NI AWR design environment now comes with new and improved EM Socket II architecture to enhance AWR Connected for EM interoperability between third-party electromagnetic simulation tools and Microwave Office high-frequency circuit board design software. Uses AXIEM 3D planar and Analyst 3D FEM EM solvers. Leverages automation and design management developed for circuit, system, and EM co-simulation.  Enables bi-directional interoperability with Ansys High Frequency Electromagnetic Field Simulation (HFSS) software by defining an HFSS 3D layered structure, seamlessly launching an HFSS simulation and embedding S-parameter results directly back into Microwave Office without leaving the software environment.  

National Instruments, www.awrcorp.com

Conjugate Heat Transfer (CHT) solver of CST Studio Suite offers thermal and airflow simulations for electromagnetic systems. Includes computational fluid dynamics. Simultaneously calculates heat transfer and fluid flow around components; can consider effects such as turbulence and thermal radiation. Allows results from electromagnetic simulations to be used as the basis for a thermal simulation.

CST, www.cst.com

CST Studio Suite – Student Edition, a special free electromagnetic simulation package for students, adds a low-frequency solver especially suitable for learning about eddy currents. Contains the versatile time domain, frequency domain and static and thermal solvers, and is supported by a set of online examples showing how classic textbook problems can be solved with simulation. Can be incorporated into coursework for a class, with online examples useful for independent extracurricular learning at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. New, low-frequency frequency domain (LF-FD) solver is suitable for simulating eddy current effects in devices such as sensors, actuators and transformers. A tutorial for calculating eddy currents on a copper disc allows users to simulate and then easily compare with textbook or laboratory results.

CST, cst.com/academia

Othermill Pro CNC milling machine is capable of cutting features down to 25 microns. Spindle speed is up to 27,000 rpm. Handles double-sided PCBs with 6 mil lines and spaces. Is capable of milling printed circuit boards in around 20 min. Proprietary software imports G-Code, Gerber and Eagle design files.

Other Machine Co., othermachine.co