Connect the Dots: Designing for the Future of Manufacturing Reality—Surface Finish
The Pulse: Caught in the Crosshatch—A Cautionary Tale of Detective Work
Fresh PCB Concepts: Designing PCBs for Harsh Environments—Reliability Is Engineered Upstream
Mentor to Exhibit at DesignCon 2019
January 23, 2019 | Mentor, a Siemens businessEstimated reading time: 1 minute
Mentor, a Siemens business, will be kicking off the New Year at DesignCon 2019, booth 1043, which will be held on January 29 – 31, 2019 in Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, California. The company will hold booth demonstrations and technical sessions.
Mentor technical experts will be available throughout the conference to address your questions and show you how HyperLynx makes complex SI/PI analysis easy to perform.
Visit I-007eBooks to download your copies of Mentor’s books today:
The Printed Circuit Designer’s Guide to… Signal Integrity and Power Integrity by Example.
Share on:
Testimonial
"In a year when every marketing dollar mattered, I chose to keep I-Connect007 in our 2025 plan. Their commitment to high-quality, insightful content aligns with Koh Young’s values and helps readers navigate a changing industry. "
Brent Fischthal - Koh YoungSuggested Items
Punching Out: How Are the Big Boys in Electronics Doing?
05/12/2026 | Tom Kastner -- Column: Punching Out!Let’s see what the public companies are up to in the PCB and EMS industries. In North America, there are only a couple of publicly traded PCB (bare board) companies: TTM Technologies (Nasdaq: TTMI) and Firan Technology Group (FTG.TO). On the EMS side, there are a few more publicly traded (“pubco”) companies: Flex (FLEX), Jabil (JBL), Celestica (CLS), Sanmina (SANM), Benchmark (BHE), Fabrinet (FN), Kimball Electronics (KE), Plexus Corp (PLXS), Nortech Systems (NSYS), and Key Tronic Corp (KTCC).
I-Connect007 Editor’s Choice: Five Must-Reads for the Week
05/08/2026 | Marcy LaRont, I-Connect007This week, I’ve selected some outstanding interviews that you’ll want to take note of. First, is a roundtable discussion featuring three dynamic industry cybersecurity experts. Please watch this important discussion that affects us all. Following that, I spotlight the IPC-2581 Consortium, which explains why IPC-2581 is the standard to replace Gerber data for manufacturing. Next, I am including my interview with PCBAA and AAM, who collaborated to release a short documentary on U.S. PCB manufacturing.
A Necessary Shift From Gerber to IPC-2581
05/07/2026 | Tracy Riggan, Global Electronics AssociationIPC-2581 is an open, vendor-neutral data exchange standard developed by the Global Electronics Association to streamline the exchange of PCB design information across fabrication, assembly, and test. It replaces multiple legacy formats—including industry standards, Gerber, and ODB++—with a single, comprehensive, XML-based dataset that captures all manufacturing details.
ViaSat-3 F3 Satellite Successfully Launches from Kennedy Space Center
05/04/2026 | BoeingBoeing mission controllers confirmed that the ViaSat-3 F3 (VS-3 F3) satellite is healthy in orbit following its successful launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket at 10:13 a.m. ET from Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida.
Microchip Expands Post-Quantum Root of Trust Controllers
04/29/2026 | MicrochipAs the industry embarks on the transition to post‑quantum cryptography (PQC), Microchip Technology is expanding its portfolio of Trust Shield, PQC‑ready devices with the TS1800 Platform Root of Trust controller and the TS50x secure boot controller.