Printed circuit boards (PCBs) are the essential building blocks behind almost all modern electronic devices. These components provide electrical interconnections between electronic components, rigid ...

Through-hole assembly means bending leads on components and putting the leads through holes in the circuit board, then soldering them in place, and trimming the wires. That took up too much space and ...

BILLERICA — If you’ve ever been brave enough, or foolhardy enough, to take a peek at the innards of an electronic device, you probably know what a circuit board looks like. It’s a flat rectangular ...

Space savings, greater reliability, low mass, and high ductility are some of the advantages offered by flexible PCBs, but designers must also prepare for their complexity. Flexible printed circuit ...

The diagram above is a typical PCB layout in Altium Circuitmaker software. The days of “electro” and “mechanical” being separate disciplines are long gone. Virtually all mechanical systems now come ...

As our smartphones and computers continue to become obsolete and get discarded, the environmental problem of electronic waste gets worse. Needless to say, the greater the number of electronic ...

Antenna design for connected and IoT devices is hard. Learn how new tools help engineers handle layouts and components faster ...

Large electronics manufacturers are continuously looking to improve efficiencies and optimise the use of available resources. One of the biggest challenges they face is being able to track any printed ...