Mentor Expedition Library Tutorial: Make Schematic Symbols from CSV Files
General Process Overview Select a symbol Export pins to ms excel spreadsheet Make pin changes in the spreadsheet Import pins…
General Process Overview Select a symbol Export pins to ms excel spreadsheet Make pin changes in the spreadsheet Import pins…
While it won't always be necessary, there will come times when Cells must be deleted from your part library. Perhaps…
Mentor’s Display Control gives designers and librarians myriad options for influencing how a design is displayed on the screen. The…
For increased consistency within a PCB library, it is often best to create new library parts from previously existing components…
The component library is the most fundamental tool in a designer’s tool kit when it comes to laying out a…
Throughout this series we’ve taken a look at almost every facet of library organization, with the end goal of streamlining…
In order to have a clean route, occasionally the designer may have to swap pins or gates on some devices.…
Optimum Design Associates Senior Designer Scott Nance presents a 45 minute seminar on PCB design best practices for Switching Power…
The silkscreen is a helpful tool in identifying components on the board. During PCB layout it should be designed for…
Unless you are in an industry in which Printed Circuit Boards (PCB's) are used on a regular basis, you might not…
Engineering managers tasked with outourcing PCB layout face a daunting challenge: comparing the total cost of multiple layout quotes. Â Truth…
Determining a price for PCB layout services is conceptually simple: Â Estimated number of hours times an hourly rate. Â The trick…