There are specific guidelines for submitting articles to CIRCUITS ASSEMBLY. These guidelines are based on achieving simplicity both in communicating to our audience and in working with the editors.

Submission Requirements

 

• Explain how the new technology helps an assembler do their job better. Explain - specifically - how it works, and the impacts (again, specifically) on the assembly process.
• Contain hard data. (This is not to be confused with generalities and potentials and possibilities). Furthermore, any data should be current; not rehashed statistics.
• Data should be presented in a visually stimulating form (graphs and models, not just tables and formulas).
• Data should be comparative to a current process or a competitive method.
• Draw conclusions and state them prominently; don't just let the reader draw his/her own conclusions.

 

 

• Source.
• Author.
• Page numbers.
• Date.
• Place (if presented at a conference).

 

Adverse Outcomes

Our expectation is that your article proposal will include full, accurate and up-to-date reporting of adverse events or outcomes pertaining to the use of any processes or products described.

Electronic Transfer

 

Copyrights

 

 

 

Deadlines

 

 

Editorial Calendar

 

Article Length

 

 

Graphic Requirements

 

 

Suggested Technical Article Format

 

 

1. Makes/models of equipments or materials
2. A list of standard (e.g., IPC, ASTM, etc.) test methods used and/or
3. An explanation of any nonstandard test methods used

 

1. Explanation/discussion/analysis of what was found
2. Description of other work, if any, that will be undertaken related to the study described

4. Conclusions
5. References to related literature
6. Author bio(s)

 

Suggestions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reach Your Best Customers and Prospects

Circuits Assembly magazine is circulated to over 42,000 professionals involved in the assembly of through-hole, surface-mount and mixed-technology PCBs at contract manufacturing and OEM facilities throughout the worldwide. These subscribers' primary job functions include production/manufacturing/process engineering; corporate management; and quality control/quality assurance. Let your Circuits Assembly sales representative customize your advertising plan to reach these subscribers � your best customers and prospects! And, don't forget to ask about our "Plus Program" and "Merchandising Credit Program"!

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Merchandising Options

DIRECT MAIL: You can rent Circuits Assembly's highly targeted mailing list. Prices include geographic and nth name selections.

REPRINTS: Educate your staff and target key customers. Use reprints of our targeted editorial or your advertisement to spread the news.

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CUSTOM RESEARCH: Do you know what your customers think about your company? Does your ad's message motivate readers? Customized surveys answer these questions and more.

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Sales Info.

Contact your sales representative today for these and other advertising opportunities! Don't forget to ask for an editorial calendar and ad rates!


Sales Associate, North America, Europe, Asia (except Korea)
Krista Fabian
(678) 589-8840
kfabian@upmediagroup.com


Korea
Young Media Inc.
+82 2 756 4819

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If you are a VENDOR, please read the information posted below before submitting your listing. This will help you navigate the submission process more easily.

Deadlines: Print and Online Guides

• Online: Because the online Guide is periodically updated, you have the opportunity to keep your listing accurate all year. For example, if your phone number changes in March, you may access and edit your listing at that time.
• Print: The listing that you enter into the system now will be included in the print version of the Buyers' Guide (July 2006 issue).

DEADLINE for PRINT Edition (July 2006): Friday, May 5, 2006.

Submit a Listing

Click here to view listings or submit your company's information in Circuits Assembly's 2006 Buyers' Guide. You will be prompted to login and register by giving your email address and creating a password. Once you add your company information, choose a category under which your company should be listed (click here to download a PDF file listing the 2006 Buyer's Guide categories). Then click on "Register" to save your information. The next screen offers you the option to add more categories to your listing and/or purchase an enhanced listing.

You will also be emailed a confirmation of your submission.

If you need to update your listing in the future, simply return to the 2006 Buyer's Guide page -- www.circuitsassembly.com/bguide -- and choose "Login." Follow the on-screen prompts (also see below).

Please note that all listings will be reviewed by the editors before being approved for posting. During the initial setup of the 2006 Guide, listings will be reviewed on a daily or every other day basis.

Password

You will be asked to create your own password for your company's listing. This can be anything you wish. Your email address will be used as the user ID.

Description

Please give a brief company description in the space provided. Use complete sentences and punctuation. Descriptions may be edited for grammar or content.

Register

You must "Register" before your company information can be listed in the guide. Basically, it's another way of saying "Submit my company's information in the guide." Once you click on register, your company information is ready to be listed in the guide.

All companies submitting their information will need to register in order to be listed. This registration allows us to track who has submitted information and gives you the opportunity to setup your own unique password. Your email address will be your user ID.

Multiple Category Listings

Your company can be listed in multiple categories. If you are using the system for the first time, follow the steps in the "Submit a Listing" section. After "Registering," you will be taken to a confirmation page where you can:

• Take a look at your new listing
• Or, enhance your listing or add more listings.

The second option takes you to a login screen where you can confirm your email address and give your password.

Once you give this information, you will be taken to the Client Control Panel, which allows you to access all of your company information.

If you are returning to the guide, choose "Login" from the top line of the guide and follow the prompts for your email address and password. You will then see the Client Control Panel, which allows you to access all of your company information.

Choose "Add Listings" from the choices provided. Then choose the appropriate category. This step will need to be repeated for each category listing.

Client Control Panel

You may access the "Client Control Panel" from the login screen. This section allows you to add or delete category listings, edit your company information, upload your company logo, purchase enhanced listings using "Upgrade Listings" and review enhanced listings through "Listing Types."

Enhanced Listings

Enhanced Listings help ensure that your company's listings stand out above the others. Click here to view a PDF file of information about Circuits Assembly's Enhanced Listings packages.

Contact Kamden Robb, krobb@upmediagroup.com, 678-589-8843, for further details.

Contact Us

If you have any problems or questions about the buyers' guide, contact Kamden Robb, krobb@upmediagroup.com, 678-589-8843.

Learn more about how Mambo is licensed and how this affects you.

Mambo is released under the GNU General Public license (GNU GPL).The GNU GPL provides for a person or persons to distribute Mambo for a fee, but not actually charging for the software itself, because Mambo is free. Mambo is free to share and change, but if you do change it in anyway, can you also change the license and make it commercial? No! The whole GPL is devoted to ensuring this does not happen. Copyright, a much more refined and stringent law will prevent this as well.

So with regard to Mambo, the GPL and copyright:

You MAY distribute it and charge for that service. You MAY change it, add design and content to it and you MAY charge for that. You may NOT alter the license and you must NOT alter the copyright. You do NOT have to show a 'Powered by Mambo' graphic, as it not a copyright notice.

In other words, you must NOT pretend that Mambo is yours, and you must NOT charge people for Mambo.

Use Mambo to empower yourself and your clients by taking away the 'Black Magic' that surrounds putting content on the internet. Charge for the value you add and not for the hard work that Miro, the Mambo Development Team and the Mambo community have put into it.

Guidelines:

Mambo is "free" software released under the GNU General Public License (GPL).

The word "free'' has two legitimate general meanings; it can refer either to freedom or to price. When we speak of "free software'', we're talking about freedom, not price. (Think of "free speech'', not "free beer''.)

Free software is a matter of the users' freedom to run, copy, distribute, study, change and improve the software. More precisely, it refers to four kinds of freedom, for the users of the software:

• The freedom to run the program, for any purpose.
• The freedom to study how the program works, and adapt it to your needs
  • Access to the source code is a precondition for this.
• The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help your neighbour.
• The freedom to improve the program, and release your improvements to the public, so that the whole community benefits.
  • Access to the source code is a precondition for this

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1. What license is Mambo released under?

Mambo is released under the GNU GPL. A copy of this is included with your copy of Mambo and can also be found at http://www.fsf.org/licenses/gpl.html. Unofficial translations can also be found at http://www.fsf.org/licenses/translations.html.

2. Who owns the copyright to Mambo?

The copyright to Mambo is held by Miro International Pty Ltd. Miro were the original authors of Mambo and continue to actively support the project.

3. Are there any restrictions to your use of Mambo?

The GNU GPL grants you the freedom to use the software for whatever purpose you see fit.

4. May I charge money for Mambo?

The GPL allows everyone the freedom to do this. The right to charge money to distribute Mambo is part of the definition of "free" software.

When people think of "selling software'', they usually imagine doing it the way most companies do it: making the software proprietary rather than free. So to avoid ambiguity you may you may charge to distribute the software and any other service you provide along the way. You may not charge for the software itself.

Remember if someone pays your fee the GPL also gives him or her the freedom to pass on the software with or without a fee.

5. May I remove "powered by Mambo, Copyright Miro etc" from the footer?

Yes you can although we would hope that you would retain it as a badge of honour.

6. May I remove the "copyright" statements from the source code to Mambo?

No, you must keep all copyright notices and credits in the source code.

7. Does the GPL mean that my website content is also GPL?

No. The copyright and license of Mambo does not cover the content that you create. Using Mambo does not place any restrictions, legally, on the license or copyright you use for the content of your website.

8. I have modified Mambo for my own web site. Do I have to release these modifications?

The GPL permits anyone to make a modified version for their own use without the requirement to distribute it or pass on those changes to others.

9. I have made a modification (hack) to the Mambo core code. Do I have to release it under the GPL?

If you chose to distribute your modifications to others it must be released under the same terms that you received the original code. So your modifications must be released under the GPL. You may of course in this case modify the headers for the source code to include your own copyright statement. If you do so you must clearly annotate in the source code your amendments, changes or additions.

10. I have written a Component, Module, Template for Mambo. Do I have to release it under the GPL?

No The GPL allows you to write your own extensions for Mambo and to release those extensions under whatever license you chose.

11. I have written a Component, Module, Template for Mambo and released it under the GPL and I charge a fee for it, but website X is giving it away for free.

If someone pays your fee the GPL also gives him or her the freedom to pass on the software with or without a fee. Placing a restriction on someone's use of GPL licensed software is in breach of the GPL itself.

12. May I purchase a copy of Mambo, which has the copyright statements removed?

Although other GPL products may be available in this way Mambo is not.

13. I believe person A is in breach of the GPL what should I do?

You should report it. First check all the facts that you can and then report it by sending an e-mail to license-violation@mamboserver.com.

14. Who has the power to enforce the GNU GPL license of Mambo?

Only the copyright holder, Miro International Pty Ltd, has the power to do this. If the Mambo Development Team finds, or is made aware of, a breach of the GPL they will report it to Miro for them to take any necessary action.

Miro takes copyright infringement very seriously and will prosecute to the full extent of the law.

15. Website X is using, or offering, my non-GPL Component, Module, Template without my permission, or in breach of its license, can you help me?

Whilst this is not within the remit or responsibility of Mambo we are willing to act as intermediaries in this on your behalf. In most cases these situations arise out of simple misunderstandings and can be settled amicably. You should e-mail full details to license-violation@mamboserver.com.

DISCLAIMER

This document refers to the software program Mambo, Version 4.x and all subsequent versions, released under the GNU General Public License and copyright Miro International Pty Ltd.

This document is subject to additions, modifications and other changes at any time without notice.

A lawyer has not prepared this document. You should consult a lawyer experienced in copyright, licensing and intellectual property for clarification.

Document Rev. 1.4 - 17th August 2004