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2020 Holiday Gift Ideas for Your Favorite Engineer Check out our list of the best holiday gifts for engineers in 2020. Read Article

PCB Manufacturing Trends and Challenges with Summit Interconnect Learn more about PCB manufacturing trends from Clay Swain, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing, and Gerry Partida, Senior Field Applications Engineer. Read Article

Heidi Barnes, Senior Application Engineer and Power Integrity Product Owner Heidi Barnes is an anomaly in the PCB design world—a long-time, senior-level woman, and hardware engineer, whose career has been steeped in a wide variety of experiences with numerous technologies. Within the industry, she is widely recognized for her knowledge and expertise. Heidi holds five patents, was awarded the NASA Silver Snoopy for her work on hydrogen fire and gas detection, she is the author of over 20 papers on signal integrity and Read Article

Honeywell Claims the Most Powerful Quantum Computer of 2020 Quantum computing is about more than qubit count. See why Honeywell claims to have the most powerful quantum computer of 2020. Read Article

Ground Bounce Reduction Techniques to Minimize Signal Integrity Issues Unlike my dad who thrived on the basketball team during his school days, I could barely bounce the ball during tryouts. Needless to say, I quit sports before I even started. While my dreams of becoming an NBA pro were dashed, I later discovered my passion for martial arts. I never really got into handling a basketball well, but in martial arts at least I could bounce off the balls of my feet to meet my opponent. Not being able to bounce the Read Article

How to Use a Ferrite Bead in Your Design to Reduce EMI EMI can be a tricky subject. That’s why I’ve been writing about things like proper grounding, AC/DC circuits, high speed routing, and differential pair routing. Next on the list is how to reduce EMI using ferrite beads. Ferrite cores can be finicky, which is why it’s important to first understand the theory behind them. Most electronic components are essentially plug and play; however, ferrites have to be designed into your system. Once you know Read Article

Using ESD Grounding Techniques to Protect Your PCB from Electrical Damage I was in high school before I considered engineering as a career outside of the engine room on any Star Trek show. Although, subconsciously I was definitely interested in it. The signs were there early considering I could name all the chief engineers from Star Trek. The deal was sealed though when I was ridiculously excited to receive an ESD grounding wrist strap bracelet as a gift. Don’t have one in your jewelry box? Well, it’s composed of Read Article

Machine to Machine Communication and Internet of Things Can Benefit from Wireless Connectors Have you ever bought a new gizmo or gadget and wondered how you lived life before it? For me, smartphones obviously come to mind. When I was a kid I was content to play with sticks and rocks. Now my kids play with virtual sticks and rocks on their iPhones. High speed wireless connectors will be like that for the Internet of Things. Keyssa has developed a new short-range chip that operates in the 60 GHz band that they say will replace all Read Article

Get Ready for WiFi 7 under the 802.11be Standard Are you ready for WiFi 7 capabilities in your new product? Learn more about the newest iteration of WiFi and what to expect from the 802.11be standard. Read Article

Quantum Computing Electronics vs. Photonics: New Chips Will Shift the Balance Read more about the newest advance in photonics for quantum computing. The electronics in quantum computers are being challenged by new photonic chips. Read Article

The SOSA Standard: What PCB Designers Need to Know Learn more about the new SOSA standard for embedded systems. PCB designers working on aerospace and military embedded systems will need to design to this standard. Read Article

IPC-2551 Digital Twin Standard Released Read our brief on the new IPC-2551 standard and how digital twins might be used in the PCB industry. Read Article

All About ORANs: A PCB Designer's Guide to Open Radio Access Networks Open radio access networks, or ORANs, are a new paradigm in telecom architecture that will enable future 5G and 6G network architectures. Read Article

Best DC Laboratory Bench Power Supplies of 2021 A guide to power supplies, related requirements, technological tradeoffs, and recommended brands and models. Read Article

Optical Interconnects in PCB Design: Progress in 2020 and Beyond Optical interconnects are the key to achieving higher data rates and breaking through Moore’s Law. Here’s how they will affect PCB layouts. Read Article

When Should You Use a Flex Circuit? The two predominant reasons for using flex or rigid flex, are to solve a packaging issue or reduce the space and weight of the electronics package. These two are often interrelated and space, weight and packaging, (SWaP) will continue to be a driving force in PCB design. Read Article

How to Use Thermocouples in Your Next Project Thermocouples are the final sensor type in a series where we look at all the main types of temperature sensors you might use in an electronics project. In this series, we have looked at the various ways to implement different temperature sensors in your project. At the end of the series, we’ll be putting the sensors and implementations in a head to head competition using real-world conditions. Through this real-world testing, will gain a better Read Article