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August Issue of Design007 Magazine Available Now
August 15, 2018 | Andy Shaughnessy, Design007 MagazineEstimated reading time: Less than a minute
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This month, in the August issue of Design007 Magazine, we unpack the intricacies of PCB packaging. Over the past 60 years, packages have continued to shrink. The transistor outline “metal cans” of the 1950s would look out of place today. Some packages are no bigger than the period at the end of this sentence, complete with their own “inhalation warning.”
Learn more in this month's issue of Design007 Magazine, now on the virtual newsstand and available for delivery in your e-mailbox each month by subscribing here.
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