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One of the most difficult tasks in the PCB design process is routing let our experts at EMA show you tips and tricks to be successful.

Throughout manufacturing, checks are performed to ensure the processes and assembly are completed accurately. Final testing measures the success of manufacturing and assembly processes. These testing requirements should be implemented in the PCB layout phase of the design. In this video, you will learn more about in-circuit testing and whether it is necessary for your design as well as cost considerations and testing requirements.

Part two of an overview of the printed circuit board manufacturing process and information designers need to keep in mind before sending their PCB to manufacturing.

It is important to give your manufacturer all the necessary information needed so your board is produced correctly, but what information does the manufacturer actually need to produce your board? This week's Whiteboard Wednesday review these necessary files and other items you need to keep in mind before creating your fabrication data package.

It is very important to give your manufacturer all the necessary information so your board is produced correctly, but what information doe the manufacturer actually need to produce your board? This episode of Whiteboard Wednesdays will discuss the fabrication data package and what files are needed to ensure your manufacturer produces your board correctly.

With all the pressures engineers face to make everything ‘better, faster, cheaper, smaller’ all in less time managing your design data can seem like the least of your concerns. However, data management issues can sink a project just as fast as any design flaw. Effectively managing your design data is a critical piece to ensuring overall project success. Get critical design data management tips and best practices learned the hard way so you don’t have to from the experts at EMA and xPLM.

The purpose of an assembly drawing is to show all of the components that will be assembled onto it’s two outer surfaces. The Assembly Drawing will be a guide for both the placement programmers and inspection personnel. This episode of Whiteboard Wednesdays will review what to include in assembly drawings.

The fabrication drawing will help the manufacturer produce your design accurately. Including the correct information in your fabrication drawing will streamline manufacturing by minimizing questions and errors throughout the process. This episode of Whiteboard Wednesday will discuss what Fabrication drawings are and what you should include in yours.

Manufacturing rules are managed as constraints in the familiar constraints manager, coexisting independently with electrical rules which can have more or less constrictive constraints.