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4:01 Dan Beeker on Why It's All About the Space Watch Video
4:20 Dan Beeker on His Background and His Role at NXP Watch Video
1:54 Energy Travels in the Spaces, Not the Traces Watch Video
11:39 Electronic Component Lifecycle and Parts Obsolescence - OnTrack Whiteboard Series Watch Video
Weekly Digest: Preparing for IPC-6012E Weekly Digest: Preparing for IPC-6012E This week HDI expert Happy Holden reported on an important issue related to the upcoming IPC-6012E, Qualification and Performance Specification for Rigid Printed Boards in his article, The IPC Warning About Microvia Reliability for High Performance Products. Learn more about this warning regarding field and latent failures of high-profile HDI boards and what you can do if you want to get involved or get more information. Access Happy’s article Read Article
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PCIe Layout and Routing Guidelines PCIe in PCB Design: Layout and Routing Guidelines Opening up a computer as a kid and staring at the complicated mess of card slots, chips, and other electronics on a motherboard always made me wonder how anyone could keep all the details about PCB layout straight. Learning more about PCB design for computer architecture and peripherals made me appreciate the dedication PCB designers have for building great electronic devices. Modern GPU, USB, audio, and networking cards can all run on the back Read Article
Cost vs. Price:The Economics of PCB Design PCB Manufacturing Cost vs. Value: The Economics of PCB Design Every decision made in the design process of any PCB or system has an economic as well as an engineering effect. Some of these effects are more visible or tangible than others but if the “dollars and cents” elements are weighted along with the design decisions it is more likely that that the resulting product will be both economically efficient and well-engineered. As with most everything in life, price and cost are not the same things Read Article
Analog Noise How to Reduce and Remove Noise In Analog Signals From Your PCB On my 12th birthday, I received my very own stereo system, complete with 4 speakers, a CD changer, and a tape deck. My parents found my taste in 80s hair metal pretty annoying, but I couldn’t get over the annoying hum coming from the speakers after a CD ended. Noise in analog systems, and analog noise in general, can present serious problems in a number of applications. Examples include systems for precise measurement, power systems, and radios Read Article
Guard Traces: Hit or Myth? What Are Guard Traces in PCB Design and Do They Work? Guard traces on a PCB layout are another topic area where there continues to be a lot of conflicting information. You can find a lot of different references to their use. There is confusion as to which types of designs—analog circuit, mixed-signal or digital—supposedly benefit the most from the use of guard traces; how guard traces block EM fields; the importance of having the trace ends be floating, grounded on one end or grounded on both ends Read Article
Weekly Digest: Join the Fastest Growing Software in ECAD Weekly Digest: Join the Fastest Growing Software in ECAD This week, we were so excited to see one of our own in I-Connect 007, Andy Johnson who was a big part of bringing the new Academic Program to fruition (check out the awesome video). It’s no surprise to us that so many talented young folks want to join the Altium team. We’re growing! And did you know that Altium Designer® software is the most popular EDA tool on the market? That’s right, and there are plenty of reasons why. So consider joining the Read Article
The IPC Warning About Microvia Reliability for High Performance Products The IPC Warning About Microvia Reliability for High Performance Products Hopefully, by now, you have read the full Press Release from the IPC on March 6, 2019, about the warning of field and latent failures of high-profile HDI boards. IF not, the complete press release is available on I-Connect 007. [1] What you may have seen is the warning statement which the IPC will be including in the upcoming IPC-6012E, Qualification and Performance Specification for Rigid Printed Boards: “There have been many examples of post Read Article
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2:41 Max Seeley on Net Classes and Differential Pairs Watch Video
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2:09 Max Seeley on Power Rail Labeling Watch Video