Part News, Part Opinion
Not All Vendor Counts Are Created Equal
July 2, 2018
As more sources become available for ECAD data, designers are looking for ease of use, quality, and coverage of parts. Often, this leads designers to ask the question: how much data does a source truly have? It can be frustrating to search for a component on a data provider’s site only to find out they don’t have the piece of information you need – a footprint, a symbol, or a 3D model. As a designer, your time is valuable and you do not want to waste it searching multiple provider sites for what you need. How can you decipher what data is available from an ECAD data source?
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Common Library Creation Errors – What NOT to Do When Designing Library Parts
April 2, 2018
PCB librarians and designers know that in order to execute a flawless design, your data has to be precise and accurate. In today’s design environment, there are a lot of external pressures on your design: size constraints, project timelines, and exacting design standards. Add complicated datasheets, non-intuitive design tools, and deadlines to the situation and you can see how easy it is to make an error when creating library data. In this article, we will consider some of the common errors that happen when creating a library component, and some tips to avoid running into these issues.
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How to Build a Part from the Manufacturer’s Datasheet
March 1, 2018
When a designer needs to create a component for a PCB board, they have many places where they can gather data – manufacturer websites, distributors, aggregators, or even crowd-sourced resources. Manufacturer datasheets provides all the information needed to build a component – PCB land pattern, schematic symbol pin-out, tolerances, ratings, electrical applications, and ordering information. The Ultra Librarian team has built many components (14 million and growing!) and has learned a few tricks to finding the information that you need in a datasheet in order to create library components.
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Schematic Best Practices: 5 Tips to get you started
September 5, 2017
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Schematics maintain a visual representation of a circuit, showing all significant components, parts, interconnections, flow, and process by way of standard symbols. The purpose of a schematic is to provide a common reference that can be read by any engineer. As such, schematics should have a certain level of consistency and readability, in order to effectively communicate information quickly and clearly without compromising the integrity of the design.
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New Ultra Librarian Website Provides Easy Access To ECAD/MCAD Models and Part Pricing Information
May 1, 2017
EMA Design Automation®, a full-service provider and innovator of Electronic Design Automation (EDA) solutions, has created a website for Ultra Librarian®, www.UltraLibrarian.com, giving electronics designers online access to pre-authored and verified parts with pricing and technical information to help them choose the best electronics components for their designs and the ability to download symbols, footprints, and 3D models.
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