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PCB Panelization Techniques
PCBs are panelized when you need or want to run more than one board through a pick and place machine…
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The Brain to PC Board Interface
At first glance, that headline might seem to be referring to A/I. The image is from OpenAI’s Dall-E, but the…
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The Spectrum of Dark Matter
In 1915, Albert Einstein predicted the existence of gravity waves. 100 years after that, the LIGO observatory system first detected…
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Safety Margin in Electronics Manufacturing
All systems require some type of safety margin or operational tolerance. In analog electronics, we talk about headroom: the difference…
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How Many Parts Do You Need?
First, take a look at our 10/10/10 components attrition guidelines Surface mount pick and place (PnP) machines are a marvel…
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FAB and Assembly Drawings for Turnkey PCB Assembly
A successful PCB assembly operation requires a lot of data. In a perfect world, all of that data would be…