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Flexible Thinking: Unlocking the Key to Rigid-flex Design Success
September 26, 2023 | Joe Fjelstad, Flexible Thinking

Despite what some seem to believe, rigid-flex circuits are not a new technology. In fact, they are more than a half-century old. At the time of the invention, my friend Thomas Sterns was working at Sanders Associates, the pioneering flex circuit manufacturer. Like many products in the first decades of printed circuit technology, they were working on a military application. The objective was to provide a reliable method for reducing the size, bulk, weight, and questionable reliability of wire harness assemblies while simultaneously reducing cost and assuring that human error might be minimized. These were all vitally important concerns for military and aerospace products.
I-Connect007 Editor’s Choice: Five Must-Reads for the Week
September 22, 2023 | Nolan Johnson, I-Connect007
This week has been chock full of news about upcoming trade shows and conferences. Clearly, the season is upon us. This week, I-Connect007 reported on PCB West in Santa Clara (often referred to as the show which kicks off trade show season) and the topic of artificial intelligence was everywhere. By the looks of it, not just at the conference, either. For months now, the mainstream media has been gobbling up all sorts of news about generative AI engines, painting the picture that we’ll all lose our jobs to these tools, while also reporting on situations where the results from AI have gotten progressively worse over time.
This week has been chock full of news about upcoming trade shows and conferences. Clearly, the season is upon us. This week, I-Connect007 reported on PCB West in Santa Clara (often referred to as the show which kicks off trade show season) and the topic of artificial intelligence was everywhere. By the looks of it, not just at the conference, either. For months now, the mainstream media has been gobbling up all sorts of news about generative AI engines, painting the picture that we’ll all lose our jobs to these tools, while also reporting on situations where the results from AI have gotten progressively worse over time.
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- An Overview of Rigid-flex Design, with Kris Moyer
- Rigid-flex Stackup: It’s a 3D World, by Bill Hargin
- Design for Manufacturing Principles for Flexible Circuits, by Vern Solberg
- Unlocking the Key to Rigid-flex Design Success, by Joe Fjelstad
- Rigid-flex Design Guidelines, by Cherie Litson
- Selecting a Rigid-flex Fabricator, by Mike Morando
- Human Ingenuity and the Rigid-flex PCB, by Tim Haag