Editor’s note: Like most industrial machinery, wind turbines rely on electronic controls and devices for peak performance. This article, from analysis software firm Mentor Graphics provides 10 tips for streamlining PCB thermal design, a general component in the controls and devices. A link to the full paper is below. Why is PCB thermal design important?…
10 tips for predicting component temperature: A high level how-to guide
Editor’s note: A wind turbine nacelle is a like a hot house in summer months and a terrible place to ask electrical components to work reliably for long periods. To accommodate the harsh temperatures, Mentor Graphics offers the paper titled by the headline above. This brief introduction presents the paper through part of the second…
Mentor Graphics upgrades electrical system design and service software
Mentor Graphics has announced support for the S1000D documentation standard as part of the latest Capital software release. The Capital suite addresses vehicle electrical system definition, design, manufacture and service. S1000D support is just one of over 60 new capabilities available in the latest version of the Capital software suite. Users can automatically generate S1000D-compliant…
Mentor Graphics’ next-generation FloTHERM software delivers better performance, more capability
Mentor Graphics Corp. has announced its next-generation FloTHERM (for thermal simulations of electronic equipment such as converters and inverters) product featuring a new native Windows graphical user interface (GUI) to handle pre-processing and large models with ease, targeting today’s most advanced electronic designs. The latest release continues the product line’s 25 year history of technical…