When you hear about 10-ounce copper PCBs, high current and high voltage come to mind. In this episode, we will have a deep dive discussion on designing heavy power boards with Mario Strano. Mario is the senior PCB designer at Nikola and also president of ECAD Central. He will share with us his 16 years of experience in PCB design and the migration services he provides through ECAD Central.

Watch this episode or listen on the go. We’ve touched on many other interesting topics, such as setting up clearance and creepage rules and a 57-ounce copper board.

Altium 365: Where the World Designs Electronics

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Show Highlights:

• Mario’s background and professional path as PCB Designer and Component Engineer

• He is currently the only PCB designer at Nikola

• The Japan-based company developed proprietary processes that allow them to do things like Bus Bar Embedded PCB

• How is the supply chain shortage affecting PCB designers, and how are they working around it?

• Mario compared migrating data to “like moving mountains”

Links and Resources:

Connect with Mario Strano on Linkedin

Connect with Zach on LinkedIn