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I-Connect007 Editor’s Choice: Five Must-Reads for the Week

May 26, 2023 | Andy Shaughnessy, Design007 Magazine

It’s been a busy week here at I-Connect007, an even busier week for PCB designers and manufacturers. This week, we published a variety of articles and news items. In this week’s wrap-up, we have an interview with Rex Rozario that is basically a historical look at the birth of commercial PCB manufacturing, and his involvement with the Rolling Stones in their early days. Then we bring you a look at trends in freight costs, which are—fortunately—heading southward right now.

Selecting Flex Materials: Do Your Homework

May 25, 2023 | Mike Morando, PFC

While the layout of the circuit gives us much of the electrical characteristics of the design, your choice of materials can affect the mechanical and electrical characteristics of the circuit. Material choices affect not only the design of the circuit for its environment, but also the manufacturing and assembly processes. While the layout of the circuit gives us much of the electrical characteristics of the design, your choice of materials can affect the mechanical and electrical characteristics of the circuit.





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Quiet Power: 3D Effects in Power Distribution Networks

May 22, 2023 | Istvan Novak, Samtec

Signal integrity (SI) grew out of the electromagnetic compatibility discipline in the early 1990s and gradually became a hot topic in its own right. Although the term SI never appeared in the title, one of the first books on topic was...

Connect the Dots: What is an Annular Ring?

May 18, 2023 | Matt Stevenson, Sunstone Circuits

Let's learn about annular rings, because a greater understanding can help ensure that your PCB designs successfully become physical boards. The annular ring is the space between the drill hole and the edge of the pad—a specified...

Dana on Data: Can ChatGPT Solve My PCB Data Transfer Quality Problem?

May 18, 2023 | Dana Korf, Korf Consultancy LLC

The media is talking about how artificial intelligence will replace all of us with its ability to search massive amounts of online data to create fast, automatic solutions. To this end, I asked ChatGPT how to solve the data transfer...

A New Materials Paradigm Featuring:

  • Slash Sheets and Material Selection, a conversation with Doug Sober
  • Select Dielectric Material With Precision, by Barry Olney
  • Stop Over-specifying Your Materials, by Kelly Dack
  • Slash Sheets: Don’t Fall Into the Trap, by Geoffrey Hazelett
  • Batter Up: Stepping Up to the Substrate, by Tim Haag
  • Selecting Flex Materials: Do Your Homework, by Mike Morando
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