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I-Connect007 Editor’s Choice: Five Must-Reads for the Week

August 21, 2026 | Michelle Te, I-Connect007

Some situations came up for me this week (delayed flights and malfunctioning work software) that highlighted how much we rely on tools every day. When they’re working, we barely think about them. When they’re not, we’re suddenly reminded of everything else that has to be in place for the work to get done: good processes, knowledgeable people, communication, teamwork, and sometimes ingenuity. I’ve observed that engineers aren’t any different in their work.

Flex Connections: Four Lessons in Engineering Judgment for PCB Designers

August 20, 2026 | Dan Skeweres, Flex Connections

In my more than four decades in the industry, I’ve watched design tools and manufacturing capabilities evolve in ways we could hardly have imagined when I started, touching everything from conventional rigid boards to today’s highly sophisticated flexible and rigid-flex circuits. But anyone with meaningful experience in the PCB industry can relate to the phrase, “Just because you can doesn’t mean you should.”




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Elementary, Mr. Watson: Inside the Display Power Loop

August 6, 2026 | John Watson, Elementary, Mr. Watson

In my previous column, I traced the evolution from fixed physical interfaces to dynamic, software-defined displays, and saw how a familiar model of input and output slowly gave way to something far more fluid. That foundation begs the...

Powering the Future: Performance Is Won in Assembly

August 5, 2026 | Brian Buyea, Powering the Future

There’s a moment in every design cycle when the conversation shifts from the elements of a substrate—material selection, thermal conductivity, circuit density, layout, and performance on paper—to how it performs in assembly. No...

Connect the Dots: Total Value Manufacturing Solutions

July 30, 2026 | Matt Stevenson, Connect the Dots

In my last column, I discussed total value management, an approach to the quality-versus-cost balancing act that integrates components of total quality management (TQM) and Lean manufacturing. Like those other methodologies, total...

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