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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.
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Breaking News: I-Connect007 Releases The Printed Circuit Designer’s Guide to… Direct Metallization: A Guide to Complex PCB Fabrication
As PCB complexity continues to accelerate, fabricators and OEMs are reevaluating long-standing manufacturing processes to meet the demands of AI,...
Siemens Expands EDA Software Access Through EuroCDP Project
Siemens has become the first software provider to sign a strategic framework agreement with the European Chips Joint Undertaking (Chips JU) which...
PTC Onshape Introduces Direct Altium Integration to Streamline ECAD-MCAD Collaboration
PTC announced a new integration between its cloud-native Onshape® computer‑aided design (CAD) and product data management (PDM) platform and...
Three Howard University Engineers Launch Trace to Automate PCB Design Workflows
Trace, an AI software company automating the printed circuit board (PCB) design workflow, has launched out of stealth and is now accepting customers...
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I-Connect007 Editor’s Choice: Five Must-Reads for the Week
May 15, 2026 | Nolan Johnson, I-Connect007
When you work in the news business, even in trade media, you can never really get that far away from it. We never want to miss something important. Chances are, even the books we take on our “vacations” end up having to do with the business. For example, my colleague Michelle Te recommended “Creativity, Inc., by Ed Catmull, a business skills study wrapped up in stories about Pixar, which I brought with me on a trip through the stunning U.S. Mountain West. Now, I’m back, and here are my recommendations for the week.
New Book Explores How UV Technology Is Transforming Electronics Protection, Efficiency, and Sustainability
May 14, 2026 | I-Connect007
I-Connect007 proudly announces the recent release of The Printed Circuit Designer’s Guide to…™ UV Curable Conformal Coatings. Authored by respected industry technologists Brian Chislea and Cody Schoener, PhD, of Dow, Inc., this new volume offers a comprehensive exploration of UV-curable conformal coatings and their expanding role in improving the protection, performance, and sustainability of electronic assemblies.
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Connect the Dots: Designing for the Future of Manufacturing Reality—Surface Finish
May 7, 2026 | Matt Stevenson, Connect the Dots
When designing the complex boards that many electronic devices require to operate, designers should consider manufacturability at every step. This is my last article focused on designing for the always-evolving manufacturing reality....
The Pulse: Caught in the Crosshatch—A Cautionary Tale of Detective Work
April 29, 2026 | Martyn Gaudion, The Pulse
A chance meeting at a family wedding the other week led to a conversation about numbers, an introduction to a book entitled Humble Pi, and how numeric misinterpretation can lead to all kinds of unexpected outcomes, some just costly,...
Fresh PCB Concepts: Designing PCBs for Harsh Environments—Reliability Is Engineered Upstream
April 23, 2026 | Team NCAB, Fresh PCB Concepts
When engineers hear the phrase “harsh environment,” they usually think of the extreme temperature swings, vibration and shock, pressure changes, or radiation in aerospace. However, aerospace is not the only harsh environment where...
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