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Vault 1.1 features enhanced searching and filtering tools and design bill of materials for easy-to-use component navigation.

Read more: Altium Upgrades Vault 1.1

Altium Designer 13.2 offers better control over printed circuit board design data and a clearer view throughout the development process.

Read more: Altium Releases Designer 13.2

Ultra thin double coated tapes are for bonding and attaching components and assemblies where high dielectric strength is required. REACH and RoHS compatible. Come in polyimide (PI) and polyester (PET). Have dielectric strengths up to 13.2kV. Include acrylic and silicone adhesives with a variety of liners for die cutting into complex shapes and auto application. Halogen-free UL94 VTM0 flame-retardant and antistatic versions also available. Antistatic versions have peel voltages of <100v and surface resistances of 10^5 to 10^9 Ohms.

Polyonics, www.polyonics.com

Capital Harness TVM software automatically generates electrical system and wire harness manufacturing process and cost data specific to each harness design, factory and company’s cost models. Supports process choice and sourcing decisions. Is able to act directly on design data generated by other tools from the Capital suite, and can be implemented as part of an extended flow or standalone. Reads data in several standard formats, including KBL. Data can be received from a variety of industry tools.

Mentor Graphics, www.mentor.com

FabStream for Mass Design consists of free SoloPCB Design software customized to FabStream’s manufacturing partners. Customers can download SoloPCB Design software from www.massdesign.com preloaded with manufacturing and pricing rules. Can create PCB schematics and layouts. PCB is automatically priced and ordered through an integrated e-commerce wizard. Wizard extracts manufacturing data into a secure and encrypted industry standard IPC-2581 manufacturing file. Order information and manufacturing file are electronically routed to inside sales department for order processing and CAM engineering. Can be accessed globally 24/7/365.

Mass Design, www.massdesign.com

SoloPCB design software consists of schematic capture, PCB layout and autorouting in a single, easy-to-use environment. Creates PCB libraries, schematics and board layouts. Designs printed circuit boards up to 16 layers, including blind and buried vias and controlled and matched impedance. PCB fabricator production capabilities and constraints embedded. Design changes can be made and then verified through an integrated analyzer that compares the modification to the manufacturer’s rules using a quick pass/fail check, helping the user keep the design in sync with manufacturing. Automatically extracts, encrypts and routes IPC-2581 data file to PCB manufacturer during ordering. Available for free via FabStream manufacturing partners.

DownStream Technologies, www.fabstream.com