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On the Line With... Podcast Talks With Cadence Expert on Manufacturing
April 18, 2024 | I-Connect007Estimated reading time: Less than a minute
I-Connect007 is excited to announce the release of the latest episode of Series 3 of its popular podcast, On the Line With..., now available on Apple and Spotify.
In “PCB 3.0: A New Design Methodology: Manufacturing” 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 straight.
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Listen now to Episodes 1-3 of PCB 3.0: A New Design Methodology.
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