The EEcosystem Podcast

PCB Design for Manufacturing (DFM) & Handoff Mistakes to Avoid | Laura Martin, PCB DfM Expert

In this episode, EE and former Lockheed Martin PCB expert join us to discuss why the hand-off between design engineers and their fabricators has become so challenging and problematic. She explains how, in her new role at Summit Interconnect, she is developing a team and a program dedicated to helping support, educate, and empower engineers. She also offers ways to improve your knowledge and skills in DfM best practices.
 
 
0:50 Intro background 5:10 Your role and interests at Summit
10:36 How has the PCB Design hand-off changed with greater complexity
12:01 How do design engineers define DFM and specific needs?
14:14 Advice for engineers wanting more DfM self-education?
16:04 What next for Summit?
16:56 How can our audience connect with you and Summit?
Summit Interconnect Website https://summitinterconnect.com
Summit Webinars https://summitinterconnect.com/webinars/
Laura Martin LinkedIn Profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-b-martin/
IPC Committees Page https://www.ipc.org/committee-page
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⛰️Visit Summit Interconnect for all your complex PCB manufacturing needs. https://summitinterconnect.com/ 🔗For all of your high-speed and RF connectors visit the Samtec website and access excellent engineering resources while you are there. https://www.samtec.com/
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💽For high complexity EDA solutions visit SIEMENS EDA Website https://eda.sw.siemens.com/en-US/
🔌 Picotest specializes in high fidelity testing and measurement tools, primarily for power-related applications. Visit their website for more product information and excellent training materials from expert Steve Sandler https://www.picotestonline.com/

Satellites, 5G, Open RAN, PCI6, Chat GPT and Beyond: Samtec’s Expert on High-Speed Tech! - Matt Burns

Samtec's Global Head of Technical Marketing, Matt Burns, joins us to discuss the rapidly emerging new era of high-speed technology. He covers what's happening in 224Gps, AI, satellites, 5G, Open RAN, PCI6, and much more. He shares his observations of how Samtec is "integrating to innovate" with partners from all aspects of the ecosystem. He also discusses how engineers can continue to keep their fingers on the pulse of the industry to keep updating and improving their skill sets.
Samtec Website https://www.samtec.com/
Signal Integrity Center of Excellence https://www.samtec.com/s2s/signal-integrity-group
Signal Integrity Handbook https://suddendocs.samtec.com/notesandwhitepapers/samtec-signal-integrity-handbook.pdf
Samtec Upcoming Events https://blog.samtec.com/events/
 
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For SI/PI/EMI News and Technical Resources and to register for a free subscription visit the Signal Integrity Journal today. https://www.signalintegrityjournal.com/
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📡 For Custom RF and MW PCBs visit the Transline Technology Website to learn more. Visit https://translinetech.com/
⛰️Visit Summit Interconnect for all your complex PCB manufacturing needs. https://summitinterconnect.com/
🔗For all of your high-speed and RF connectors visit the Samtec website and access excellent engineering resources while you are there. https://www.samtec.com/
🎛 Visit the SIGLENT website to learn more about their test and measurement solutions For Every Bench. Every Engineer. Every Day. https://siglentna.com/
💽For high complexity EDA solutions visit SIEMENS EDA Website https://eda.sw.siemens.com/en-US/
🔌 Picotest specializes in high fidelity testing and measurement tools, primarily for power-related applications. Visit their website for more product information and excellent training materials from expert Steve Sandler https://www.picotestonline.com/
 

Ben Dannan: What is enough VDDQ Package PI Analysis for DDR4/5

Ben Dannan of Signal Edge Solutions and Principal Engineer at a Tier One Defense Contractor discusses a presentation he'll be giving at EDI Con Online next week. His talk is entitled: What is Enough VDDQ Package PI Analysis for DDR4/5. His talk will cover an actual use case he and his colleague encountered and will share techniques on how to "sanity check" vendor IP models to ensure accurate simulation that will result in positive implications across the whole system.
 
Show Notes
EDI Con Registration Page: https://www.edicononline.com/register/
Ben Dannan LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjamin-dannan/
Judy’s LinkedIn Profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/judymwarner/
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📡 For Custom RF and MW PCBs visit the Transline Technology Website to learn more. Visit https://translinetech.com/
⛰️Visit Summit Interconnect for all your complex PCB manufacturing needs. https://summitinterconnect.com/
🔗For all of your high-speed and RF connectors visit the Samtec website and access excellent engineering resources while you are there. https://www.samtec.com/
🎛 Visit the SIGLENT website to learn more about their test and measurement solutions For Every Bench. Every Engineer. Every Day. https://siglentna.com/
💽For high complexity EDA solutions visit SIEMENS EDA Website https://eda.sw.siemens.com/en-US/
🔌 Picotest specializes in high fidelity testing and measurement tools, primarily for power-related applications. Visit their website for more product information and excellent training materials from expert Steve Sandler https://www.picotestonline.com/

Signal Integrity | Impedence Modeling | AI in EDA Tools | Expert - Bert Simonowich

Bert Simonovich shares insights related to hidden factors he's discovered in regard to inaccurate impedance models. He's discovered hidden effects that are a result of anisotropic effects in copper-clad laminates, that can result in signal integrity problems. Bert will be giving two upcoming presentations including EDI COM which takes place next week. He will be giving a deeper and more expanded version of this topic in January at DesignCon 2024.
 Links for Show Notes:
EDI Con Registration https://www.edicononline.com/register/
Bert Simonovich Articles in Signal Integrity Journal
DesignCon 2024
Bert’s LinkedIn Profile
Judy’s LinkedIn Profile
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💡For SI/PI/EMI News and Technical Resources and to register for a free subscription visit the Signal Integrity Journal today. https://www.signalintegrityjournal.com/
👨🏽‍💻For free Technical Resources and to Learn more about Keysight Pathwave EDA Software Solutions visit the homepage now. https://www.keysight.com/us/en/produc...
📡 For Custom RF and MW PCBs visit the Transline Technology Website to learn more. Visit https://translinetech.com/
⛰️Visit Summit Interconnect for all your complex PCB manufacturing needs. https://summitinterconnect.com/
🔗For all of your high-speed and RF connectors visit the Samtec website and access excellent engineering resources while you are there. https://www.samtec.com/
🎛 Visit the SIGLENT website to learn more about their test and measurement solutions For Every Bench. Every Engineer. Every Day. https://siglentna.com/
💽For high complexity EDA solutions visit SIEMENS EDA Website https://eda.sw.siemens.com/en-US/
🔌 Picotest specializes in high fidelity testing and measurement tools, primarily for power-related applications. Visit their website for more product information and excellent training materials from expert Steve Sandler (https://www.picotestonline.com/).
For SI/PI/EMI News and Technical Resources and to register for a free subscription visit the Signal Integrity Journal today.
For free Technical Resources and to Learn more about Keysight Pathwave EDA Software Solutions visit the homepage now.
For Custom RF and MW PCBs visit the Transline Technology Website to learn more.
Visit Visit Summit Interconnect for all your complex PCB manufacturing needs. For all of your high-speed and RF connectors visit the Samtec website and access excellent engineering resources while you are there.
Visit the SIGLENT website to learn more about their test and measurement solutions For Every Bench. Every Engineer. Every Day. https://siglentna.com/ 
For high complexity EDA solutions visit SIEMENS EDA Website https://eda.sw.siemens.com/en-US/ 
Picotest specializes in high fidelity testing and measurement tools, primarily for power-related applications. Visit their website for more product information and excellent training materials from expert Steve Sandler.
Speeding Edge offers has a large library of technical articles available for purchase on its website at: https://www.speedingedge.com

EMI and EMC Testing | Simulation | Standards | Expert Insights - Juliano Mologni

Passing EMC can be extremely challenging and expensive. Particularly when you fail and have to go through a mystifying debug that feels like a game of whack-a-mole. Juliano Mologni, EMI/EMC expert and product manager at Ansys, discusses things engineers should consider and how simulation will help you go into that "Chamber of Secrets" confident and with passing results every time!
 
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📡 For Custom RF and MW PCBs visit the Transline Technology Website to learn more. Visit https://translinetech.com/
⛰️Visit Summit Interconnect for all your complex PCB manufacturing needs. https://summitinterconnect.com/
🔗For all of your high-speed and RF connectors visit the Samtec website and access excellent engineering resources while you are there. https://www.samtec.com/
🎛 Visit the SIGLENT website to learn more about their test and measurement solutions For Every Bench. Every Engineer. Every Day. https://siglentna.com/
💽For high complexity EDA solutions visit SIEMENS EDA Website https://eda.sw.siemens.com/en-US/
🔌 Picotest (https://www.picotest.com/index.html) specializes in high fidelity testing and measurement tools, primarily for power-related applications. Visit their website for more product information and excellent training materials from expert Steve Sandler (https://www.picotestonline.com/).
 

EDI CON 2023: Conference Preview

The Electronic Design Innovation Conference, or EDI CON will be held every Wednesday in October. It's free, it's fully online and is full of excellent technical sessions for engineers. Pat Hindle, Media Director at Signal Integrity Journal joins me this week to share a sneak peek on the Four technical tracks, the sessions, speakers and all you can expect for the conference.
Register for EDI Con https://www.edicononline.com/
 
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Power Integrity Everywhere: From Space to TikTok

In this video, we will discuss the basics of power integrity in applications ranging from Space to TikTok. We will cover the following topics:
The need for power integrity is universal in today's electronic applications. Leading experts Steve Sandler and Heidi Barnes share their insights from space and data center applications to PCB design and how to stay ahead in the ever-changing technology landscape.
1) What is power integrity?
2) Why is it important?
3) The different types of power integrity problems
4) How to improve power integrity in your design? This video is perfect for anyone who wants to learn more about power integrity.
Whatever level of interest you have in engineering this video will give you a solid understanding of this important topic.
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💾 For free Technical Resources and to Learn more about Keysight Pathwave EDA Software Solutions visit the homepage now. https://www.keysight.com/us/en/produc...
👀 Visit Summit Interconnect for all your complex PCB manufacturing needs. https://www.summit-pcb.com/
🎯For all of your high-speed and RF connectors visit the Samtec website and access excellent engineering resources while you there. https://www.samtec.com/
🤓Visit the SIGLENT website to learn more about their test and measurement solutions For Every Bench. Every Engineer. Every Day. https://siglentna.com/
📡For Custom RF and MW PCBs visit the Transline Technology Website to learn more. https://translinetech.com
💾 For high-complexity EDA solutions visit SIEMENS EDA Website https://eda.sw.siemens.com/en-US/
🔌 Picotest specializes in high-fidelity testing and measurement tools, primarily for power-related applications. Visit their website for more product information and excellent training materials from expert Steve Sandler. https://www.picotest.com
 

The Signal Integrity Workflow Evolution

Keysight Learning and The EEcosystem Podcast present Professor Dr. Eric Bogatin, Signal Integrity Expert, and Dr. Tim Wang-Lee, Signal Integrity Application Scientist in the first of a special edition podcast series. In this episode, we discuss issues related to the signal integrity design workflow and ways to ensure efficiency and success. We also explore ways that EDA tools can improve the design workflow and how these tools need to evolve in order to support the successful design and development of high-speed hardware applications.
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Next-Gen Software-Defined PCB Design for Hardware Designers

Duncan Haldane, CEO and Co-Founder of Silicon Valley startup, JITX discusses his vision for increasing success and productivity for hardware engineers through automated software-defined PCB Design. Early release successes are promising indicators that JITX is positioned to usher in a new and exciting era for design engineers.
 
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PCB Industry Visits Capitol Hill and the Impact to Engineers

Wonder if you had the ability to have your PCBs manufactured in the US that were abundant, reliable and the pricing was competitive with offshore suppliers? This is what my guest, David Schild of PCBAA was recently advocating for on Capitol Hill along with PCB Industry executive members. Learn about the significant gains made in this annual event and what the implications will be for engineers like you.
 
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👀 Visit Summit Interconnect for all your complex PCB manufacturing needs. https://www.summit-pcb.com/
🎯For all of your high-speed and RF connectors visit the Samtec website and access excellent engineering resources while you there. https://www.samtec.com/
Visit the SIGLENT website to learn more about their test and measurement solutions For Every Bench. Every Engineer. Every Day. https://siglentna.com/
For Custom RF and MW PCBs visit the Transline Technology Website to learn more. https://translinetech.com
For high complexity EDA solutions visit SIEMENS EDA Website https://eda.sw.siemens.com/en-US/
Picotest specializes in high fidelity testing and measurement tools, primarily for power-related applications. Visit their website for more product information and excellent training materials from expert Steve Sandler. https://www.picotest.com