CB500 removable conductive silver plating ink is a screen-printed ink for selective electroplating. Is for additive, low-temperature processing on rigid and flex boards. Reportedly eliminates need for bus bars or other copper plating connections; reduces chance of forming unintended copper antennae; removes need for after-plating.

DuPont Electronics and Communications, http://electronics.dupont.com

CircuitSpace v. 4.0 advanced placement and design reuse software now comes with template viewing and cluster mirroring capabilities. The template viewer is a complete graphical user interface, enabling viewing of parametric information for each component along with an image of the template. Allows review of reuse template graphically before applying it to the design to ensure the correct IP for the circuit. Mirror clusters allows templates to be applied where the master component is mirrored, to apply a template etch to a cluster that has been mirrored, and propagates etch from/to clusters that are and are not mirrored. Other enhancements include a swap cluster command, support for clustering based on a PDF version of the schematic, enhancements to the compare checkpoint report to support testprobe information, and more.

EMA Design Automation, www.ema-eda.com/CircuitSpace

A5-8 flying probe tester has eight moving probes. Features click-and-flip shuttle for thin panel and flex testing; soft touch probe tips down to 2g of force; embedded components option for testing inductance, buried resistors and capacitors. Options include 4 wire Kelvin measurement; automatic verification from grid system; latent defect detection; LA-Test, and micro short detection.

atg Luther & Maelzer GmbH, www.atg-LM.com

CADStar 12.0 suite now eases migration from Pads designs. Is said to enable Pads designs to be maintained in CADStar 12.0 for changing requirements or easy management of part obsolescence, while also facilitating re-use of proven data within new PCBs. Is said to manage the migration process more efficiently than does manual processes. Reportedly permits re-use even the oldest of data for new applications.

Zuken, www.zuken.com/cadstar-migration