EDAConnect offers electronic design engineers an intuitive, easy-to-use connection from their EDA environment to their enterprise PLM system.
Provides an out-of-the-box software solution that protects the user from changes in either their EDA environment or enterprise PLM system. Its initial release provides integration for Mentor Graphics DxDesigner, Cadence Allegro and Agile. Additional EDA clients and PLM systems will be released as developed. Provides engineering with integrated library synchronization, design check-in and check-out, BOM extraction and comparison,
template driven design publishing and archiving, as well as an integrated view of the ECO process.
Offered in both site and enterprise licensing models to serve the needs of large and small organizations.
A.C.E. Production Technologies introduces its KPH Series infrared (IR) preheat modules for the KISS102 Series Selective Soldering machine. KPH-10 and KPH-20 are simple to set up and use, and feature thermocouple ports to facilitate thermal profiling. KPH-10 offers a 10 x 24” heating area divided into two 10 x 12” individually-controllable zones of 750-watts each. KPH-20 offers a 20 x 24” heating area divided into four 10 x 12” zones.
Preheating drives out volatiles or moisture from the circuit board, minimizing the potential for delamination; it raises the overall temperature of the assembly and prevents thermal shock to the board, allows for faster processing, and reduces the potential for thermal shock and stress to the PCB.
Can operate in two separate modes: ‘Timer’ (times out at a specific setpoint) or ‘Ramp and hold’ (ramps to setpoint and holds that temperature). Following the preheat cycle, the operator manually advances the circuit board through the preheater into the KISS machine, where fluxing and soldering proceeds on a pre-heated board.
Available in benchtop or stand-alone configuration, product support rails line up with the rails of the solder wave.
LPKF Laser & Electronics has installed an LPKF UV laser processing system at Fine Line Stencil/A-Laser in Beaverton, OR.
LPKF MicroLine 600Dis a next-generation UV laser capable of addressing a variety of tasks, including: cutting of flex circuits, cover layer cutting and skiving. It is also used for the machining of micro mechanical parts made of organic materials, such as polyimide and polyester.