High Density Interconnect (HDI) circuit board designs have a higher wiring and pad density than conventional PCBs, along with smaller trace widths and spaces. They require advanced PCB technologies su...
I have previously written on the joys and tribulations associated with creating one's own PCBs. Based on the enthusiastic number of comments, our esteemed editor -- Max Maxfield -- thought it might be...
Sometimes it's the little things that trip you up and slow you down. When it comes to PCB design, the electronic components are sexier than things like connectors, so they get most of the attention wh...
Many of today's semiconductors do a great job in circuit designs for measurement applications. ADC (analog-to-digital converter) and DAC (digital-to-analog converter) devices offer astounding resoluti...
I must admit that I am aquiver with excitement about my project to create a pedagogical and phantasmagorical inamorata prognostication engine. Key decisions have been made, interesting developments ha...
At the outset of this blog, let me make full disclosure. I used to work for one of the companies that I mention in this article. Also, my current employer was spun off from, and still has a business a...
Every time I have seen (or written) a comment that is even vaguely critical of industry in China, there seems to be an avalanche of responses in its defence. Often, they fight fire with fire, and so I...
Well, it has to be said that this is a rather exciting time -- it's not every day that one gets to see the launch of a new EE Times Designline, especially one as tasty as our new PCB Designline. For ...
For the past few weeks, I've been mulling the problem of how to compare and contrast the various printed circuit board (PCB) tools from the different vendors. Now, before we plunge into the fray, le...
Over the last few weeks, I've been involved in quite a few online discussions about creating low-cost PCB prototypes. Most of these conversations have involved sending one's design files to a manufact...
I was chatting with a friend the other day (yes, I do have friends, thank you very much). This guy knows a bit about electronics, but he's not really involved in depth. When started talking about prin...
Flexible PCB (FPCB) and chassis maker Ichia Technologies has reported pre-tax profits of NT$265 million (US$8.82 million) for the first quarter of 2014, nearly double from the previous quarter. First...
Some China-based PCB makers, including Founder Technology, Guangdong Goworld and Taigerbuilder Circuit (Suzhou), have entered the supply chains of Apple, Acer and HTC, becoming competitors of Taiwan-b...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. The city of Charlotte expects to spend more than $1.3 million to clean PCB contamination found in its sewer system.The Charlotte Observer reported (//bit.ly/1gyGvEu) that PCBs traced t...
Focusing on core PCB design technology, Altium Designer 14 now supports flex and rigid-flex design, including schematic capture, 3-D PCB layout, analysis, and programmable design—all in a single unifi...
Since all the easy/obvious applications are already done what's next in the PCB design front? After all, we have had PC-based PCB layout tools since the late 1980s, and while layer counts have increas...
PCB Design Best Practices: Six things to consider when transferring a PCB schematic to layout. All the examples in this article are developed using the NI Multisim design environment, however the sam...
When to use flex It’s getting harder to fit everything in the box; it’s also getting more costly. One solution promising to help designers meet the size constraint head on is rigid-flex PCB technology...
Applications from prototyping to production Shane Stafford It is easy to dismiss a technology you can't see, but anyone working with circuit board applications would be mistaken to overlook ultravio...
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