Cover Story
The Year of Staying Employed
The aging (graying, some say) of the printed circuit board design field continues, or so says our annual survey of the industry. What 400 designers have to say about their chances for survival in the era of automation and outsourcing. by Chelsey Drysdale
Faked Parts Detection
New Techniques to ID Counterfeit ICs
The counterfeiting of electronics components and related parts is widespread. But newly developed methods promise now to help identify counterfeit plastic-encapsulated components using detection methods that cannot be tricked. By by Dr. Lawrence W. Kessler and Thomas Sharpe
Database
One designer’s winning pitch.
Pete Waddell
ROI
Competency confusion.
Peter Bigelow
Susan Mucha
Final Finishes
Lenora Toscano
Screen Printing
Clive Ashmore
Tech Tips
ACI Technologies Inc.
Tan Beng Chye
Getting Lean
Ryan Wooten