72 The PCB Design Magazine • December 2017
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I-Connect007 Launches The
Printed Circuit Designer's Guide
to… Power Integrity by Example
Micro eBook
The Printed Circuit De-
signer's Guide to… Power
Integrity by Example is
authored by Fadi Deek of
Mentor, A Siemens Busi-
ness. This title is a follow-
up to Deek's previous book
on signal integrity, which is
also available for download
in our library.
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Nine Dot Connects: Good Design
Instruction is a True Value-Add
I recently had the chance
to interview Paul Taub-
man, technical services
director for Nine Dot
Connects. We discussed
the company's expan-
sion from VAR to service
bureau and content pro-
vider, and the changing
landscape of PCB design
instruction.
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Cannonballs, eBooks, and
Signal Integrity
I-Connect007 editors Andy Shaughnessy and Pete
Starkey recently met with Polar Instruments Man-
aging Director Martyn Gaudion at productronica.
They discussed the success of "The Printed Cir-
cuit Designer's Guide to…Secrets of High-Speed
PCBs," the ongoing challenge of facilitating com-
munication between designers and fabricators,
and the influence of chemical bond-enhancement
processes on insertion loss.
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Happy Holden and Charles Pfeil
Discuss the Past and Future of
PCB Design, Part 2
In Part 2 of this feature
interview, Barry Mat-
ties continues his con-
versation with industry
icons Happy Holden and
Charles Pfeil at the recent
AltiumLive 2017 event in
San Diego. In this half of
the interview, we discuss
the potential for artificial intelligence in EDA soft-
ware tools, the graying of the designer pool, and
what can be done to draw more young people to
PCB design.
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