Last year, Lockheed Martin was awarded a project by Chicago’s Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute (DMDII) to launch the PCB industry into the digital age. DMDII is a collaborative innovation center where manufacturers go to forge their digital futures. DMDII equips U.S. factories with the digital tools and expertise they need to begin building …

by Lucy Iantosca, Sierra Circuits The latest IPC Designers Council held at Cadence in San José, CA, was all about IPC-2581. Presented by IPC Consortium Chair Hemant Shah, the lunch meeting answered why IPC-2581 is the go-to standard. Similar to the Mentor Graphics-owned ODB++ in terms of functionality, it takes the lead over its competitor …

This data format seems to work well and I believe it is a step towards the future. . The things I like about it is that all information is output at the same time, unlike gerber where you can modify a layer at a later time and possibly your artwork and pcb get out of …

I, Richard Clark, work for Keysight Technologies as a EDA software developer responsible for links with third-party EDA tools. As a provider of EDA design and simulation solutions, Keysight is committed to the support of common data interchange standards. As an open, neutrally maintained global standard, IPC-2581 is an important part of Keysight’s strategy to …

 by Chris Shaw The evolution from Gerber to Industry 4.0 is well on its way. Fujitsu Network Communications, a telecommunications services and equipment supplier based in Richardson, TX, is a founding member of the IPC-2581 Consortium. We quickly saw the potential of IPC-2581 to not only streamline our existing fabrication and assembly processes, but to …