Tag Archives: Pete Waddell

Remembering Finch

Posted on December 24, 2012 by Mike

Zuken has compiled a number of touching sentiments from friends of the late Alan Finch, credited with developing the first shape-based autorouter. Finch, of course, wrote the landmark paper that followed up his Racal-Redac colleague Ulrich Lauther, who conceived a … Continue reading →

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PCU Goes Live!

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Pete

As “Dean Pete” (I think Professor Pete sounds better) intimated earlier today, we have just gone live with Printed Circuit University, the industry’s first online e-learning and training resource for professionals involved in the engineering and design of printed circuit … Continue reading →

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Design to Win

Posted on July 15, 2010 by Mike

Glad to see Mentor is continuing with its annual Technology Leadership Awards competition. The program, which has been around since 1988, uses a panel of judges to select the best designs in six end-product categories. (The only catch is that … Continue reading →

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