Electronic Product Cost Estimation
Electronic product cost estimation recognizes that balance must exist between costs, risks, and benefits.
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Component Size-to-Cost Ratio
The component size-to-cost ratio gives designers an easy metric to determine if their designs will run over budget.
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Estimating the PCB Design Cycle With Limited Information (Then Making it Happen)
Setting milestones and using a scheduler will help you keep track of your PCB Design Cycle
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Material Flow Analysis in Manufacturing Improves Production and Efficiency
Material Flow Analysis is a critical management tool for use in manufacturing.
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Rigid Circuit Board Design
When compared to flex PCBs or rigid-flex PCBs, rigid circuit boards offer many advantages.
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Using Figure of Merit in Electronic Systems for PCBA Cost-Benefit Analysis
The use of a figure of merit in electronic systems, as we explain in this blog, can help you improve the cost-effectiveness of your PCBA development.
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Design for Disassembly, Circular Design, and Product Lifecycle Management
With design for disassembly, you can ensure that your electronic hardware never outstayed its welcome and can adequately be re-used or incorporated again in the future.
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An Introductory Multilayer PCB Design Tutorial
To better understand the differences in PCB layout between a double sided board and a multilayer board, take a look at this multilayer PCB design tutorial.
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Bi-Directional Discrete Parts in Your PCB Design
Bi-directional discrete parts play an important role in the function of a circuit board. Here is some more information on what they are and how they are used.
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IoT In Manufacturing: Optimization, Reliability, and Security
Working with the internet of things in manufacturing can improve workflow and efficiency; however, comes with some security risks.
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Using a Multiphysics Heat Finite Element Solver
If thermal management is a problem in your PCB, you can map heat flow and steady state temperature in your board with a heat finite element solver.
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Schematic Tips for Better Electronic Design Readability
Creating the best schematic design is more than circuit innovation, you also need electronic design readability for those who will be using the schematic.
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BGA Design in 4 layer PCBs: Circuit Routing and Pin Limitations
Ball grid arrays or BGAs in 4 layer PCBs can be difficult to rout and manage adequate transmission voltage with, here are design tips that can help.
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Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) and How It Works in Electronics Manufacturing
Selective laser sintering is a process used in PCB manufacturing to try and speed up and add cost efficiency to an additive manufacturing workflow.
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Working with STEP Enclosure Models in PCB Design
With STEP enclosure models giving the PCB designer access to mechanical design features inside of the layout tools, there are fewer PCB design mistakes.
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Balanced Modulators in Analog Designs
You’ll need to know about amplitude modulation and signal integrity when working with balanced modulator circuits in your designs.
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Current Optimization Techniques for Electronic Hardware Design
Current optimization techniques will be useful for any circuit designer looking to make their circuits efficient and reliable.
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Circuit Board Conformal Coating 101
To protect your circuit boards in their operating environment, you should consider circuit board conformal coating. Here is more information about that.
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Understanding Component Model Parameters for Electronic Circuit Design
Component model parameters are important to ensure for circuit design integrity and reliability.
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Tips for Finding Current in a Circuit
There are many effective complications to finding current in a circuit, or calculating the current of a circuit before production for proper design management.
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