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I believe that it is instructive to remember just how close Hewlett-Packard—and likely the entire industry—came to adopting eyelets instead of plated through-holes in the early 1960s. That there was ever a controversy over the use of plated through-holes as an acceptable printed circuit interconnection process seems almost impossible to consider, let alone take seriously today. But in the late 1950s and early 1960s, the PTH was not just a controversial idea; serious product designers considered eyelets a preferred technology.
Additive electronics, particularly as it pertains to PCB fabrication processes is garnering a lot of attention. Columnist Tara Dunn speaks with Tomas Chester of Chester Electronic Design, to shed light on the experience of early...
Technology is advancing quickly, however, due to technology demands, it is likely that some of the processes for PCB fabrication that have been previously considered exotic, may soon be considered commonplace. Columnist John Coonrod...
As an alternative to the thick-film resistor process detailed in Part 1, a significant number of PCB fabricators are offering embedded thin-film resistor capability. Read Part 2...
