RoHS 3, REACH, and PFAS in Electronics The electronics industry is no stranger to compliance with environmental restrictions and regulations. These regulations are necessary for the health of end users, and it’s the responsibility of designers, component manufacturers, and materials manufacturers to ensure their products can comply with environmental regulations. Today, the major environmental challenge which companies are starting to address is the persistence of PFAS in many Read Article IPC Standards for Electronics Sustainability Sustainability in electronics encompasses environmental, social, and corporate governance aspects, and IPC aims to make it easier for companies by providing standards, education, and advocacy to navigate these complex issues. Read Article Interfacing DDR Memory with AMD/Xilinx FPGAs Learn how to interface DDR memory with AMD/Xilinx FPGAs. Read Article How to Filter Noisy Power Rails Although a power supply might look like it produces clean power on an oscilloscope, power supply operation in a real system can create noise or be susceptible to noise. Power rails often need to serve power to multiple devices in a system at the same voltage, but with clean power in different portions of the system. When that is the case, noise on the main rail may need to be cleaned up before being provided to different portions of your system Read Article Firing Your Hiring Habits by John Mitchell, President and CEO of IPC This is a very insightful conversation! We tackled acquisition, retaining and upskilling talents in your team. PCB designers, aspiring entrepreneurs and leaders in any company will surely benefit from this discussion. Read Article How to Read a PCB Impedance Table PCB impedance tables show values of trace impedance on specific layers, but without the designer choosing materials or a stackup. Read Article What Ultra-HDI PCB Capabilities Can You Access? When we talk about packaging, substrate-like PCBs, and fine-line PCBs, we are collectively referencing an area where PCB fabrication processing is pushing to the limit. This area is ultra-HDI, where the typical features in a PCB are scaled down to very small values. These more advanced capabilities enable traditional design practices with larger BGAs, but instead scaled into very fine pitches (0.3 mm) requiring tight spacing and linewidth. These Read Article Common Flex Design Mistakes and How to Fix Them The ability to bend, flex and fold are one of the primary benefits of flexible circuit materials and while there are several examples of flexible circuit designs that withstand hundreds of thousands of even millions of flexes, the reality is that designs that are dynamically flexing often have had the design updated many times before reaching optimal performance. The good news for designers new to flexible circuit designs is that most flexible Read Article Understanding Power Supply Current Handling Issues: Causes and Solutions Troubleshooting power supply current handling issues is crucial to achieving optimal performance of your electronic devices. In this video, we will explore the common reasons why a power supply fails to handle the defined output current and provide practical solutions to solving these issues. Whether you are designing a power supply or repairing an existing one, understanding the structure of the power supply is key to quickly solving these Read Article Types of PTFE Materials for RF PCB Design PTFE (Teflon) PCB materials are sometimes seen as the magic bullet for your RF PCB stackups. Make sure you choose the right type of PTFE-based material for your design. Read Article PCB and Package Design for 224G PAM-4 Channels The next interface and packaging milestone is here with 224G PAM-4. Here is how these channels can be designed to provide broadband signal integrity. Read Article Overview of the Human Body Model in EMC The human body model provides a description of charge accumulation and discharge from the human body, and it provides a way to understand how charge redistributes into a circuit during ESD. Read Article Unite PCB and Mechanical Designers Unite PCB and Mechanical Designers Effective collaboration between mechanical and electrical designers is crucial for better product design, but language barriers and inefficient data exchange hinder it. Time-to-market pressures drive the need for faster development cycles, cost reduction, and superior product quality. Altium MCAD CoDesigner integrates mechanical designers using Altium Designer into a collaborative workspace, enabling seamless Read Article Entrepreneur’s Guide to Modular Product Design One of the most common questions I get from my hardware startup clients is this: how can I de-risk my prototype? Entrepreneurs that are just getting started converting their proof-of-concept into a real device that they can test in the field want to make sure their time, effort, and money are put to good use. A lot of entrepreneurs are putting their hard-earned savings into these ventures, and it's desirable to ensure any potential causes of Read Article Simulation Driven Design Can Solve Your PCB’s Signal Problems and More If you work in the electronics industry or in research, there’s a chance that simulations are a regular part of life. Simpler systems can be designed with intuition and simulated after designs are completed, but more advanced systems running at high frequencies or very high data rates need qualification before and after a PCB layout is complete. Simulation software has to take a more prominent role in PCB design for many advanced systems Read Article Concept Phase – Initial CAD Design This installment of the open source laptop project development log will walk you through the early concept and brainstorming phase. The first step is to collect the ideas and requirements for the end device and condense them as best as possible into a simplified draft. It is not important in this stage to pay too much attention to the technical details—it is about laying a foundation i.e. creating a framework that can be subdivided and refined in Read Article 24:31 Discover the Benefits of Altium 365 Version Control for Solo Designers with Ari Mahpour Are you a solo electronics designer or engineer looking to optimize your design process and boost productivity? We invite you Watch Video Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹‹ Page25 Current page26 Page27 Page28 Page29 Page30 Next page ›› Last page Last » Load More
