Tag Archives: PCB

Public Data

Posted on January 15, 2013 by Mike

I was pleasantly surprised this morning to receive a note from IPC indicating a change to its data collection methods. In an announcement touting its new market research subscription series, IPC said it would use aggregate company data along with … Continue reading →

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What Goes Around

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Mike

Taiwanese printed circuit fabricators are feeling the pain of the currency crunch as their South Korean competitors have been taking advantage of the cheap won (and, in the cases of Samsung and LG, the home court advantage) to woo new … Continue reading →

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Riding High on Design

Posted on August 20, 2012 by Mike

The herd is riding on the EDA vendors, almost all of which are at or near 52-week high share prices. In the past week, Cadence, Mentor and Synopsys hit or were trading just pennies off their yearlong highs. National Instruments … Continue reading →

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Electronics Assembly in Action

Posted on June 4, 2012 by Dr. Ron

Folks, Struggling to find a good, royalty-free, video of electronics assembly, my Dartmouth ENGM 185 class on manufacturing processes decided to make our own. I think it is pretty good considering our limited ($0) budget. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afmz9-D4IPg It was filmed at … Continue reading →

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Designing for Dollars

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Mike

The results are in from our latest PCB designers salary survey, and we will happily reveal them next week in the May issue of PCD&F. Until then, we can say that designers did better in 2011 than 2010, and we … Continue reading →

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Fuel for Fabs?

Posted on March 8, 2012 by Mike

This development out of London holds interesting implications for printed circuit board manufacturers. Given the vast size of the fuel cell market, to potentially insert a PCB in every one (in addition to the boards going in inverters and other … Continue reading →

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The Media (Us) Gets Social

Posted on December 4, 2011 by Mike

Besides this blog, we at CIRCUITS ASSEMBLY are active in a number of other social media related forums. You can follow Editor-in-Chief Mike Buetow’s steady stream of late-breaking news on Twitter (@mikebuetow). Or join our LinkedIn groups: CIRCUITS ASSEMBLY, SMT … Continue reading →

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Loopy Ground Loops

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Duane

A while back, I posed a question about using flood fill (AKA copper pours). I’ve been reading a lot about ground loops lately which brought me back to that original question. Some people suggest segmenting your ground plane between analog … Continue reading →

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The Smallest Satellite

Posted on February 11, 2011 by Mike

How’s this for smaller, faster and lighter? As reported by The Engineer and others, US scientists plan to test printed circuit board technology mounted on the International Space Station exterior, a first step toward creating a new generation of satellites … Continue reading →

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PCU Goes Live!

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Pete

As “Dean Pete” (I think Professor Pete sounds better) intimated earlier today, we have just gone live with Printed Circuit University, the industry’s first online e-learning and training resource for professionals involved in the engineering and design of printed circuit … Continue reading →

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