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Design007’s Top 10 Reader’s Picks for 2025
January 8, 2026 | Nolan Johnson, I-Connect007Estimated reading time: 1 minute
The design dynamic duo, Design007 Magazine and the Design007 Week newsletter, covered a wide range of topics in 2025. Here are the top 10 design-related articles, columns and news reports for the year. This list, comprised of two columns, three articles, and five news items, relies entirely on readership numbers, making for as fair a comparison as possible.
The top five items on the list all speak to industry strategic concerns: trends to watch, tariffs, supply chain, and market growth. But readers seemed to draw a line between the top and bottom halves of the list. Items six through 10 shift the focus to technical podcasts, books, and articles, like UHDI, thermal issues, and high-speed design.
Interestingly, readers responded in a limited way to news from the CAD tool vendors. Notably, KICAD and Digikey’s news back in March made the top 10, but reader attention was more focused on the design considerations themselves than the tools used to implement them.
Interestingly, while only two columns cracked the top 10, the top 50 list boasts 22 entries by columnists, which speaks to the insight our cadre of columnists brings to the design community groupthink.
I-Connect007 will continue to cover design in all its facets: tools, workflows, DFM, and methodologies for high performance, as well as the market news that designers look for. If you have a story or a topic you’d like to see covered, drop us a note at editorial@iconnect007.com.
- Fresh PCB Concepts: Tariffs and the Importance of a Diverse Supply Chain, by Jeff Beauchamp, NCAB, published Jan. 28, 2025.
- DigiKey Announces Sponsorship of KiCad to Support Open-Source EDA Development, published March 26, 2025.
- Global PCB Connections: A Field Engineer’s Perspective on the Top 10 Trends to Watch, by Markus Voeltz, CEE PCB, published March 27, 2025.
- A Look Into the Future With Futurist Kevin Surace, by Barry Matties, published April 7, 2025.
- Electronic Design Automation Market to Reach $17.47 Billion by 2030, Growing at a CAGR of 10.7%, published March 31, 2025.
- UHDI Fundamentals: UHDI Technology and Quality 5.0, by Anaya Vardya, published Sept. 18, 2025.
- On the Line With… Podcast: UHDI and RF Performance, published Sept. 22, 2025.
- Kris Moyer Discusses His Emerging Design Technologies Class, published Sept. 4, 2025.
- I-Connect007 Releases The Printed Circuit Designer’s Guide to... More Secrets of High-Speed PCBs by Martyn Gaudion, published Jan. 29, 2025.
- Explore Thermal Management Solutions in Latest Podcast Series—New Episode Now Available, published April 30, 2025.
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