Karen Lin Apr 25,2014 1160

Challenges the PCB Industry Will Face this Decade

A new report from Research and Markets, titled “Global printed circuit board Industry 2012-2017: Trends, Profits and Forecast Analysis,” was recently released. In addition to giving an outlook on the ...

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Karen Lin Apr 25,2014 792

High-Performance Laminate Needs for PCBs

A new study conducted by Research and Markets takes a look at PCB, material and interconnect trends and the needs for electronics assemblies for high-speed applications. This study, titled “Opportunit...

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Karen Lin Apr 25,2014 638

Future Defense Applications for Printed Circuit Boards

PCB manufacturers are already able to produce circuit boards that meet the high demands of aerospace and defense companies. As the needs of these applications continue to get more advanced, printed ci...

Printed Circuit Board PCB board

Karen Lin Apr 25,2014 845

What Goes Into the Printed Circuit Board Design Process?

Designing a printed circuit board for a new product or project you are working on is a lot more complicated than you might think. While it may see like all you need to do is use some sort of layout sy...

Printed Circuit Board PCB Design process

Karen Lin Apr 24,2014 966

Ideal Scope for Hacking PCBs at Home

Today, life is a wonderful thing for the open hardware hacker and hobbyist. Ten years ago, electronic industry professionals could have only dreamed of development kits such as the Arduino, BeagleBone...

printed circuit board

Karen Lin Apr 24,2014 2755

Reduce Your PCB Costs With Blind Vias, Buried Vias & Microvias

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...

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Karen Lin Apr 24,2014 1284

Stripping PCBs to Reclaim Parts

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...

Karen Lin Apr 24,2014 1029

Altium & Rosenberger Help PCB Designers Save Time

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...

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Karen Lin Apr 24,2014 1008

PCBs: The Most Overlooked Components

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...

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Karen Lin Apr 24,2014 1356

TPT to ramp up PCB production capacity

PCB maker Taiwan PCB Techvest (TPT) will ramp up its PCB capacity to 1.2 million square feet a month in the second quarter of 2014 and to 1.5 million square feet by the end of the third quarter, accor...

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Karen Lin Apr 23,2014 909

Elmatica scoops up ELCO PCB talent

Michel Buia has been appointed as Country Manager for Elmatica's French operations.Norwegian Elmatica is investing in France and with that appoints a new Country Manager, namely Michel Buia. Buia ha...

printed circuit board

Karen Lin Apr 23,2014 821

Nordson MARCH Introduces New MaxVIA-Plus Plasma Treatment System for electronic circuit board fabrication

Nordson MARCH introduces its new MaxVIA-Plus plasma treatment system at the Korea Printed Circuit Association (KPCA) exhibition, Gyeonggi-do, Korea, 22-24 April 2014, in their distributor Worldtechnol...

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Karen Lin Apr 23,2014 790

Gold Circuit looks to swing back to profitability in 2014

PCB maker Gold Circuit Electronics expects its operations to swing back to profitability in 2014 thanks to brisk sales of server and HDI boards. Sales of server-use boards currently account for 50% of...

PCB maker，printed circuit board

Karen Lin Apr 23,2014 1101

Germany's PCB Industry Sustains Growth

Germany's PCB market posted a 4.4% growth in February compared to the same period last year, according to the Central Association of the PCB and Electronic Systems. Cumulative growth for the first two...

PCB Industry Printed circuit board

Karen Lin Apr 23,2014 933

Nanya PCB capacity utilization rate to hike in 2Q14

The capacity utilization rates of Nanya PCB's PCB and IC substrate lines are expected to climb higher in the second quarter of 2014 compared to the previous quarter, buoyed by orders from non-PC secto...

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Karen Lin Apr 23,2014 979

Creating a Bodacious Bensonfruit Arduino Mega Proto Screwshield PCB

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...

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Karen Lin Apr 22,2014 1983

Which PCB Connectors Are Best?

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...

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Karen Lin Apr 22,2014 983

PCB Test Jigs & My China Connection

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...

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Karen Lin Apr 22,2014 721

Welcome to PCB Designline

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 ...

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Karen Lin Apr 22,2014 633

How Would You Categorize PCB Tools?

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...

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