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Now it's time to start getting into the chemistry! In this episode, Matt Stevenson describes the first key step in turning design data into physical reality - preparing the circuit board substrate material for fabrication. It's not as straightforward as you might think.

Cadence's Brad Griffin joins us in this episode where we discuss how an intelligent system design methodology can move some signal and power integrity decision making into the physical design space, offering real-time feedback.

Nolan Johnson and Matt Stevenson continue down the manufacturing process, this time focusing on the post-lamination drilling process for PCBs. Matt and Nolan delve into the intricacies of the PCB drilling process, highlighting the importance of hole quality, drill parameters, and design optimization to ensure smooth manufacturing. The conversation covers topics such as drill bit si

Patrick Davis returns to the podcast to talk about design rules. As design considerations become more and more complex, so too do the rulesets designers must abide by. But rather than seeing them as impossible sets of constraints, Davis shares a vision in which designers can maximize their creative efficiencies while relying on ever more complex design rules to keep everything stra

Multilayer boards bring along a completely different set of processes. In this installment of “On The Line With…” Matt Stevenson discusses manufacturing techniques for multilayer. Of course, this necessitates a review of drill and registration techniques, followed by the ins and outs of lamination.

In this episode, our guests are Taylor Hogan and Patrick Davis. We discuss the role Artificial Intelligence (and Machine Learning) play in intelligent system design.

Now it’s time to roll up our sleeves and get “messy.” Once the CAM preparations are complete, Matt Stevenson explains what happens next. In this episode, Matt Stevenson details the role of materials, stackup considerations, and walks us through what happens in the Imaging process.

To launch this series on integrated system design, we ask Cadence's Patrick Davis why we need to change how we design printed circuit boards in the first place. Davis explains how the interrelated shifts in design requirements are changing the methods we use.

In this episode, we begin at the beginning: the design process. Matt Stevenson provides a thoughtful analysis of CAD tool features and data formats intended to give designers feedback on design decisions and transfer designs to manufacturing, respectively. Stevenson then describes what happens when a design file arrives at a PCB fabricator. Knowing what the fab is looking for is cr

In this podcast series, we’ll be speaking with Matt Stevenson, vice president and general manager at ASC Sunstone, and author of The Printed Circuit Designer’s Guide to: Designing for Reality. Why is a working knowledge of manufacturing helpful? How does it improve manufacturability? We start at the beginning with the role CAD tools play in preparing the design for transfer to