Printed Circuit Boards

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Industrial

Designing Noise-Free, High-Speed PCBs

High-speed circuit boards operating above 300 MHz can be a challenge when noise comes into play.
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Printed Circuit Boards

What’s the Difference Between Additive and Subtractive Electronics?

Additive and subtractive electronics manufacturing methods are two distinct processes with a long and storied history. Learn how these methods evolved, and how the emerging field...
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Power

Is the Future of the Datasheet Interactive?

The new interactive datasheets from Nexperia aim to help engineers evaluate components with ease.
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Analog

Basic Guidelines for Mixed-Signal PCB Layout Design

This article presents a practical approach to the layout design of mixed-signal boards, discussing component placement, board layering, and ground-plane considerations.
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Embedded

Solder: Is It Really Required for Electronics Assembly?

Solder’s days are numbered. There’s a better alternative that, essentially, reverses the manufacturing process.
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Pcb Dreamstime M 211628996
Automation

What’s the Difference Between Surface-Mount, Through-Hole, and Mixed Assembly?

The article discusses the three main types of PCB assembly methods and the key factors and applications that separate each process from one another.
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Automation

Reverse Engineering a Printed Circuit Board

How do you reverse engineer a PCB and do it safely for your research? This article looks at the process and the tools to accomplish the task.
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Software

Talking About the Computational Prototyping of PCBs

Avishtech’s Gauss electromagnetic solver allows a user to simulate impedance, loss, RLGC properties, effective dielectric properties, and electric potentials and fields from a...
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Automation

Material Evidence: How Laminate Properties Impact the PCB Design Process

For high-speed, high-frequency PCB designs, laminate evaluation and selection are critical factors in achieving a manufacturable, operable, and reliable product.