The Shaughnessy Report: Interview With Gary Ferrari
In the run-up to APEX, industry veteran and instructor Gary Ferrari discusses lead-free materials selection, lead-free standards and what it all means to designers during component placement.
Signal integrity and additive manufacturing, particularly metallization, are hot topics in PCB design and fabrication. PCB layouts are carefully engineered to achieve specific electrical and power performance targets.
What happens when the rule book is no longer useful, or worse, was never written in the first place? In today’s fast-moving electronics landscape, we’re increasingly asked to design and build what has no precedent, no proven path, and no tidy checklist to follow. This is where “Design for Invention” begins.
From the growing role of AI in design tools to the challenge of managing cumulative tolerances, these articles in this issue examine the technical details, design choices, and manufacturing considerations that determine whether a board works as intended.
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In the run-up to APEX, industry veteran and instructor Gary Ferrari discusses lead-free materials selection, lead-free standards and what it all means to designers during component placement.