Case Study: Electronic Design Solutions achieves faster, error-free management of complex PCB designs with Altium

Electronic Design Solutions - Customer Case Study

Electronic Design Solutions, Inc., a Frederick, MD electronics design consultancy led by engineer Mike Reagan, faced rapidly rising board complexity — moving from typical 500-component projects a decade ago to designs with more than 3,000 components. Tight mechanical constraints, the need for MCAD‑ECAD coordination, and large FPGAs with thousands of pins made traditional workflows impractical and created pressure to adopt more capable design tools.

By continually upgrading to Altium Designer and using its unified environment — including auto‑routers, programmable design rules, board‑level pin‑swapping, real‑time ECAD‑MCAD collaboration and integrated output/panelization — the team automated repetitive tasks, kept schematics and boards synchronized, and handled tight packaging and FPGA pin management. The result was faster, more accurate designs, smoother handoff to manufacturing, successful delivery of complex projects like NASCAR gauges, and significant time savings (post‑assembly documentation now takes about half the time).

Electronic Design Solutions

Mike Reagan

Electronics Design Consultant