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Words of Advice: What are Your Biggest Design Challenges?
November 27, 2019 | Andy Shaughnessy, Design007 MagazineEstimated reading time: Less than a minute
In a recent survey, we asked the following question: What are your biggest design challenges? Here are just a few of the answers, edited slightly for clarity.
- Ignorant EEs.
- Assumptions from the designer that result in a crazy manufacturing process.
- Designing rigid-flex.
- Ensuring maximum yield, minimum cost.
- Time to market.
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