How milling machines can be used to create simple PCBs. Challenges of using low-cost solutions. Higher-end alternatives. One challenge with focusing on the latest high-tech solutions is that with so ...

PCB routing methods continue to evolve, and flexible routing techniques can reduce wire length and free up space on a PCB. Traditional PCB routing is limited by fixation of coordinates of wires and by ...

Charles Pfeil is an Engineering Director in the Systems Design Division at Mentor Graphics. My first experience with computerized printed-circuit-board (PCB) design was in 1978 when I acquired two ...

Initially, the idea of autorouting sounds great. A machine that routes your board perfectly for you? Wouldn’t that be amazing? Unfortunately, early autorouters were far from perfect. Initially, the ...