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The Companion Guide to 'Designing for Reality' by Matt Stevenson Now Available

12/19/2024 | I-Connect007
I-Connect007 is excited to announce the release of "The Companion Guide to...Designing for Reality," written by Matt Stevenson of ASC Sunstone Circuits. This essential resource builds on the foundational insights presented in "The Printed Circuit Designer’s Guide to... Designing for Reality" and delivers advanced strategies for scaling PCB production.

Global PCB Connections: Following DFM Rules Leads to Better Boards

12/18/2024 | Jerome Larez -- Column: Global PCB Connections
As a PCB field applications engineer, ensuring smooth communication between PCB designers and fabricators is one of my frequent challenges. A critical part of that dialogue is design for manufacturing (DFM). Many designers, even experienced ones, often misunderstand or overlook important DFM considerations. They may confuse design rules with manufacturing minimums, leading to technically feasible designs that are difficult or costly to produce. In this column, I will clarify some common DFM guidelines and help designers understand the difference between “design rules” and “minimums” while sharing best practices that will simplify the production process and ensure the highest quality PCB.

The Shaughnessy Report: A Stack of Advanced Packaging Info

12/10/2024 | Andy Shaughnessy -- Column: The Shaughnessy Report
It’s only fitting that this issue on advanced packaging and stackup features a “stackup” of “packages” on the cover. There’s certainly a lot to “unpack” in this issue. As advanced packaging moves further into the mainstream of PCB design, more PCB designers and design engineers are realizing this isn’t a plug-and-play technology. As we see in this issue, advanced packaging can have an impact on the entire design—the stackup in particular.

Advanced Packaging and Stackup Design: December 2024—Design007 Magazine

12/09/2024 | I-Connect007 Editorial Team
In this month's issue,, we asked our expert contributors to discuss the impact of advanced packaging on stackup design—from SI and DFM challenges through the variety of material tradeoffs that designers must contend with in the arena of HDI and UHDI. And with a little research, planning, and collaboration with the fabricator, any seasoned PCB designer can utilize advanced packaging.

Rules of Thumb: A Primer

11/14/2024 | Andy Shaughnessy, Design007 Magazine
Many industry-wide rules of thumb are based on DFM constraints or formulas, but others are based on tribal knowledge. In this interview, Andy Shaughnessy sits down with our contributors Kris Moyer and Kelly Dack to discuss the role of rules of thumb, when to employ them, and when it’s time to do the math.
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