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Is IPC CID Training Important for Your Design Career?

Is IPC CID Training Important for Your Design Career? Stephen Chavez is the lead electrical engineer that oversees a global design team for a well known military aerospace company in the greater Phoenix, AZ area. He is a highly skilled engineer and PCB designer whose passion for board design goes beyond his day-to-day work. He is a member of the IPC Designers Council Executive Board, is CID, CID+, and CIT certified, a CID trainer for Eptac, and a columnist for the PCB007 magazine. In this article Read Article

Stephen Chavez Calls on PCB Designers to Get Involved

Stephen Chavez Calls on PCB Designers to Get Involved Stephen Chavez has a passion for PCB design and fabrication. If you are a PCB designer, listen in and get involved. Click to listen or watch the OnTrack Podcast Episode. Read Article

John Mitchell, CEO of IPC, Visits The White House to Participate in the Pledge to America’s Workers

John Mitchell, CEO of IPC, Visits The White House to Participate in the Pledge to America’s Workers John Mitchell, CEO of IPC, is advocating for the electronics industry workforce in Washington D.C., and participating in the Pledge to America’s Workers. Listen in and learn how IPC has joined in. Read Article

Surviving the Component Shortage, Design Resources and Printed Electronics - November 2018

Surviving the Component Shortage, Design Resources and Printed Electronics - November 2018 OnTrack Newsletter November 2018 VOL. 2 No 7 WHERE HAVE ALL THE GONE? Understanding and Surviving Shortages Every EE and PCB is feeling the pinch of component shortages these days. How in the world have basic standard capacitors become scarce? When are we going to see the end of this annoying state of affairs? How can designers work around these shortages and get their work done--on time?! I gave John Watson of LeGrand a call to ask these Read Article

Design Survival Guide in a World of Parts Shortages

Design Survival Guide in a World of Parts Shortages Every EE and PCB is feeling the pinch of component shortages these days. How in the world have basic standard capacitors become scarce? When are we going to see the end of this annoying state of affairs? How can designers work around these shortages and get their work done--on time?! I gave John Watson of LeGrand a call to ask these questions and more. As a PCB design lead who oversees 50 designers globally, I knew he’d have a lot to share on Read Article

Altium Resources for Learning PCB Design

Altium Resources for Learning PCB Design At Altium, we continually produce and publish resources to help you be the best you can be, as well as help enable you to take full advantage of the features found in Altium. Since there is so much available, we thought we’d share a few shortcuts to finding whatever resource it is you’re looking for. AltiumLive: Annual PCB Design Summit is our live event where we share lots of great teaching by industry leaders, Altium staff and Altium users Read Article

Homegrown PCB Professionals, BOM Management and Subject Matter Expertise - September 2018

Homegrown PCB Professionals, BOM Management Software, and Subject Matter Expertise - September 2018 OnTrack Newsletter September 2018 VOL. 2 No 6 ARE ENGINEERS AND PCB TECHNOLOGISTS HOMEGROWN? Highlighting Multi-Generational Technologists Over the past year, I’ve noticed a subtle trend in the designers and technologists we’ve interviewed for this newsletter. Have you noticed it? There have been a number of times people cited their parents as the ones who inspired them to pursue an electronics career. (Think...Rick Hartley, Nicole Creeden, Bill Read Article

AltiumLive 2018 Panel Discussion with Experts from PCB Supply Chain

AltiumLive 2018 Panel Discussion with Experts from PCB Supply Chain Didn't get to attend AltiumLive this year? Check out the Panel Discussion from industry experts across the Printed Circuit Board supply chain. Watch or Listen to AltiumLive 2018 Panel Discussion now. Read Article

Manufacturing Documentation with Duane Benson

Manufacturing Documentation with Duane Benson Manufacturing documentation is crucial. In this OnTrack episode get pro tips from Duane Benson of Screaming Circuits on how to deliver the ideal manufacturing documentation package. Watch it here. Read Article

Seamless Global Transfer with Julie Ellis from TTM

Seamless Global Transfer with Julie Ellis from TTM In this week's OnTrack Podcast episode learn how to avoid excessive technical queries and how to migrate from prototype to production seamlessly while optimizing global processes. Watch or Listen now! Read Article

Are Engineers and PCB Technologists Homegrown?

Are Engineers and PCB Technologists Homegrown? Mihir and Milan Shah Over the past year, I’ve noticed a subtle trend in the designers and technologists we’ve interviewed for this newsletter. Have you noticed it? There have been several times people cited their parents as the ones who inspired them to pursue an electronics career. (Think...Rick Hartley, Nicole Creeden, Bill Brooks, Charles Pfeil, Mary Elizabeth McCulloch, etc.). This is especially true at Royal Circuit Solutions, which is Read Article

Quick Turn Circuit Board Fabrication with Royal Circuits

Quick Turn Circuit Board Fabrication with Royal Circuits Get tips to design for quick turn circuit boards and design for fabrication. Learn how same-day turn times on printed circuit boards is possible at high quality board shops like Royal Circuits. Read Article

Hybrid Construction Trends in the Marketplace

Hybrid Construction Trends in the Marketplace Hybrid construction is a huge growth area with a lot of opportunity for PCB designers. In this episode Chris Hunrath, VP of Technology at Insulectro, shares valuable insights about the latest trends. Read Article

BONUS episode: All About Design007 Resources

All About PCBs: Design007 Magazine Resources Looking for PCB Design resources? Learn all about the PCB Design Magazine designers love, Design007, from iConnect007 in today's OnTrack Podcast episode with Andy Shaughnessy. Watch or listen now. Read Article

Let Them Build Robots! All About AltiumLive

Let Them Build Robots! All About AltiumLive Learn all about AltiumLive: PCB DESIGN SUMMIT, the premier tech conference for PCB designers, brought to you by Altium. Watch or Listen to this OnTrack special episode today! Read Article

Bil Herd on Changing CAD Tools and Making Your Own Part Libraries . Watch Video

Injection Molded Structural Electronics and Designing in a 3D Space

Injection Molded Structural Electronics and Designing in a 3D Space Injection Molded Structural Electronics means integrating electronics inside 3D electronics to create smart surfaces. This and more in today's episode with Sini Rytky and Tuomas Heikkilä from TactoTek Read Article