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Design Reuse
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Electronic Design Automation
Microchip Technology
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Welcome to The Printed Circuit, a Siemens Podcast. Hosted by Stephen Chavez, each episode will focus on trends, challenges, and opportunities across the printed circuit engineering industry. Topics range from achieving supply chain resilience, to learning PCB design best practices.

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What if the part you approved in five minutes ends up costing your company ten million dollars down the line?

What you’ll learn…

(00:12) Why the Bill of Materials is quietly one of the biggest risk factors in electronics engineering

(02:23) Eric R... more

What you’ll learn…

(00:46) Charlene and Terrie's origin story: a teacher, a career-changer, and 45 years of PCB experience

(02:29) What concurrent design actually means — and the "chasing the sun" shift model

(04:10) Why communicati... more

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(00:12) Why design reuse is energy conservation — and IP management is energy management

(05:15) How the shift from physical tape-ups to CAD opened the door to reusable design data

(08:09) The electric car analogy... more

What if the biggest bottleneck in hardware design isn't your engineer's skill — it's the sheer volume of manual work standing between a great idea and a working schematic? And once you decide to embrace AI-assisted design, how do you make sure the ou... more

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Terrie Duffy
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Paul Fleming
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Antonio Becerra Esteban
VP of Customer Success at Celus
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Are Halvorsen
Principal Design Engineer at Microchip
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Episode: Drop It in the River: The Surprisingly Simple Philosophy Behind Manufacturing 2,000+ Circuit Boards with a Tiny Team
David Haboud
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Episode: The Future of Scalable PCB Design From Complexity to Clarity
Paul Welch
Product Manager, Siemens EDA
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Episode: Secure, Remote, and Collaborative: The Future of PCB Design

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Stephen Chavez
Host with Siemens affiliation, appears across multiple episodes; linked to a broader Siemens ecosystem.

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5.0 out of 5 stars from 19 ratings
  • Informative tips, insights and best practices for PCB Design

    Steph Chaves of Siemens and his guests are very knowledgeable and cover tough topics that EE, PCB Designers and manufacturers struggle with daily. The podcast shares Informative tips, insights and best practices for anyone working in the PCB Design industry.

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High-quality engineering content that's useful for teams.
Guests bring practical, real-world insights.
Great depth on PCB design challenges the industry faces.
Strong emphasis on tooling and collaboration makes it sponsor-friendly.

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Communication, Trust, Process: The Three Pillars Every Co-Design Team Must Get Right
Q: How does your team actually partition work when multiple designers collaborate on a PCB?
We set up a division of areas on the board, use version control or clipping methods to merge work, maintain a master copy, and keep everyone aligned through regular handoffs and clear visibility of who is responsible for what.
Communication, Trust, Process: The Three Pillars Every Co-Design Team Must Get Right
Q: What do you think people misunderstand most about concurrent design versus how it works in practice?
They often think it's just people working on the same design at different times, but it really requires constant communication, clear ownership, and synchronized changes across engineers, manufacturing, and design teams to stay aligned.
The Library Is the Foundation: Why Design Reuse Is Energy Conservation
Q: To start, can you help us understand what design reuse and IP management mean in the context of PCB design, and why these concepts are so critical for engineers and companies today?
Design reuse refers to storing and reusing prior design decisions, while IP management ensures those reusable assets are governed, accurate, and traceable; together they reduce risk, speed time to market, and lower costs by enabling engineers to build on validated components rather than reinventing the wheel.
The Future of Scalable PCB Design From Complexity to Clarity
Q: What excites you about your evolution in contributing to Siemens' broader mission?
David emphasizes the importance of the digital twin and end-to-end data continuity from concept to manufacturing, which enables better product shaping around user needs and reduces design errors.
The Future of Scalable PCB Design From Complexity to Clarity
Q: Could you start by telling me a bit about your journey in the industry?
David describes a decade-long path through embedded software and hardware, moving from aerospace contracting to hardware design as a product marketing engineer, and ultimately joining Siemens to help bridge users, marketing, and product development.

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