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Protecting Your PCB Design From Machine Assembly Defects

Protecting Your PCB Design From Machine Assembly Defects These days, most PCBs are not hand assembled, save for specialty components or in order to eliminate a reflow pass. When you get a board assembled on an automated line instead of manual labor, you expect your PCBA to be free of defects. In reality, no PCB assembly process is ever perfect, even with top-of-the-line equipment, and a small percentage of your boards might occasionally face quality issues. However, being aware of issues can help you Read Article

DIP component

Does Anyone Still Use DIP Components? DIP components are less-often used in professional PCB design projects for new products, but legacy products may still need these parts. Read Article

Reverse Engineering: Is it Worth it?

Reverse Engineering: Is it Worth it? Pierce Design’s Ethan Pierce will share his insight into reverse engineering with PCEA. We will also discuss firmware reverse engineering. Read Article

PCB Manufacturing

PCB Manufacturing: Then and Now In this episode, we have the pleasure of having Gene Weiner, a true gem in the industry! This is a rare opportunity to learn from an expert who has helped shape the electronics industry for more than 60 years now. Read Article

Guide To Attracting Engineering Talent To Your Hardware Startup

Guide To Attracting Engineering Talent To Your Hardware Startup Learn how to find the best engineering talent and PCB designers for your hardware startup. Read Article

Your Path to Design Automation Watch our webinar: “Altium Enterprise Solutions: Your Path to Design Automation”. Click here. Watch Video

laser range finder

Build Your Own Laser Range Finder Raspberry Pi Pico (RP2040) is a cute piece of hardware. It is equipped with a powerful dual-core RP2040 microcontroller that offers 2M (up to 16M) Flash and 264K SRAM memories. Such specifications for an MCU make it suitable for a variety of hobby and industrial applications. In this article, I used an RP2040 Zero board, a VL53L0X Laser time-of-flight ranging sensor, and a 2.4” TFT display to build a graphical laser rangefinder unit that can be Read Article

Voltage Fluctuation

Do You Know How to Prevent Voltage Fluctuation? One of the most common types of power supply issues is output voltage fluctuation. This problem is caused by various factors, including input voltage variations, unpredicted changes in the load current, feedback control loop malfunctions, switching frequency issues, component tolerances, temperature variations, and aging components. This article will briefly explore the causes of output voltage fluctuation and provide insights on how to solve and Read Article

Amplified Benefits: Flexible Circuits with Ultra-HDI conductors

Amplified Benefits: Flexible Circuits with Ultra-HDI conductors Sometimes 2 + 2 does NOT equal 4, sometimes the combination of two technologies can amplify the benefits of both to something far greater. Today’s blog is going to shine a light on the combination of using both flexible materials and ultra-HDI feature sizes, specifically, trace and space that is less than 50 microns and in fact is now being produced in the United States with 20-micron trace and space using traditional printed circuit board Read Article

How to Hire the Right Pcb Designer for Your Project in 2023

How to Hire the Right PCB Designer for Your Project in 2023 Learn what you should look for when you hire your first design engineer for your company. Read Article

Knee Frequency Derivation

Where Does the Knee Frequency Formula Come From? The knee frequency has nothing to do with signal bandwidth, but it has everything to do with channel bandwidth. Read Article

System Level Qualification in Simulation

System Level Qualification in Simulation Keysight's Tim Wang Lee will share his early days as a prodigy with Dr. Eric Bogatin. We will also discuss the importance of simulation and measurement to achieve signal integrity for your PCB design. Read Article

37:23 Keysight Power Analyzer: Power Integrity Made Simple Watch our webinar: “Keysight Power Analyzer: Power Integrity Made Simple”. Click here. Watch Video

Your Guide to LCR Meters

Your Guide to LCR Meters LCR meters measure inductance (L), capacitance (C), and resistance (R) – hence the name. LCR meters can be powerful tools for supporting the development of electronic circuits. However, to get the best from your meter, you must understand precisely how they work and the benefits they bring to the development process. In this article, we'll look at how LCR meters work, how to choose the best meter for your needs, and what benefits they can bring Read Article

Everything You Need to Know about Conformal Coating

Everything You Need to Know about Conformal Coating Explore the basics of conformal coating with Mark Harris. Conformal coating is a protective layer applied to electronic circuits to guard against environmental factors such as moisture and dust. Read Article

PCB critical length

Can We All Stop Quoting the Critical Length Rule? Let’s all agree to stop using the PCB critical length rule in high-speed PCB design. Read Article

Integrating an Electronics Enclosure Design with Altium Designer

Integrating an Electronics Enclosure Design with Altium Designer Industry expert Mark Harris shows you how easy it is to create a bespoke enclosure using SolidWorks with Altium’s MCAD CoDesigner. With step-by-step guidance and seamless integration between ECAD and MCAD workspaces, you'll be able to design and update your project's electronic and mechanical aspects in parallel, ensuring compatibility and right-first-time results. Bring an end to transferring design files between teams and start a hassle-free design process! Read Article