>A Desparate Plea..........! > >People, > >I am a fairly inexperienced PCB Layout Engineer situated in Manchester,England. I started two >years ago as a CAD librarian as a way in to the industry, after spending nearly two years >working in a PCB fab shop. > >My problem is this:- whilst I have laid out several boards (reasonably simple multi-layers), >I have never had any formal training so feel ill-equiped to tackle a complicated design, >High speed, RF, EMI critical etc. I have spent several weeks searching for suitable training >courses but the only decent ones I have found are usually in the States. > >The kind of training I'm looking for would include topics such as the following:- > > Good layout practices eg placement orientations, conductor widths etc > EMI layout - power distribution, decoupling, ground shielding etc > Digital layout techniques, > Analogue & RF layout techniques, > >basically anything that teaches good practices in PCB design. I have a degree in Electrical >and Electronic Engineering (albeit not a particularly good one!) and two years limited >"on the job" experience so I have a good grounding (if you'll pardon the expression!), I just >want to improve.... > >IF ANYONE OUT THERE KNOWS OF ANY TRAINING COURSES IN THE UK, OR KNOWS WHO MIGHT KNOW >(ORGANISATIONS ETC) PLEASE PLEASE DROP ME A LINE. > >Thank you for listening...... > > >Adam Hawes - EDA Support Engineer > >Tel: 0161 491 9290 (Direct) or 0161 491 9191 (Switchboard) >Fax: 0161 491 9106 > >############################################################## >IPC Designers Council Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c >############################################################## >To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: >To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE DESIGNERCOUNCIL <your full name> >To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF DESIGNERCOUNCIL >############################################################## >Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information. >For the technical support contact Dmitriy Sklyar at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.311 >############################################################## > >go to silicon valley(san jose, ca.) to a course offered at the "copper connection" it is a great course, and you will be in the hot pwb layout area to find out the latest stuff. do travel for this experience. doug brusig-primex tech-redmond, wa. ############################################################## IPC Designers Council Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ############################################################## To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE DESIGNERCOUNCIL <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF DESIGNERCOUNCIL ############################################################## Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information. For the technical support contact Dmitriy Sklyar at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.311 ##############################################################