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07/11/2023

PEACHTREE CITY, GA – The Printed Circuit Engineering Association (PCEA) today opened the show floor to select exhibitors for next year’s PCB East conference and exhibition. Any company that exhibited at PCB East 2023 may register to do so for the 2024 event exclusively through July 31. Starting ...

07/03/2023

The July digital issue of PRINTED CIRCUIT DESIGN & FAB is available.

This month: Outside of internal training programs, talent development in electronics hardware development falls to the handful of colleges, universities and third parties involved in teaching printed circuit design and manufacturing. With his PCB design courses at Palomar College, John Watson aims to train the next generation of designers.

Other highlights:

- Rightsizing continuous improvement focus
- Thermal performance in thermal interface material applications
- Is AI the key to big data?
- The AI design revolution
- Beat the heat with thermoelectric cooling
- A holistic approach to automation
- Navigating the rocky supply chain

Read it here: https://digital.pcea.net/

Check out the latest podcasts on PCB Chat! New this month are podcasts on PCB design training at the college level, reliability training, integration of AI into inspection systems, and thermal interface materials. www.pcbchat.com

And don't forget PCB West, the largest conference and exhibition for printed circuit board design, fabrication and assembly in the Silicon Valley! Coming September 19-22 to the Santa Clara (CA) Convention Center. See more than 100 exhibitors, including leading suppliers to the PCB design and fabrication industry, at the exhibition on September 20! www.pcbwest.com

06/13/2023

Check out the May edition of PRINTED CIRCUIT DESIGN & FAB.

Reflections – even from a single discontinuity – can destroy a signal, but the effect of major discontinuities can be predicted with validated models before the board design and must be predicted after the board is designed and before it goes into manufacturing. Several models for predicting the effects of reflections are demonstrated.

Other highlights:

• India’s largest ODM discusses its plans to add PCB fabrication
• A DoE reveals the type of ESD packaging matters less than the process used
• Selling the excitement of manufacturing
• The tricks of the design trade - our newest column!
• Gaming the VR revolution.

For a downloadable pdf of this month’s edition, visit pcdandf.com or scroll to the end of the digital edition.

Check out the latest podcasts on PCB Chat! New this month are podcasts on Industry 4.0 and big data, electrochemical migration and other failure modes, the PCB design market, and a new PCB design and simulation platform.

And join Lee Ritchey, Rick Hartley, Dan Beeker and Susy Webb at PCB East, the electronics industry's East Coast trade show! The one-day exhibition featuring more than 60 companies takes place May 10 in the Boston suburbs.

06/13/2023

06/13/2023

The June digital issue of PRINTED CIRCUIT DESIGN & FAB is available!

How do the equations of the two giants of thermal conductivity compare? Our study of the two unique equations that can be used when fusing a trace reveals each has its strengths and weaknesses.

Other highlights:

- Flex materials for the speed you need
- Thermal considerations for PCB design
- Cpk or Ppk? A look at using both capability indices
- Manufacturing’s hidden costs
- The CIRCUITS ASSEMBLY Top 50 EMS list

For a downloadable pdf of this month’s edition, visit pcdandf.com or scroll to the end of the digital edition.

Check out the latest podcasts on PCB Chat! New this month are podcasts on the latest ECAD market data, programmable S**C simulation, reliability training, and quantum mechanics.

And don't forget PCB West, the largest conference and exhibition for printed circuit board design, fabrication and assembly in the Silicon Valley! Coming September 19-22 to the Santa Clara (CA) Convention Center. See more than 100 exhibitors, including leading suppliers to the PCB design and fabrication industry, at the exhibition on September 20!

04/27/2023

BANNOCKBURN, IL — North American PCB shipments rose 11.6% year-over-year in March and 30.1% sequentially, IPC announced today. Bookings fell 10.5% from last year but rose 2.3% from the preceding month.

04/05/2023

The April digital issue of PRINTED CIRCUIT DESIGN & FAB is available.

Our top story: The electroless nickel layer plays important roles in the functionality of printed circuit boards, but calculating its thickness presents challenges. Accurate measurement of the electroless nickel layer thickness is possible if a user corrects for density changes caused by the inclusion of phosphorus in the nickel deposit in a specific sample.

Other highlights:
- Steve Robinson on APCT’s recent acquisition of ACI
- It's 11 p.m. Do you know where your design information is?
- Program management in the post-pandemic world
- Is it finally RFID’s time to shine?
- Isolating noise on a printed circuit board
- Incorporating non-heating leads into a heater pattern.

For a downloadable pdf of this month’s edition, visit pcdandf.com or scroll to the end of the digital edition.

Check out the latest podcasts on PCB Chat! New this month are podcasts on VVDN Technologies’ vertical integration, the latest on US government funding for US PCB production, and post-reflow cleaning processes. www.pcbchat.com

And join Lee Ritchey, Rick Hartley, Dan Beeker and Susy Webb at PCB East, the electronics industry's East Coast trade show! Coming May 9-12 to the Boston suburbs. www.pcbeast.com

03/02/2023

February 2023

03/02/2023

March 2023

03/02/2023

The March issue of PRINTED CIRCUIT DESIGN & FAB is available!

This month: PCB designers often have little to no experience with physics, but some areas of physics have a considerable impact on designs. The differences and relationships between permittivity and permeability in dielectrics are discussed.

Other highlights:
• Characteristic impedance and reflections
• Are you messing up your via-in-pad design?
• Coordinating with the mechanical modelers
• IPC Apex recap
• Are supply chains ready for the electrification era?

For a downloadable pdf of this month’s edition, visit https://digital.pcea.net/issues/march-2023/

01/16/2023

January 2023

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December 2022

01/16/2023

The January issue of PRINTED CIRCUIT DESIGN & FAB is available.

Check out the full current edition of PRINTED CIRCUIT DESIGN & FAB: https://digital.pcea.net/issue/january-2023/rush-pcb-january-2023/

Read: When it comes to PCB assembly and producibility, many details need to be accounted for, and if some of those details are not considered early in the design process, they turn into a nightmare when it comes time for manufacturing.

Other highlights:
• Practices for sustainability in PCB metallization
• Your New Year's resolution: Get the best prices from vendors
• PCB design's pandemic shift
• Enhancing costumer communication to solve defects
• Accurate quoting takes more than a simple spreadsheet
• What does "going green" really require?

For a downloadable pdf of this month’s edition, visit pcdandf.com or scroll to the end of the digital edition.

And check out the latest podcasts on PCB Chat at www.pcbchat.com!

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