CircuiTree articles from June 2008

CircuiTree archives from June 2008

Will Olympics meddle with China manufacture?(My Line)
June 1, 2008... Isn't blaming China for the downslide of the North American PCB industry fun? If not fun, it certainly is easy, isn't it? Over the past year in this column I have covered a lot of the issues in China, whether it was the counterfeit components...

Flex/rigid shipments up, bookings mixed in March.(Industry Review)(Statistical data)
June 1, 2008... Bannockburn, Ill.-IPC released the March findings from its monthly North American PCB Statistical Program, reporting a 9.5 percent increase in rigid PCB shipments and a 16.2 percent increase in rigid PCB bookings over March 2007. Rigid PCB...

Mania Technology files for insolvency.(Industry Review)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... Weilrod, Germany -- Mania Technology AG filed for insolvency proceedings with the competent local court of Bad Homburg v.d.H. due to over-indebtedness. After intensive internal as well as expert examination, Mania's management board declared...

PCB material prices on the rise.(Industry Review)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... Taipei -- According to DigiTimes, key PCB materials, including glass yarn and CCL, were subject to a price increase in April. Although material prices are on an uphill trend, negotiations with PCB customers are still underway, without any...

Foxconn reportedly selected to assemble 3G iPhones.(Industry Review)
June 1, 2008... According to TechRadar, Foxconn electronics was selected by Apple to assemble its 3G iPhone prior to its June launch. A report from the Commercial Times claims that Apple directed Foxconn to obtain the required materials for production and have...

BPA completes five-year laminate and PCB forecast.(Industry Review)
June 1, 2008... Surrey, U.K. -- BPA Consulting LTD released a five-year laminate and PCB forecast. BPA's findings include: * Overall world production of PCBs increased from USD 42.7 billion in 2005 to USD 47.9 billion in 2006 with an early estimate of USD...

Intel announces Supplier awards.(Industry Review)
June 1, 2008... Santa Clara, Calif. -- Intel Corporation awarded 35 companies Intel's Preferred Quality Supplier award for outstanding commitment to quality and performance excellence. The companies who received this award excelled at meeting and exceeding...

Merix reports loss.(Industry Review)(Financial report)
June 1, 2008... Beaverton, Ore. -- Merix Corporation reported a loss from continuing operations of USD 12.5 million or USD 0.59 per diluted share on revenue of USD 94.3 million for Q3 FY 08. This compares to income from continuing operations of USD 1.8 million...

Spelman joins Freedom CAD sales team.(Industry Review)
June 1, 2008... Nashua, N.H. -- Tom Spelman is the new central region business development manager for Freedom CAD Services. Spelman will be located in Austin, Tex.; in his new role, he will be responsible for managing the sales efforts throughout the Midwest....

DuPont increases Q1 FY 07 earnings outlook.(Industry Review)(Financial report)
June 1, 2008... Wilmington, Del. -- DuPont increased its Q1 FY 08 earnings outlook to a range of USD 1.14 to USD 1.19 per share. This increase is despite rising energy and ingredient costs and continuing weakness in the U.S. auto and housing markets. The...

Hon Hai to build plant in Russia.(Industry Review)
June 1, 2008... Taipei -- Hon Hai is planning to build a USD 49.6 million plant in Russia, potentially to manufacture mobile phones, computer components, and different types of electronics. The project was approved by Hon Hai's board of directors and could...

Rothstein new Plasma Etch sales manager.(Industry Review)
June 1, 2008... Carson City, Nev. -- Steve Rothstein is Plasma Etch, Inc.'s new Eastern regional U.S. sales manager. In this role, Rothstein will work to penetrate new markets markets in the medical device, printed circuit, wafer processing, chip packaging,...

RJR circuits wins ninth Gold Award.(Industry Review)
June 1, 2008... Denver -- RJR Circuits, Inc., received a 2007 Gold Award from the Metro Wastewater Reclamation District for 100 percent compliance with industrial pretreatment requirements and a dedicated commitment to environmental excellence. This is RJR's...

Electrolube provides traffic control box solution for a U.S. State Department of Transportation.(Industry Review)
June 1, 2008... Derbyshire, U.K. -- Electrolube was approached by a U.S. State Department of Transportation to provide a solution for its traffic control boxes, whereby PCBs could be treated in the field. The PCBs in more than 8,000 traffic control boxes...

PCB Libraries changes name to PCB Matrix Corp.(Industry Review)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... Des Plaines, Ill. -- PCB Libraries, Inc., changed its name to PCB Matrix Corp to better represent the company's growth; the company will soon offer new tools beyond the scope of CAD libraries. PCB Matrix Corp programmers and designers are...

Broyles new Freedom CAD director of operations.(Industry Review)
June 1, 2008... Nashua, N.H. -- Eddie Broyles is the new Freedom CAD director of operations. He previously spent 16 years with Solectron/Flextronics.

Intel senior VP announces upcoming leading-edge microprocessors and technologies.(Industry Review)
June 1, 2008... Santa Clara, Calif. -- According to a press briefing from Pat Gelsinger, Intel Corporation senior vice president and general manager, Digital Enterprise Group, Intel is planning leading-edge microprocessors and technologies, including products...

Jabil reports net revenue increase.(Industry Review)(Financial report)
June 1, 2008... St. Petersburg, Fla. -- Jabil Circuit, Inc., reported an increase in net revenue for Q2 FY 08 at USD 3.1 billion. This is compared to USD 2.9 billion in Q2 FY 07. GAAP operating income for Q2 FY 08 was down 96 percent to USD 1.6 million from...

SMTA partners with MentorNet to provide mentorship opportunities.(Industry Review)
June 1, 2008... Minneapolis -- The Surface Mount Technology Association (SMTA) partnered with MentorNet to facilitate the demand for mentorship opportunities for its student members. With this partnership, SMTA members have access to MentorNet's resources,...

EU approves TBBPA, is commended by Albemarle.(Industry Review)
June 1, 2008... Baton Rouge, La. -- The EU formally approved tetrabromobisphenol-A (TBBPA), a compound used to improve the fire safety of circuit boards and plastics in nearly 70 percent of the world's electrical and electronic equipment. Albemarle...

Kivimaki and Laaksomo join Elcoteq management team.(Industry Review)
June 1, 2008... Espoo, Finland -- Markus Kivimaki and Petteri Laaksomo were appointed to the Elcoteq management team. Kivimaki, senior vice president, Corporate Legal Affairs, was previously vice president, Corporate Legal Affairs, Aldata Solution Oyj. Prior...

Hewlett-Packard leads global market for personal computers in 2007.(Industry Review)
June 1, 2008... According to BBC News, strong laptop sales boosted the PC market in 2007, and Hewlett-Packard (HP) took a clear lead in the global market, moving well ahead of Dell. HP took an 18.2 percent market share last year while Dell's share slipped to...

Jardon joins Freedom CAD Services.(Industry Review)
June 1, 2008... Nashua, N.H. -- Robert Jardon joined Freedom CAD Services, Inc., as senior project manager and printed circuit board designer. Jardon previously owned and operated Jardon Engineering, which was acquired by Kaparel Corporation in 2001.

Klaus joins Sun Chemical service team in Germany.(Industry Review)
June 1, 2008... Nurnberg, Germany -- Matthias Klaus joined the Sun Chemical Circuits service team in Germany, where he will be responsible for technical sales in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Previously, Klaus worked with FUBA Printed Circuits in...

IPC Halogen-Free TG releases report on TBBPA use.(Industry Review)(Tetrabromobisphenol A)(Institute for Interconnecting and Packaging Electronic Circuits )(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... The IPC Halogen-Free Electronics Standard Task Group released its report on the use, from a regulatory viewpoint, of TBBPA. The group is developing IPC J-STD-709, Definition of Maximum Limits of Bromine and Chlorine Used in Materials for Low...

Dorman elected Motorola non-executive chair.(Industry Review)
June 1, 2008... Schaumburg, Ill. -- Motorola, Inc., elected David Dorman non-executive chair of the board. Dorman will succeed Ed Zander at Motorola's 2008 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, May 5. Dorman joined the Motorola board of directors in 2006; he is a...

Yuen elected to Merix board.(Industry Review)
June 1, 2008... Beaverton, Ore. -- Merix Corporation announced that Francis Yuen was elected to its board of directors. Yuen is president and business leader of Trane Commercial Systems, Asia, and previously worked with Honeywell International.

EMA to be exclusive North American reseller of 7Circuits.(Industry Review)
June 1, 2008... Rochester, N.Y. -- EMA Design Automation[TM] signed an agreement to be the exclusive North American reseller of 7Circuits[R], an FPGA I/O synthesis tool from Taray[R]. With this new tool, EMA can offer its customers an integrated flow that will...

Calumet installs FASTechnologies' Drill Automation Software.(Industry Review)
June 1, 2008... Calumet, Mich. -- Calumet Electronics installed FASTechnolgies' Drill Automation Software to improve productivity, quality, and reliability. The SmartParts software has a single download feature that allows each machine to get cassette...

Rohm and Haas acquires Gracel Display.(Industry Review)
June 1, 2008... Philadelphia and Seoul -- Rohm and Haas Company acquired Gracel Display, Inc., a manufacturer of OLED materials; the transaction is worth approximately USD 40 million. This gives Rohm and Haas controlling interested in Gracel and broadens the...

GSPK Circuits sold to TCL Group.(Industry Review)
June 1, 2008... Harrogate, U.K. -- GSPK Circuits Ltd. was sold to the TCL Group, TCL having acquired the majority shareholding in the company. This move, which strengthens the companies' united overall position in the marketplace, makes them one of the top...

CBA Group finalizes sale of Vitronics Soltec to ITW.(Industry Review)
June 1, 2008... Binghamton, N.Y. -- The CBA Group finalized the sale of Vitronics Soltec to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (ITW); ITW acquired all outstanding shares of VS Acquisition Holding Inc., the parent company of Vitronics Soltec Corporation. VS Acquisition...

Park changes name of business unit and subsidiary in connecticut.(Industry Review)
June 1, 2008... Melville, N.Y. -- Park Electrochemical Corp. changed the name of its business unit and subsidiary in Waterbury, Conn., from Nelcote, Inc., to Park Advanced Composite Materials, Inc. The business unit will continue to manufacture advanced...

WISE makes sales in Oregon, Minnesota, and Texas.(Industry Review)
June 1, 2008... Parma, Italy -- WISE Worldwide Enterprise srl received an order from Merix Oregon for one double-side hole-plugging removal process line with two Flatstar machines. Wise also made sales of Flatstar machines to Microm Minneapolis, Eagle Circuits...

Oak-Mitsui and Shocking Technologies sign LOI to bring Voltage Switchable dielectric material to market.(Industry Review)
June 1, 2008... Hoosick Falls, N.Y., and San Jose, Calif. -- Oak-Mitsui Technologies, LLC, and Shocking Technologies signed a LOI to work together to bring Shocking's X static[TM] Voltage Switchable dielectric material to market, including Sanmina-SCI eESD[TM]...

Printar installs first fully digital solder mask printing system at Jenaer Leiterplatten.(Industry Review)
June 1, 2008... Rehovot, Israel -- Printar Ltd. installed GreenJet[TM], the first ever fully digital solder mask printing system, at Jenaer Leiterplatten GmbH. Jenaer is a long-standing Printar customer, boosting production for the past two years with...

Stablcor signs licensing agreement with Graphic PLC.(Industry Review)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... Costa Mesa, Calif. -- Stablcor Incorporated signed a new licensing agreement with Graphic PLC. Graphic PLC technical director Paul Comer stated "We have been tracking the progress of Stablcor and now is the right time to add a license for the...

ITL Circuits to install Chemcut equipment.(Industry Review)
June 1, 2008... State College, Pa. -- ITL Circuits is installing a Chemcut 8000 Strip-Etch-Strip system at its production facility in Markham, Ontario. ITL and Chemcut's relationship began in 1978, and since then, ITL has purchased 20 Chemcut systems.

Agilent wins 2008 Supply Chain Operational Excellence Award.(Industry Review)
June 1, 2008... Santa Clara, Calif. -- Agilent Technologies Inc. received the 2008 Supply Chain Operational Excellence Award from the Supply-Chain Council. This award recognizes the effective use of resources to achieve greater business results through...

Dahlquist new Park Electrochemical director of marketing.(Industry Review)
June 1, 2008... Melville, N.Y. -- Park Electrochemical Corp. appointed David R. Dahlquist director of marketing. Dahlquist was previously product director at Park, and he has also worked at Photocircuits Corporation.

iNEMI announces 2009 Roadmap workshops.(Industry Review)(The International Electronics Manufacturing Initiative )(Conference news)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... Herndon, Va. -- The International Electronics Manufacturing Initiative (iNEMI) scheduled three regional workshops to give industry members the chance to review work in progress on the 2009 Roadmap. The North American workshop was May 14 at...

Ormecon's organic metal nanofinish enters mass production.(Industry Review)
June 1, 2008... Ammersbek, Germany -- Ormecon International announced that the first mass production of organic metal nanofinish boards started at the end of March; this falls only seven months after introducing the product. Mass production began with smaller...

Celestica announces senior leadership appointments for Boucher and DelBianco.(Industry Review)
June 1, 2008... Toronto -- Celestica Inc. made two senior management appointments designed to provide integrated solutions to meet customers' needs and drive global operational eff ectiveness. John Boucher was appointed executive vice president, Supply Chain...

Engelmaier releases updated RoHS-compliant lead-free PCB white paper.(Industry Review)
June 1, 2008... Ormond Beach, Fla. -- Engelmaier Associates, L.C., released version v.08 of the white paper "Recommendations for PCB FAB Notes and Specifications in Printed Circuit Board Drawings for SnPb and Lead-Free Soldering Assemblies, the Qualification...

IPC and Messemunchen announce PCB assembly show in Shanghai in 2009.(Industry Review)(Conference news)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... Shanghai -- IPC and Messemunchen International announced that the two groups will partner to form a new PCB assembly trade show, March 17 to 19, 2009, to be held in concurrence with next year's CPCA Show and Semicon; the show will take place at...

JPSA appoints Schoenemann Laser Refurb manager.(Industry Review)
June 1, 2008... Manchester, N.H. -- J. P. Sercel Associates Inc. (JPSA) appointed Henry Schoenemann manager of the Laser Refurbishment Department. In this role, Schoenemann will manage JPSA's full laser repair and refurbishment laboratory, services, and...

Flextronics completes phase one of Arima Computer acquisition.(Industry Review)
June 1, 2008... Singapore -- Flextronics completed phase one of its two-phase acquisition of Arima Computer Corporation's notebook and server business; this phase includes the acquisition of the design and services groups. Phase two will include the...

IPC announces new board of directors.(Industry Review)
June 1, 2008... Bannockburn, Ill. -- IPC announced its newly elected board of directors; 10 directors and three officers were elected for the period of April 2008 through March 2010. The new chair is Nilesh Naik, chief executive officer, OneSource Group,...

Automa-Tech makes multiple sales.(Industry Review)
June 1, 2008... Val de Reuil, France -- Automa-Tech Advanced Technologies--ORCImaging received orders in Asia for multiple automatic exposure systems from E&E and Asus-Boardtek. The orders included Evolution 2 and the latest Acura model; the Acura model was...

Mentor to collaborate with applied Micro Circuits Corporation and Vietnam National University of Ho Chi Minh City to support electronic design education.(Industry Review)
June 1, 2008... Ho Chi Minh City -- Mentor Graphics Corporation signed a three-way agreement with Applied Micro Circuits Corporation and Vietnam National University of Ho Chi Minh City to collaborate on the development and delivery of educational courses for...

Fine lines in high yield (part CLIII): full-build electroless copper.(Tech Talk)
June 1, 2008... Electroless copper plating is widely used in PWB fabrication to form a metal seed layer on through-hole and blind via hole walls to enable the formation of a thicker copper deposit by electroplating. The use of electroless copper plating to...

Novel material from Japan is a useful assembly aid for flexible circuits.(Flexible Thinking)
June 1, 2008... Assembly of flexible circuits has long been one of the more significant challenges in the realm of electronics assembly. The great advantages of flexible circuit technology are intrinsically linked to the thin dielectric materials used in the...

Green technology for plated through-hole processing.(Cover story)
June 1, 2008... Electroless copper has long been the dominant process for plated through-hole metallization. The technology is widely used by PCB fabricators and driven by long-standing OEM acceptance. However, this established technology has many drawbacks...

The lessons learned over 20 years and the opportunities ahead.(CircuiTree 20-Year Retrospective)
June 1, 2008... I think the major changes that characterized the past 20 years of the industry in general but in Europe in particular are the following: With regard to technology, the orientation versus different product lines taken by the different market...

Vacuum etching technology: combined processes and interesting developments.
June 1, 2008... A new method of etching and a new additive have emerged in the aftermath of a combination of a vacuum etching technology with a pulse method. Given the continuous refinement of the process of vacuum etching on one hand and the coupling with the...

Setting the standards for success.(IPC Issues and Answers)(Conference news)
June 1, 2008... One of the best parts of my job as president of IPC is watching it all come together--I recently had that privilege once again at IPC's show in Las Vegas. Staff had worked diligently to make the move to Las Vegas seamless. Our technical team...

The new role of distribution as supplier of the European printed circuit board industry.(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... "The problem of our time is that the future is not anymore what it used to be," said the French writer Paul Valery. This is especially true for our business and makes it difficult and at the same time critical to build a strategy in these...

Global end markets grow 11 percent in Q1 FY 08 ... but inventories creep up, domestic electronic equipment bookings show signs of life.(Market Outlook)
June 1, 2008... In spite of difficult economic conditions, global electronic equipment (OEM) sales and net income both increased about 11 percent in Q1 FY 08 compared to Q1 FY 07 (Chart 1). However, using composite fi nancial data from a broad sampling of...

DownStream BluePrint for PCBs version 1.8.(Technical Product Spotlights)
June 1, 2008... DownStream Technologies' LLC's BluePrint for PCBs[TM] Version 1.8 is the latest version of its revolutionary software solution that creates the documentation that drives PCB fabrication, assembly, and inspection. Version 1.8's new...

Enthone receives new patent for ViaForm leveler copper damascene electroplating chemistry.(Technical Product Spotlights)
June 1, 2008... Enthone Inc. received U.S. Patent No. 7,316,772 for its ViaForm[R] Leveler copper damascene electroplating chemistry; this patent complements and further strengthens prior patents granted to the ViaForm electroplating process. The leveler,...

Rogers halogen-free transparent laminate.(Technical Product Spotlights)
June 1, 2008... Rogers Corporation's halogen-free, transparent epoxy polyimide laminate system is not only safe for the environment but also delivers superior performance in an all-inclusive package for flexible circuit designs. The R/flex JADETM A epoxy...

Sunstone circuits and Altium collaborate to improve PCB design for manufacture process.(Technical Product Spotlights)
June 1, 2008... Sunstone Circuits now has a free factory-certified design for manufacture add-on that implements Sunstone's manufacturing capabilities interactively inside Altium Designer. Benefits include reduced costs; reduced time by designing a PCB more...

Automa-Tech Acura-BGA exposure unit.(Technical Product Spotlights)
June 1, 2008... Automa-Tech Advanced Technologies Acura-BGA exposure unit is dedicated to extremely high-density IC substrates. Features include: highly collimated light; glass temperature regulation for artwork preservation; automatic artwork cleaning;...

Metrohm releases thermometric titration system.(Technical Product Spotlights)
June 1, 2008... Metrohm 859 Titrotherm thermometric titration system is used for the control of sulfate in wet process phosphoric acid production. Titrotherm's simple thermometric titration with barium chloride is fast, easily performed by process operators,...

Camfil-Farr MERV 8* 30/30 air filter.(Technical Product Spotlights)
June 1, 2008... The Camfil-Farr MERV 8* (ASHRAE 52.2-2007) 30/30 air filter is a high-efficiency pleated panel filter engineered to deliver substantial energy savings for cleanroom air handling units. The 30/30 has very low initial resistance, low maintained...

Metrohm modern voltammetric workstation.(Technical Product Spotlights)
June 1, 2008... The Metrohm 797 VA Computrace is a modern voltammetric workstation connected to the PC via USB port. It uses cyclic voltammetric stripping or cyclic pulse voltammetric stripping for the determination of all types of organic additives...

Amphenol high-amperage connectors for PCBs.(Technical Product Spotlights)
June 1, 2008... Amphenol Industrial's three compact, high-amperage connectors are ideal for use in high-current, single-point connections to PCBs: PowerBlock, RADSERT, and PGY. The connectors incorporate RADSOK[R] technology to eliminate threaded connection...

Anderson PowerMod connector family.(Technical Product Spotlights)
June 1, 2008... The Anderson Power Products[R] PowerMod[R] connector family features high-power capability in a dense package. Available from 3 to 30 circuits, the gold-plated contacts are rated for 30 A continuous and may also be used in low-amperage,...

Altium NanoBoards and Altium Station extended design solutions.(Technical Product Spotlights)
June 1, 2008... Altium NanoBoards are standard, off-the-shelf design solutions that offer greater design flexibility for electronics designers. The Innovation Station combines the Altium Designer unified electronics design software with the extended NanoBoard...

Oxford Instruments x-ray fluorescence analyzer.(Technical Product Spotlights)
June 1, 2008... Oxford Instruments' X-Strata980 is an x-ray fluorescence analyzer that combines a high-power x-ray tube and large LN2-free detector to measure small areas of complex samples and deliver limits of detection in single-digit ppm. The X-Strata980...

Zuken [E.sup.3].series version 2008.(Technical Product Spotlights)
June 1, 2008... Zuken's 2008 version of the [E.sup.3].series focuses on letting users lead the way in determining software feature enhancements. Zuken enhanced the usability of the core architecture and base module and pulled out all the stops to improve the...

Orbotech UV curing integrated technology.(Technical Product Spotlights)
June 1, 2008... Orbotech UCI Technology[TM] is used exclusively in its Newprint inkjet legend-printing systems. This technology ensures superior system performance for bare PCB manufacturing. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Visit: www.orbotech.com

Frontline automatic impedance coupon generator.(Technical Product Spotlights)
June 1, 2008... Frontline PCB Solutions' InCoupon is an automatic impedance coupon generator for PCB manufacturers that automatically generates top-quality impedance coupon layouts. The generator permits impedance line testing at the subassembly stage to avoid...

Cookson launches Greenline initiative for its environmentally friendly products.(Technical Product Spotlights)
June 1, 2008... Cookson Electronics launched the Greenline[R] initiative, which features its environmentally friendly ALPHA[R] electronic assembly materials products. Cookson will now highlight its environmentally friendly products--which are lead free, low...

Sunstone add-on for Cadsoft Eagle PCB layout tool.(Technical Product Spotlights)
June 1, 2008... Sunstone Circuits' factory-certified add-on enforces Sunstone's manufacturing capabilities interactively inside CadSoft's EAGLE PCB Layout[TM] tool. The tool enables users to design with more confidence that their PCBs will be manufacturable by...

Vitesse embedded waveform viewing technology.(Technical Product Spotlights)
June 1, 2008... Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation's VScope[TM] is a revolutionary IC-based waveform viewing technology. VScope provides system designers with new possibilities to redefine the dynamics and economies of backplane design, signal integrity...

Laird metal core PCB laminate for LED applications.(Technical Product Spotlights)
June 1, 2008... Laird Technologies' T-lam[TM] SS LLD is a metal core PCB laminate for LED applications. T-lam is environmentally friendly and designed to keep bright and ultrabright LED light engines burning brighter, longer, and uniformly. Featuring a copper...

Cadence/Mentor Open Verification Methodology.(Technical Product Spotlights)
June 1, 2008... The Cadence Design Systems and Mentor Graphics Corp. Open Verification Methodology (OVM), distributed under the standard open-source Apache[TM] 2.0 license, is based on the IEEE Std. 1800[TM]-2005 SystemVerilog standard and is the first open,...

Anderson Power Products high power PCB connector and contact series.(Technical Product Spotlights)
June 1, 2008... Anderson Power Products[R] released the high power (45 amp) PCB connector and contact series, which is an ideal solution for applications that require high power connections to a PCB. The connector and contact series can be preassembled in one...

Agilent AOI platform.(Technical Product Spotlights)
June 1, 2008... Agilent Medalist sj5000 AOI platform targets post-reflow inspection and is designed on a flexible platform that is easy to use, helping PCB manufacturers keep pace with the fast-changing demands of SMT. Designed for flexibility, the sj5000...

LogicSwap migration tools.(Technical Product Spotlights)
June 1, 2008... LogicSwap migration tools enable schematics, libraries, and PCB designs to be moved into Zuken's desktop-based PCB design suite, CADSTAR, from Cadence Allegro and Orcad, Mentor Graphics PADS (PCB only), and Altium Protel and P-CAD without...

Sunstone next-generation circuit board design solution.(Technical Product Spotlights)
June 1, 2008... Sunstone Circuits' PCB123[TM] Version 3.0, the next generation of its complete circuit board design solution, features such enhancements as: real-time, bi-directional views of layout and schematic; full customization via the new PCB123 Software...

Datron integrated vision system for high-speed machining applications.(Technical Product Spotlights)
June 1, 2008... Datron Dynamics, Inc.'s Datron IVS is a vision system for high-speed machining applications. Housed in a rugged metal chassis for industrial applications, it is mounted to the Z-axis of its machining centers for locating fiducials and crop...

Mentor Graphics extends HDL Designer series to implement SystemVerilog.(Technical Product Spotlights)
June 1, 2008... Mentor Graphics HDL Designer[TM] for SystemVerilog provides a highly productive environment for design reuse, design creation, and verification efficiencies, and its goal is to help design teams significantly improve productivity through RTL...