What are the reasons for PCB pads not being tinned and vias not working?

The spacing between adjacent pads is too close to cause bridging, too far away will lead to false soldering. Unreasonable ...
Electronics Weekly

Mentor creates cloud community for PCB designers

Mentor Graphics has added analogue/mixed-signal (AMS) and high-speed signal analysis to its PADS PCB deign and layout tools. Mentor Graphics has added analogue/mixed-signal (AMS) and high-speed signal ...
Business Wire

New Component Library Available for Mentor Graphics PADS PCB Design Tools

WILSONVILLE, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 2, 2003--Mentor Graphics Corporation (Nasdaq:MENT), the market leader in printed circuit board (PCB) design software, today announced it has established a ...
EDN

Mentor offers libraries for PADS PCB flow

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Mentor Graphics Corp. said it has signed agreements with library vendors Optimum Design Associates and PCB Libraries that will make their libraries available for use with the Mentor ...
Hackaday

PCB Solder Pad Repair & Cleanup

What do you do when your motherboard is covered in electrolytic grime, has damaged pads and traces that are falling apart? You call [RetroGameModz] to work their magic with epoxy and solder. While ...
EDN

Mentor upgrades PADS PCB tools

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — Claiming improvements in ease of use, system integration, and quality, Mentor Graphics is rolling out PADS2004, the latest version of its Windows-based PCB design flow. PADS2004 ...
Electronics Weekly

Mentor revives PADS PCB design for low end

Mentor Graphics has resurrected the PADS name for circuit board designers, bringing out three toolsets for low to mid end PCB layout. Called PADS Suites, the Windows-based tools address the ...
Hackaday

3D-Printed Macro Pad Ditches The PCB With Slick Wiring Guides

Reddit user [duzitbetter] showed off their design for a 3D-printed programmable macro keyboard that offers a different take on what can be thought of as a sort of 3D-printed PCB. The design is called ...