Jack of all trades, master of none, as the saying goes, and that’s especially true for PCB prototyping tools. Sure, it’s possible to use a CNC router to mill out a PCB, and ditto for a … ...

It’s certainly not the first PCB router we’ve seen, but it may be one of the nicer ones. If you make a PCB this way, you might like to give it professional-looking solder mask with a laser.

According to manufacturer JOT Automation, its router is one of the smallest and most cost-effective inline routing solutions for automated depaneling of PCBs used in smart phones, tablet computers, ...

Combining the knowledge of an engineer, the skill of a printed circuit board (PCB) designer and the power of an autorouter, Wilsonville, Ore.-based Mentor Graphics Corp. has taken the wraps off of a ...

2. This example of river routing, a board designed by ZTE Corp. from the 2010 Mentor Graphics Technology Leadership Awards, is typical of many of todayâ s designs.

Mentor router is ‘gaming for PCB design’ Mentor Graphics has released an automated routing version of its XtremePCB design tool that can be distributed over up to 15 CPUs to cut design cycle times.

When PCB layout tools were first introduced, they weren’t much better for routing traces than using an etch-a-sketch. Today, constraint-driven automation approaches have reduced the time required to ...

Nobody would have thought that a simple mechanical process would one day develop into a technology that can create micrometer-fine structures on almost any material. A journey through time. In 1975, ...

Designed to support high-power density, state-of-the-art DFN3.3x3.3 Source-Down packaging features center gate technology for easier routing on the PCB Offering outstanding current handling ...