July 2017 • The PCB Design Magazine 103
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Zuken Improves Team
Communication and High-Speed
Design Support with CADSTAR 18
The latest version of
its CADSTAR desktop
PCB design software
also supports indus-
try requirements for
high-speed design, and includes across-the-board
performance enhancements and ease-of-use fea-
tures. One highlight is developments in the indus-
try-leading Activ-45 router.
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PCB Design in the
Age of IoT
From the early days of printed
circuit boards, the electron-
ics industry has made huge
strides in board materials, cop-
per printing methods, min-
iaturization, rigid-flex, ELIC,
EDA, and much more. And in
2017, we are poised to shift
from evolution to revolution, driven by the idea of
the Internet of Things.
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Romania's PCB Design Students
Compete at TIE 2017
The 26th Inter-
connection Tech-
niques in Elec-
tronics (TIE) show
was held recently
at the Gheorghe
Asachi Technical
University in Iasi,
Romaina. This
convention for the Romanian electronic packaging
community included a series of actions designed
to draw smart young students to the electronics
industry, which is clearly growing.
8
Printed Circuit Broker Elmatica
Encourage Development of
New Language
Elmatica is current-
ly taking charge in
developing a new language for PCB fabrication
data. The development of the language will be
by an independent international task group with
members from the entire supply chain. If the in-
dustry is up for the challenge, the result can be
both cost-efficient and a vital time saver in pro-
duction.
9
Stella Corporation Implements
Ucamco's Gerber X2 Input
and Output
Japanese PCB software
company Stella Corpo-
ration has completed its
support for Gerber X2 in
Stella Vision. The output
has been fully verified by
Ucamco, who confirm it
conforms to the current
X2 specification.
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Launching a New PCB Design
Curriculum in Serbia
"You don't need to know
how to manually solder elec-
trical parts or how to design
printed circuit boards," our
professor lectured. "It is im-
portant that you understand
the formula for charge carrier
currents in a p-n junction." At
my first job, I was soon de-
signing PCBs, and no one ever asked me about
charge carriers and p-n junctions.
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