A wonderful short article written by Lou Shababy, a PCB Design lead at Eaton Lighting Controls Division, in this month’s issue of PCD&F Magazine. In this article Lou talks about why IPC-2581 is a better format to use.  Besides the hand-off benefits, he argues that since there is intelligence in the data package, DFM checks …

At this year’s APEX show we will explore new opportunities to expand the format. There will be user group and committtee meetings and a Buzz Session at this year’s APEX event. Be sure not to miss it. How IPC-2581 Enables Industry 4.0 Tuesday, Jan 29 — 3:30 PM to 5:00 PM | Buzz Session 2 …

Sierra Circuits also talked to Michael Ford, who is leading the IPC-1782 committee, about the use of IPC-2581 in Industry 4.0 and IPC-CFX. Michael talks about how IPC-2581 provides the Digital Product Model that is needed to implement a smart factory using IPC-CFX standard. Click here to view the interview

Sierra Circuits talked to Hemant Shah, IPC-2581 Consortium Chairman about advantages of IPC-2581 over traditional Gerber based PCB design data hand-off to manufacturing at PCB West 2018. The interview and discussion goes in who is using IPC-2581 today, why companies should use IPC-2581 and much more. Click here to view the interview  

by Bill Hargin Director of Everything at Z-zero On my morning walk yesterday – through some rain-forest-like trails near our house in Redmond, Washington – I was thinking about writing this blog, and the PCB industry’s adoption of IPC-2581 … I was reminded of something I read years ago that seemed like a reasonable parallel. …