Obsolescence Management
Request More InformationAs technology ages, designs that utilize old technology are, over time, improved on and phased out of existence. The semiconductor industry is constantly evolving, seeking to be faster, smaller and more powerful resulting in the obsolescence of old components. If you’ve acquired a product line but aren’t sure how long you can resell it due to technical obsolescence, how do you proceed? Will you sell the board and build on the product, hoping that the Motorola components will stick around for another five years? Or will you need to redesign the board since most of the DIP packages are no longer being manufactured?
ScanCAD can analyze the product and generate a special Bill of Materials (BOM) that contains End of Life (EoL) statistics for the components. There are a few ways to deal with obsolescent components:
- Location of legacy part caches to be used for small batch reproduction an increased component cost
- Salvage components from existing PCBs
- PCB socketing to adapt to legacy or salvaged ICs
- Redesign for modernized variants of components

Don’t wait until it’s too late. Using ScanCAD’s EoL BOM, you can very quickly identify older components with short remaining lifecycles and gain insight into the future of your product line. ScanCAD can also provide redesign services to replace the obsolescent components with new devices, or to retrofit old components on modern circuits.
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Trade shows
ScanCAD participates in many trade shows during the year, whether in ScanCAD's own booth or by way of our distributor/OEM.
IPC APEX 2023
January 24 - 26, 2023
San Diego, CA, USA
ScanCAD Booth #819
Monterrey Expo and Tech Forum
April 20, 2023
Monterrey, Mexico
CINTERMEX
USM Reps Booth
35th Control
May 9-12, 2023
Stuttgart, Germany
JD PhotoData Booth
Ciudad Juarez Expo and Tech Forum
May 18, 2023
Ciudad Juarez, Mexico
Location TBD
USM Reps Booth
Aguascalientes Expo and Tech Forum
June 1, 2023
Aguascalientes, Mexico
HOTEL MARRIOT
USM Reps Booth
Querétaro Expo and Tech Forum
July 13, 2023
Querétaro, Mexico
Location TBD
USM Reps Booth
Chihuahua City Expo and Tech Forum
September 7, 2023
Chihuahua City, Mexico
HOTEL SHERATON
USM Reps Booth
Guadalajara Expo and Tech Forum
October 25 and 26, 2023
Chihuahua City, Mexico
EXPO GUADALAJARA
USM Reps Booth
TPCA Show
October 25-27, 2023
Taipei , Taiwan
Microsys Booth
PRODUCTRONICA 2023
November 14-17, 2023
Munich, Germany
GS Electronic Booth

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