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Introduction to AllSpice Actions.

Why AllSpice Actions: Hardware DevOps in electronics design

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Over the last 15 years, I’ve watched automation tools completely change how software teams develop and release products. The advent and adoption of continuous test and deployment tools, like Jenkins, Circle CI, and GitHub Actions have allowed software teams to quickly and confidently react to changing demands and wrangle increasingly complex system designs by enabling automated test infrastructure, deployment, and release. 

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Understanding Git authentication: HTTPS vs. SSH for ECAD.

Understanding Git for ECAD authentication: HTTPS vs. SSH

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Git revision control is a great tool for hardware development. When it comes to interacting with remote repositories, authentication plays a crucial role in securing the communication between your local machine and the remote server.

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Why git is good for hardware development.

Why Git is good for hardware development

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Git has become an essential tool in modern software development workflows, providing a robust and flexible foundation for version control and collaboration. But, it’s not limited to just code. It is also used for versioning and tracking changes in various types of files and projects, including hardware development.

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Reviewing component changes and chip shortages

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Over the last 6 months, the global semiconductor shortage has been consistently making news for the wave of resulting disruption across the hardware world. From automotive to consumer electronics, virtually every hardware industry has had to scramble to find component replacements ranging from sophisticated ICs to simple microcontrollers.

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Which Git clients work for hardware engineers (and how)

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We live at the dawn of a golden age of hardware development. The tools being built are powerful, fast, and focused on saving money and time but not necessarily with an intuitive user interface. Git has a reputation for being clunky and severe, but everyone participating in the tool-building ecosystem has taken Git a long way from its command line only roots.

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AllSpice new design review creation process.

Design review basics in Git for hardware

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Every hardware engineer is familiar with traditional design review. In the past, it made sense to gather a group of people in a room, staring at a projector screen, and manually walk through the schematics and PCB layout. Every person has a chance to voice their input and create action items.

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Revision control concepts

Revision control concepts: Git for hardware

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Revision control has made huge strides in the past 15 years. File repos no longer need dedicated IT employees to set up and maintain servers. Numerous providers offer turnkey solutions for revision control. The most popular and functional tool has been the git.

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