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Read ArticleElectro-Static Discharge and How You Can Contain It
At one time or another, we’ve all shuffled across a rug and touched a door handle or other metal object only to feel the zap of static electricity.
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Read ArticleDealing With the Shock and Vibration of Your System
Have you ever dropped your phone? Of course, that is a rhetorical question. How many screens have I cracked (?) would be a better one. It is pretty amazing that the devices continued to work.
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Read ArticleThe Tolerance Problem
There are three main factors in play that determine the results of operations. One is the cost of goods sold, two is the price the goods fetch and three is how long does the product last
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Read ArticleThe Case For Using Copper Pour on Routing Layers
Doing special things with a circuit pattern is a hallmark of analog design. All of the important signals on the board added together are equal in importance to one net; that net is the ground net.
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Read ArticlePrecision Tools for ECAD-MCAD Co-Design of Multi-Board PCBs
As PCB design increases in complexity, it is more important than ever that designers use ECAD-MCAD co-design of multi-board PCBs to shorten design schedules.
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Read ArticleThe Importance of Component Tolerance Modeling in PCB Design
Component tolerance modeling is an invaluable design insight tool that reduces cost as well as build times. All the while improving overall circuit design.
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Read ArticleA Practical History of Environmental Quality Function Deployment (QFD) and Engineering
Environmental quality function deployment can be achieved with diligence and attention through PCB design and manufacturing.
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Read ArticleHow Does SPICE Simulation Work?
SPICE simulation works to make circuits more efficient and hit target goals.
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Read ArticleWhat is the Physics of Failure and Does it Increase Reliability?
The physics of failure is an invaluable analysis tool for perfecting designs and improving upon them.
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Read ArticleFMEA Risk Assessment for PCB Component Selection
Conducting an FMEA risk assessment of the components used on your PCB design will help to assure quality and availability before you begin circuit simulation.
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Read ArticleEngineering Productivity and Design Reuse Tools for Effective PCB Design
You can drastically cut your design time down while at the same time reduce the chance for errors by utilizing engineering productivity and design reuse tools.
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Read ArticleWhat is FMEA Lean Manufacturing and How to Implement it?
FMEA lean manufacturing provides invaluable design insight and reduces cost as well as build times. It also reduces cost, failures and increases production.
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Read ArticleCost Effectiveness Analysis in PCB Layout for Manufacturability
PCBs that are not designed to good DFM rules are prone to unexpected manufacturing costs. Conducting a cost effectiveness analysis during layout will help.
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Read ArticleUtilizing an FMEA Chart in Electronics Design
Knowing the applications and industries of your electronic devices, helps an FMEA chart or failure mode effects analysis chart can yield more consistent production.
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Read ArticlePCB Design Considerations for Vibration Fatigue
Circuit board failures can often be attributed to vibration fatigue. Here is some data that will help you to design for reliability on your next PCB design.
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Read ArticleWhat is a VRM and Why Does My CPU/GPU Need One?
What is a VRM? The simple answer is that your CPU wouldn’t run without one. Learn more about VRM layout in this article.
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Read ArticleLife Cycle Cost Analysis for Better PCB Design
To help printed circuit board designers create hardware that will last its entire intended life, a life cycle cost analysis of the PCB design should be done.
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Read ArticleIntroduction to Non-parametric Analysis for Electronics
Non-parametric analysis is best suited for the analyzing of functionality and performance when the aim is to quantify a comparison.
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Read ArticleApplying TRL Calibration for Noncoaxial Measurements
Utilizing TRL calibration to obtain noncoaxial measurements provides the easiest and most accurate readings.
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Read ArticleFailure Analysis Methods in PCB Design
Failure analysis methods enable board designers to create circuit board designs that withstand potentially hazardous environments or component stress.
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