A study shows how high-thermal dielectrics outperform FR-4 for bulk heat spreading, with surface-mount thermal bridges ...

Fontana, CA. ECT announced it is leveraging its experience in probe and receptacle design and manufacture to provide cost-effective and reliable customer-focused solutions for challenging in-circuit ...

In the first two articles of SI/PI MasterClass, I showed how you can create simple fixtures to characterize small discrete components. In “Solder-wick trick characterizes bypass caps” [1], you can ...

Loaded board testing pays for itself by reducing field returns and bone-pile scrap. You seldom read an article about PCBs or semiconductors without encountering test-related phrases and acronyms. Cost ...

PCB design tools have traditionally revolved around software packages users would download and install on their own PCs or workstations. A startup company called Flux is trying to change that ...

Printed circuit board (PCB) design is a complex endeavor, but it’s more manageable when you have access to the right tools. Numerous companies now offer PCB design tools that allow collaboration ...

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) represents the next great step forward in PCB design. This is, of course, what you might expect me to say. 2023 has been a year dominated by the rise of ...

disconnect from signal nets option component-to-component SMT check output drill data to Gerber library item time stamps improvements to the new component wizard Pay-for DesignSpark PCB Pro gets those ...

I'm excited to tell you about the IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility Society/Standards Development Committee (EMC/SDCom), which has sponsored a new working group (Project Number P370: Electrical ...

I was looking over the week’s posts on Hackaday – it’s part of my job after all – and this gem caught my eye: a post about how to make your own RP2040 development board from scratch. And I’ll admit ...