In PCB development, it is easy to focus on routing, performance, and manufacturability. But for safety-critical designs, one of the most important questions is whether conductive elements are actually far enough apart. This is exactly where Hazard Analysis<\/strong> in PCB-Investigator adds real engineering value.<\/p>\n The plug-in generates a comprehensive risk assessment in just seconds and highlights potential short-circuit areas directly in the layout. It does more than check obvious copper spacing: it also evaluates board edge distances<\/strong>, uncoated drill holes<\/strong>, and indentations<\/strong> that are often overlooked in manual reviews.<\/p>\n Electrical safety is not only about nominal geometry on the screen. Leakage currents, solder balls, and even tiny metal particles can create a failure mechanism when exposed copper is too close to other conductive structures. Standards such as DIN EN 60664 \/ VDE 0110<\/strong>, IPC-2221A<\/strong>, and UL60950-1<\/strong> define the clearance requirements that help prevent these risks.<\/p>\n Hazard Analysis supports this work by making critical spacing issues visible early in the design cycle. That means fewer surprises during design review, prototype validation, and production release.<\/p>\n For engineers and technical decision-makers, the key benefit is speed with context. The tool automatically calculates the shortest distances between conductive parts and supports a detailed view of exposed copper areas that may be too close for comfort.<\/p>\n Minimum clearance values and filter criteria are fully customizable, so teams can align the analysis with internal design rules, application-specific safety targets, or customer requirements.<\/p>\n When safety margins are visible in CAD, they are much easier to control before they become costly corrections.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n If you are working on dense layouts or safety-sensitive electronics, Hazard Analysis is worth a closer look. Learn more and see how PCB-Investigator helps you remove risk earlier: https:\/\/www.pcb-investigator.com\/en\/features\/developer-tools\/hazard-analysis\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Catch clearance risks before they become real failures In PCB development, it is easy to focus on routing, performance, and manufacturability. But for safety-critical designs, one of the most important questions is whether conductive elements are actually far enough apart. This is exactly where Hazard Analysis in PCB-Investigator adds real engineering value. The plug-in generates […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3717,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[66,56,20,39,49,104],"class_list":["post-3718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-analysis","tag-design-review","tag-hazard-analysis","tag-pcb-design","tag-pcb-development","tag-plugins","entry","has-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pcb-investigator.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pcb-investigator.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pcb-investigator.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pcb-investigator.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pcb-investigator.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pcb-investigator.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3718\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pcb-investigator.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pcb-investigator.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pcb-investigator.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pcb-investigator.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Why this matters in real projects<\/h2>\n
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