efforts to "left-shift" supply chain
information, and the need for designers to think holistically about the supply
chain as early as possible in the design cycle.
25-year veteran of
laminate manufacturing,
provides essential infor-
mation for everyone,
including the experts,
because the materials
and applications for
laminates are constantly
changing.
Demand contin-
ues to increase for
boards used in con-
sumer electronics,
intelligent machines
used in manufactur-
ing, and smart devices for health services
applications. Our industry needs more
smart people designing PCBs to help
drive artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives
and power the Internet of Things (IoT),
which is why we are welcoming new
designers into the fold every day.
TOP TEN
AltiumLive 2022: MacroFab Unites Design and Manufacturing in One Domain
A Definitive Review of
High-Performance Materials Book
The specialists at Isola have written an excellent
book about high performance materials, now
available for download
from I-Connect007.
Author Michael Gay, a
Additive Design: Same Steps, Different Order
We recently spoke with Dave Torp, CEO of Winonics, about
the company's additive and semi-additive processes and what
PCB designers need to know if they're considering designing
boards with these new technologies. As Dave explains, addi-
tive design is not much different from traditional design, but the
steps in the design cycle are out of order, and additive design-
ers must communicate with their fabricators because so much
of the new processes are still proprietary.
Joey Rodriguez
EDITOR'S
PICKS
Connect the Dots: Six Key
Considerations for Designers
New to PCB Layout
